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by steven.balderrama

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Hello,

I am researching why 11d job rate is soo slow. Its been going on since around 11/30/2007. I have a Windows 2003 server enterprise edition , 12gb ram, 6hd (raid 5) also a storage attached 6hd( also raid 5) and a powervault 132t connected to the server, all backing up locally. I have talked with Symantec, tried defrag, tried running all updates, change high water count, tweaking it, talked with dell (we have a dell server poweredge 2650) and talked with dell, all firmware updates, all drivers updates are on, and still it use to run 1300ishmb job rate now it dropped from 1100ishmb dropping to 500ishmb job rate. we have tried everything, switching cables, replacing Powervault, still nothing, is it an update that made this mess?! is it something running in the background, we checked TUR but we disabled it, we checked all programs running but they are using nothing compared to backup exec, it is also a domain controller. PLEASE HELP

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by cg it

I'd go through the log files and see what Backup Exec is saying about the backup jobs it's supposed to do. Somewhere in the log files ought to be some sort of message about why it's having trouble.

I'd also look at the scheduled job itself. Is the job supposed to suspend itself if the servers become active? it's possible that option is causing the slow job.

if the schedule jobs require backup of data via the network, that will slow down data rates considerably [depending upon how much data must move over the network].

by tonythetiger

Is there a Pre/Post command that might be messing up?

Check Job Priority

Displaying progress indicators takes a little longer because it must pre-scan.

by steven.balderrama

Ok, i check the job logs, all it says is in orange that it either skipped or took a snap shot of the part it was backing up, which is what we have enabled Automatic file option, I have checked the Event viewer, nothing, as i said earlier in the POST, IT IS ALL LOCALLY, i am backing now 650gb of space, out of 1tb of space total. the backup job i created does not backup any other server except itself, Where can i check this Pre/Post command, can it really mess it up or even slow the job rate down? as i said, it starts off good, such as 1gb job rate, then drops fast around 500mb job rate and stays there. any other advice?

by Member 36840618

You will want to set the speed/duplex to 100 full instead of Auto. Some switch/nic combos don't play well at Auto.

You may also need to set the port on the switch to 100 full as well if that's possible.

Best of luck

by kevin.smith

The only solution to your problem is Reintall Backup Exec.
Or try a repair install (but it wont help)

or try reloading from base.
This might be due to Antuivius also. select all BaCkup Exec installation path to be excluded from the AV scan path...

:)

Kevin Smith.
IT consultant.
India.

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