Tivoli Storage Manager for Macintosh Backup-Archive Client Installation and User's Guide

Memoryefficientbackup

The memoryefficientbackup option specifies a memory conserving algorithm for processing incremental backups, that backs up one directory at a time, using less memory. Use this option with the incremental command when your workstation is memory constrained.

Note:

The server can also define this option.

Preferences File

Place this option in the TSM User Preferences file.

Syntax

                         .-Yes-.
>>-MEMORYEFficientbackup-+-----+-------------------------------><
                         '-No--'
 
 

Parameters

No

Your client node uses the faster, more memory-intensive method when processing incremental backups.

Yes

Your client node uses the method that requires less memory when processing incremental backups. This is the default.

Examples

TSM User Preferences:

memoryefficientbackup yes