Hello,
I have an issue with backup exec backing up a file server very slowly. It is a vm machine sitting on a vmware environment with about 30 other vms. All other servers from this enviroment are backing up in the 1500MB/min range while this one cannot break 350MB/min. I have attempted everything that I can think of that would contribute to the slowness. Here is what I have done:
Recreated the job
Removed the backup agent
Shut off AOF
Checked network, memory, and cpu utilization during back up, in which none of it is being over utilized.
Have copied large files from the file server to the media server and speeds are decent, at least faster than what the backup is doing.
I have disabled Anti-virus, shut of indexing, and have used different tapes.
There is much more that I have done, but cant of all of it at the moment as I have been troubleshooting this for a while. if anyone has suggestions it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Also the server does have a lot of files and folders, but not anything out of the norm for a file server that would make it creep this slowly. I have another vm server that has a ton of small wav files that it backs up and that server backs up really quick. The amount of data that I'm attempting to back up is only 140 GB. Its taking 7 hours!