Tuning touch files
Some files are populated with default values, which are used to tune the performance parameters of NetBackup. Following table lists the files and a brief description of what each accomplishes:
Table: Files for tuning performance parameters of NetBackup
File location | Value set | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 800 | To set the timeout value for the Data Protection Server (DPS) proxy. For more information, see NetBackup Appliance Commands Reference Guide. |
| 1000000 | To control the frequency with which media servers send messages to the primary server to update job status in the activity monitor. For more information, see Knowledge base 100008521. |
| 25000000 | To regulate the frequency with which media servers send disk storage capacity update (RBDB update) messages to the primary server. For more information, see Knowledge base 100008521. |
| 3600 | To reduce traffic to the primary server. Not required when writing to MSDP server. |
| 64 | To change the limit of number of backed up images. For more information, see NetBackup Appliance Commands Reference Guide. |
| 262144 | To set the buffer size that the media server uses to buffer data between the network and the tape drive. It must be a multiple of 1024. For more information, see Knowledge base 100000498. |
| 100000 | To configure the number of metadata entries to be sent to the primary's catalog in each batch. For more information, see NetBackup Backup Planning and Performance Tuning Guide. |