Question : FSTape2.nlm using alot of memory (500mb) during backup

We have Arcserve 11.1 (no sp1) on our backup server.  Backs up 2nd server via nwagent.nlm (states it is from sp1) and during the backup, the fstape2.nlm memory footprint increases up to 500mb of memory, then goes down after the backup completes.  This is a 2GB server so received am memory warning:  Server logical address size is running low.  File Cache Minimum Size has been set to 1461105664.

Can this be configured to avoid it taking up so much memory.

The configuration options from the nwagent console are the defaults.

SMS backup for does - OFF
transmission threshold = 4 (default)
number of 64k buffers = 8 (default)

This is our asconfig.ini file from the agent server:

[BAB Release]
NWAGENT=11.10
NWAGENT_VERSION_STAMP=2000.4

[Netware Agent]
IPAddress=192.168.1.11

[NWagentLoader]
CSNLM1=SYS:\NWAgent\NLM\PFC /NC /PFASCONFIG.INI /M /FSYS:\NWAgent\NLMINFO.LOG /SFNWAPFC.INI
CSNLM2=SYS:\NWAgent\NLM\NWAGENT ARP
ORDER=CSNLM1 CSNLM2
LOGFILE=SYS:\NWAgent\NWLOAD.LOG

Concerned about memory fragmentation and abends.  Originally we had the default settings for our ads.nlm, the Advantage database server, which used up to 50% of memory at startup for additional cache and performance.  That grew to 500mb and then abended the system in ads.nlm and ZLSS.nlm.

Thanks for any insights to this issue and things that may be configured to control that memory.

Answer : FSTape2.nlm using alot of memory (500mb) during backup

OK, so the backup server is NetWare 5.1 SP8, and the remote server is NW6.5SP4a?  (just want to make sure I'm talking about what I think I'm talking about...)

What is the fstape2.nlm version info on the 6.5 server?
Did you indicate that you're not using SMS, or?
Are you using the performanceNonNakoma setting?

This is what my ASCONFIG.INI says:

[BAB Release]
NWAGENT=11.10
NWAGENT_VERSION_STAMP=2000.4

[NWagentLoader]
CSNLM1=SYS:\NWAgent\NLM\PFC /NC /PFASCONFIG.INI /M /FSYS:\NWAgent\NLMINFO.LOG /SFNWAPFC.INI
CSNLM2=SYS:\NWAgent\NLM\NWAGENT ARP cmp_max_req=32
ORDER=CSNLM1 CSNLM2
LOGFILE=SYS:\NWAgent\NWLOAD.LOG

[NetWare Agent]
ActivityLogGroomDays = 30
NumberOfBuffers = 64
TransmissionThresholdInKb = 64
FullSMS = Yes
ChangeScreenOnAlert = No
DisableActivityLog = No
SkipBigFiles = No

[Netware Backup/Restore]
DisableSparseFileCheck=TRUE
performanceNonNakoma=TRUE                          
UseMultipleReadThreads = FALSE