Spad.exe consuming more memory than usual in Backup Exec 21

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Description

Error Message

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Workaround


Backup Exec 21 - Restart the Backup Exec Deduplication Manager (spad.exe) service if it starts to consume more memory and server performance is impacted. 

 

Cause

The spad.exe memory increases rapidly when pddecfg -a startdatafullcheck is run.

 

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in the following release:
Backup Exec 22

Issue/Introduction

Spad.exe consuming more memory than usual in Backup Exec 21

Additional Information

ETrack: 4070654