CSM v3.3.1 backup file size incredible 3GB

Hi
Does anybody else have backup files with the size of 3GB and more with a CSM v3.3.1 SP1? The interessting thing is that this CSM manages about 30 network devices. Looking into the backup files it's just the "vms.db" file which consumes the most (2.9 GB) of the data.
Is this normal behaviour for a CSM?
Regards
Roberto

Hi Roberto,
I understand your point, I will try to bring this back internally .
Regarding the specific issue, indeed that installation guide was wrong and got fixed after we flagged this issue on: CSCsz22077
http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCsz22077
Sorry for all the confusion it led . Let me know if there is anything else we can do, appreciate your suggestion
Stefano

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