You might try dumping the activity log for a period of time and show the
size of that log piece, and then explain the amount of data the network
can move in the same period.  For added convincing tell them how much
data the server can back up in that period of time.  To drive the point
home track the CPU usage of the server while you dump the log so you can
show CPU load, if you can spot it...

Good luck, and use primary colors.

Andy Huebner
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Matthew Warren
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:27 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] console mode and resource use

Hi TSM'ers,

A colleague has asked me to post;

How would you explain the fact that running dsmadmc -console has a
neligible impact on server performance, given that the explanation 'It
just a very simple  session that is essentially echoing text out to an
admin client' is not good enough?

Explaining network load is negligible is simple, but a non-technical
person would like assurance that 'dsmadmc -console' wont hurt server
performance.


Thanks,

Matt.

--
Matthew Warren.
TSM Technical Specialist.
AIX & SAN Administrator.
Thesaurus Computing Services.
www.i-tcs.com


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