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[Veritas-bu] Obtaining statistics on tape drive throughput

2001-08-24 13:56:38
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Obtaining statistics on tape drive throughput
From: david AT xbpadm-commands DOT com (David A. Chapa)
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 12:56:38 -0500
that's it...jobs, not imagedb...


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David A. Chapa
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DataStaff, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Kingery [mailto:larry.kingery AT veritas DOT com]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 12:47 PM
To: David A. Chapa
Cc: Crossman, Paul; Veritas-Bu (E-mail)
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Obtaining statistics on tape drive throughput


Actually, I'd start in /usr/openv/netbackup/db/jobs, you can find KB/s
at the job level in "realtime" in the *.t files.

Or do it the really easy way and just use iostat.


David A. Chapa writes:
> Well not without some scripting and parsing through the imageDB on active
> backup jobs...it wouldn't be realtime, but you could make it close.  I'd
> have to really think about that one before I answer.  Perhaps someone has
> already met the challenge out there.
>
> David
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> David A. Chapa
> Consulting Manager
> DataStaff, Inc.
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> http://www.consulting.datastaff.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Crossman, Paul [mailto:PCrossman AT NaviPath DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:45 AM
> To: 'David A. Chapa'; Crossman, Paul; Veritas-Bu (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Obtaining statistics on tape drive throughput
>
>
> I actually have found the website...  very useful stuff in there.  What
I'm
> after is what Legato Networker provides.  Under Networker's admin GUI, you
> can view throughput to the tape drives in the jukebox in real time as jobs
> are happening (backups, restores, cloning).  I want to make sure that all
> the drives in the jukebox are running full boar when backups kick off.  I
> want to make sure that they are taking all the data they can handle.
>
> Veritas says that the UNIX box should be able to tell me this.  How?
> Anyone?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul C.
>

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Larry Kingery
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