All:

I've recently been experimenting with using RRD TOOL for storing NetBackup 
statistics.
I finally got my first pair of jobs stats loggers and graphers working 
tonight.  You can see
the results here (although it isn't very impressive given my small system 
at home.)

         http://www.iotk.com/nbux/rrd/jobstats.gif

I think this type of time-series data tracking could be a valuable 
operational resource for
backup administrators.  In that regard, I'd like to poll the list and ask 
what statistics would
you like to see tracked over time?

The ones that come to my mind are:

         + Job Statistics (extending my first example to include per-error 
tracking.)
         + Throughput Statistics (how much data am I backing up over time?)
         + Media Statistics (how many full / expired / frozen / suspended, 
etc, tapes in my media database.)
         + Size of catalogs.
         + Number of available / up / down drives.
         + Drive utilization over time.

...and much, much more.  If you can quantify a variable at a point in time, 
it can be stored in an RRD and graphed.

If you've ever seen NetBackup Advanced Reporter, you have an idea of the 
data that can be collected and
processed.  NBAR is an expensive option, however, and not all that 
customizable.  I'd like to add to the tools
available at no cost to the user community.

I'd be very interested to hear everyone's thoughts on this.  How useful 
would you find this kind of extension
to the base NetBackup functionality?

Best regards,

--PLB