Not likely he’d be pitching a
product NOT sold by Symantec is it?
Anyway I’ve heard that reporter is
included in 6.x but many on this list will tell you Aptare is the premium way
to go. I’ve not used either so don’t have an opinion.
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Jonathan
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:01
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LOL
My Symantec Sales Rep was out here three
weeks ago pitching Backup reporter as the way to go in my mixed 6.0 and 5.1
environment.
Oh my!
-Jonathan
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On Behalf Of Hindle, Greg
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I was told by my netbackup 6.0 instructor
not to buy backup reporter because it is built in to 6.0. The backup
reporter was for versions below 6. can anyone comment on this? The instructor
has been with Symantec for over 9 years and most of them in support.
Greg
From: rcarlisle
[mailto:rcarlisle AT serverwarecorp DOT com]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:28
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To: Hindle, Greg; 'NB List Mail'
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Greg,
Vision is Symantec's big user
conference. It is coming up next week in Las Vegas. It is
definitely worth attending. If you are looking at reporting tools, I
would suggest checking out Aptare and Symantec Backup Reporter.
Tools like these can make your reporting life for management much easier.
Reneé Carlisle
ServerWare Corporation
From: Hindle,
Greg [mailto:Greg.Hindle AT constellation DOT com]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:12
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calculating backup success rate
Thanks. These reports are for monthly
metrics and upper management does see them. I was just curious what others are
doing to report this info. We don't have any reporting tools in place
(yet). You mention Vision? What is this a user conference?
Greg
From: rcarlisle
[mailto:rcarlisle AT serverwarecorp DOT com]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 9:46
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Greg,
Great questions. I would say that it
depends on the audience. Any reporting tool on the market for NBU today
can give you this information in different "slices". Many
clients do track this information and it is a great way to get a quick
"health check" of the environment. If you are tracking this
information for Management, I would speculate they are interested on the % of
successful backups you ran and if you are meeting SLA's. High level
reports of the number successful vs. the number of backups run should
suffice. For their level, you may decide to strip out test backups,
backups that were intentionally killed, and backups with multiple
attempts. But that may depend on your environment and management.
If you are reporting for business units,
DBAs, SA's..etc, they primarily care about if their backup ran or not.
You would probably want to strip out failed attempts, but you might choose to
include a report on backups that should have run but didn't
If you are creating a report for yourself
or other NBU operators, you probably want to look at multiple attempts.
This can help you identify potential issues in your environment that could
threaten future success of your backups.
I don't know if your going to Vision this
year, but there are several sessions on backup reporting you might want to
check out.
Good Luck
Reneé Carlisle
ServerWare Corporation
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Hindle, Greg
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:57
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backup success rate
How does everyone track this? Do you count just total
successfully backups vs. the number of attempts? And how do you handle a backup
that failed 3 times but ran good on the forth?
Greg
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