I would be very interested to see (in order of priority):
Drive Utilization over time (very big)
Throughput Statistics (per drive and per client/class)
Job Statistics
Number of available/up/down drives
Client/Class active over time

I think these would be great.

Ken

Ken Sibley
Sr. Unix Administrator
Accor Economy Lodging
ksibley AT accorel DOT com
469-737-3370

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter L. Buschman [mailto:plb AT iotk DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 1:34 PM
> To: Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Graphing NetBackup Statistics with RRD 
> TOOL (what
> to graph?)
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
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