in my opinion, this is a major component that netbackup is severely
lacking..  so, I think every netbackup user would greatly appreciate and
would highly benefit from such a tool..

On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Conner, Neil wrote:

> I would find this reporting immensely useful myself.
> Thanks!
> Neil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SIBLEY, Ken R. - ACCOREL [mailto:sibley_ken AT accorel DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 1:39 PM
> To: 'NetBackup List'
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Graphing NetBackup Statistics with RRD TOOL
> (wha t to graph?)
>
>
> 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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