IMHO, this type of functionality should be a part of any decent enterprise
backup package and not
something the customer should have to pay extra for (like Advanced Reporter.)
With backups especially, data trending over time is extremely important for
capacity planning purposes.
For my part, visualizing the data is the highpoint when all the
code-hacking you've gone through
finally shows its worth.
--PLB
At 04:03 PM 02/05/2002 -0800, Geibel, Jonathan wrote:
>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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