danthomp
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Hello,
My name is Dan Thompson, and I am an SE for IBM who specializes in TSM/Spectrum Protect.
I am trying to gather information on what kind of reports users of the software would like to see. I am familiar with the excellent SQL references users have compiled and shared, but I am trying to ask a more fundamental question: What key reports do people need, what form and delivery options will they need and who is the intended recipient?
In discussions with other internal IBMers with a similar skill set, we suspect that a high percentage of needs can be met by a small number of reports, perhaps as few as 10.
So, if you have a few minutes, please respond to this thread with the following information:
1) What report(s) do you need?
2) What is the fundamental task you want the report to enable? (for example: I want to know how much of the planned capacity of my TSM/Protect server is being utilized, for any and all resources).
3) Does the fundamental task require information from multiple sources?
4) What is the scope of the report? Multiple servers, single server, single node, single schedule, etc.
5) What form do you want this report (pre-formatted like the daily OC report, tabular, chart, don't care)?
6) Who is the intended recipient (TSM/Protect admins, operations, mid-level mgmt, upper mgmt, etc.)?
7) What is the distribution method (email, post to a web server and email link, pdf, spreadsheet, etc.)?
8) How often is the report needed (daily, weekly, other)?
9) If you want to give an example of what you are describing, please feel free to share (SQL query, snapshot or mock-up).
If it is not obvious enough, I want to make certain I don't misunderstand your requirements by focusing on the how, rather than the fundamental what and who.
Thanks,
Dan Thompson
My name is Dan Thompson, and I am an SE for IBM who specializes in TSM/Spectrum Protect.
I am trying to gather information on what kind of reports users of the software would like to see. I am familiar with the excellent SQL references users have compiled and shared, but I am trying to ask a more fundamental question: What key reports do people need, what form and delivery options will they need and who is the intended recipient?
In discussions with other internal IBMers with a similar skill set, we suspect that a high percentage of needs can be met by a small number of reports, perhaps as few as 10.
So, if you have a few minutes, please respond to this thread with the following information:
1) What report(s) do you need?
2) What is the fundamental task you want the report to enable? (for example: I want to know how much of the planned capacity of my TSM/Protect server is being utilized, for any and all resources).
3) Does the fundamental task require information from multiple sources?
4) What is the scope of the report? Multiple servers, single server, single node, single schedule, etc.
5) What form do you want this report (pre-formatted like the daily OC report, tabular, chart, don't care)?
6) Who is the intended recipient (TSM/Protect admins, operations, mid-level mgmt, upper mgmt, etc.)?
7) What is the distribution method (email, post to a web server and email link, pdf, spreadsheet, etc.)?
8) How often is the report needed (daily, weekly, other)?
9) If you want to give an example of what you are describing, please feel free to share (SQL query, snapshot or mock-up).
If it is not obvious enough, I want to make certain I don't misunderstand your requirements by focusing on the how, rather than the fundamental what and who.
Thanks,
Dan Thompson