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Re: reporting on backup successes/failures

2002-03-05 15:44:27
Subject: Re: reporting on backup successes/failures
From: "Wayne T. Smith" <ADSM AT MAINE DOT EDU>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 15:41:33 -0500
> What would be the best way to produce a report that shows the number of
> client backup successes vs. failures, for a given day?

Tough or impossible to answer, IMHO.  What constitutes a failure?  If
you can understand the answers to that question, you may be able to
answer your own question.

Is a single file failure, a failure?

Is a missed schedule a failure?

Is having a scheduled backup for a file space start and complete on
different days a failure?

Is having a backed up file space not backed up for n days a failure?

Is failing to move all data n hours (days) old offsite a failure?

Is backing up 10-20G per night, every night, from a desktop a failure?

Is a failure related to an enterprise-critical server more of a failure
than a failure on a "non-critical" desktop?

Are all failures client failures, or are there server failures?

Is wanting to restore a file copy that is not on the backup server a
failure?

Is keeping a tape pool at 95% instead of 60% reclamation level a
failure?

cheers, wayne

Wayne T. Smith                          ADSM AT Maine DOT edu
ADSM Technical Coordinator - UNET       University of Maine System
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