OK Richard, then why did the propeller heads at IBM decide to use the
summary table for collecting stats for the Operational Reporter?

I'm now sitting with ten nodes that don't get reported on, and the number is
growing.

Leigh.



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard Sims
Sent: 14 January 2004 14:19 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Inconsistency between summary and actlog


Robert - As you go through your professional life administering TSM, keep
one
         thing in mind: the Summary table is unreliable.  It has
historically
been unreliable.  As testament, see the many postings from customers who
have
wasted their time trying to get reliable data from it.

As we keep saying: Use the TSM accounting records as your principal source
of
data for usage statistics.  That's what they are there for, and they
reliably
contain solid, basic data about sessions.  Beyond that, use the Activity
Log,
the Events table, and client backup logs.

  Richard Sims, BU


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