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I've been playing a bit with NB Advanced Reporter with 5.1. It's not great,
but might keep your management a bit happier until you can upgrade to 6.0.
They can access their reports through a web browser which talks directly to
NBAR running on your NBU master. It does have "management friendly" reports
on failed backups, successful backups, data backed up per hour, the usual
stuff....
I believe it's a seperately licensed (chargeable) option. The place I am
working at has a "gold key" so I don't know about the pricing. Perhaps you
could ask your rep for a trial key and give it a whirl. (Maybe you could
even ask them to extend the trial license a couple of times, by which time
you might be ready to upgrade to 6.0 ;)
>From 6.0, NBAR (and GDM) are replaced by NBU Operations Manager which is
included with the base product.
I've read as much as I can about it and it does sound like a decent
improvement over NBAR and GDM. I have it running on a NBU 6 test system
(Solaris 10), but haven't had a chance to learn/configure the new Vx
Security Services yet so can't actually log in to look at the reports.
- Dean
On 12/16/05, Geordie Wardman <gswardman AT logic DOT bm> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> This is probably a repeat question, but I was unable to find a good open
> source answer in the hours I spent searching the archives.
>
>
>
> I have a single NT master/media server, and about 27 hosts. 23 of them ar=
e
> UNIX clients, and 4 are Windows clients, 2 of which are running SQLServer
> agents, with nightly full database backups, and hourly transaction log
> backups.
>
>
>
> I'm looking for something that sends pretty graphs of all my backups,
> which ones were successful, and which ones failed. Preferably in a .pdf b=
ar
> chart or something. That is my main concern. I use bpdbjobs to send a .cs=
v
> file, and it is fine for me, but not for Sr. Mgt.
>
>
>
> I am familiar with Aptare Console Server, and this suits my needs well,
> but is pricey for the tiny environment that I am backing up. Do you have =
any
> knowledge of a good open source agent or easily implemented script suitab=
le
> for NT environment?
>
>
>
> If you can help me out with this, I would be greatly appreciative.
>
>
>
> Geordie Wardman
>
> Logic Communications
>
>
>
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I've been playing a bit with NB Advanced Reporter with 5.1. It's not great,=
but might keep your management a bit happier until you can upgrade to 6.0.=
They can access their reports through a web browser which talks directly t=
o NBAR running on your NBU master. It does have "management friendly&q=
uot; reports on failed backups, successful backups, data backed up per hour=
, the usual stuff....
<br><br>I believe it's a seperately licensed (chargeable) option. The place=
I am working at has a "gold key" so I don't know about the prici=
ng. Perhaps you could ask your rep for a trial key and give it a whirl. (Ma=
ybe you could even ask them to extend the trial license a couple of times, =
by which time you might be ready to upgrade to=20
6.0 ;)<br><br>From 6.0, NBAR (and GDM) are replaced by NBU Operations Manag=
er which is included with the base product. <br><br>I've read as much as I =
can about it and it does sound like a decent improvement over NBAR and GDM.=
I have it running on a NBU 6 test system (Solaris 10), but haven't had a c=
hance to learn/configure the new Vx Security Services yet so can't actually=
log in to look at the reports.
<br><br>- Dean<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 12/16/05, <b clas=
s=3D"gmail_sendername">Geordie Wardman</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:gswardman@=
logic.bm">gswardman AT logic DOT bm</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote
class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0p=
t 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">Hi,</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">This is probably a repeat question, but I was unable to find
a good open source answer in the hours I spent searching the archives.</spa=
n></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">I have a single NT master/media server, and about 27 hosts.
23 of them are UNIX clients, and 4 are Windows clients, 2 of which are runn=
ing
SQLServer agents, with nightly full database backups, and hourly transactio=
n
log backups.</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">I'm looking for something that sends pretty graphs of
all my backups, which ones were successful, and which ones failed. Preferab=
ly
in a .pdf bar chart or something. That is my main concern. I use bpdbjobs t=
o
send a .csv file, and it is fine for me, but not for Sr. Mgt.</span></font>=
</p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">I am familiar with Aptare Console Server, and this suits my
needs well, but is pricey for the tiny environment that I am backing up. Do=
you
have any knowledge of a good open source agent or easily implemented script
suitable for NT environment?</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">If you can help me out with this, I would be greatly
appreciative.</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">Geordie Wardman</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">Logic Communications</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
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