Greg,

I can tell you that we run the command:

bppllist -allpolicies -U

and put the resulting output into a file which we then put into a revision
control system (we use subversion).

Plus we have a Change Control system where our users request changes to the
backups like adding/removing systems, path changes, etc.  These work orders
are then referenced when we check in a change to the policy list.

--stuart

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 David,
How do you track policy changes?


Greg 

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* Ed Wilts <ewilts at ewilts.org> [2007-03-19 22:23]:
> 
> These are benefits from StorageConsole that we get all the time - some

> exclusively from StorageConsole and some in combination with our own 
> tools.  I'm pretty sure that there are features that we're not using 
> yet (some just because they're not as applicable to our environment as

> they could be to others and perhaps some just because I haven't 
> mastered it all (like automated reporting)).

I can mirror most of this, plus add a few more.  One of the more recent
additions is tracking of policy changes.  We are just starting to use
this as an audit control of what changes are made in a given policy.  It
makes for a good balance check against our change management process.

We have also saved many hours of our operations staff's time by giving
them a single screen to monitor off-hours rather than have seven
distinct NBU Activity Montiors running to track job status.  The
consolidated views simplify and help target what we react to.

My favorite report is probably the Backup Duration SLA report.  It gives
a simple view of what backups are taking a long time to complete,
allowing us to target those systems as potential items to optimize.

--
David Rock
david at graniteweb.com
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