TSM Reports - Products

Powerful tools to help you take control of TSM

Eliminate the questions regarding how hard your TSM servers are working. Show Management on a regular basis the amount of data that you have under management. Without the facts, your value will never be as high as it could be.

Integrated components of TSM Reports unique process:

Active Site Probe (or ASP) - we provide you with the data collection tools for TSM, that you install and run in-house. A standard collection period includes 30 days of statistics.
Secure FTP - each month you upload the data collection files via secure FTP for subsequent processing and analysis.
Active DB Analyzer - the uploaded data includes only the site statistics required to develop the powerful metrics that represent the performance characteristics of your TSM infrastructure. A more powerful schema of your site data is created which is the source data for your TSM Reports Package.
Reports Package - a customized collection of reports (see partial schedule below) is developed from your enhanced site data, including detailed graphics and supporting details. The TSM Reports Package is normally delivered to you within 48 hours.
Findings Review - a conference call review is scheduled with one of our trained Services Partners, to maximize the benefits of our powerful analysis findings.

TSM Reports Package delivers ...

TSM Reports provides a comprehensive breakdown across three distinctive categories, including TSM Characteristics, Compliance and Performance.

Characteristics

Those details that are unique to only your specific environment. Examples include:

Disk Storage Pool Layout
TSM Database Physicals
Client Inventory by OS classification
TSM Domains
Management Classes
Policies

Compliance

Including issues identified when TSM best practices are not followed. Potential exposures to critical data loss can be associated with these scenarios. Some compliance areas include:

Tivoli BAclient versions
Last Client access date, out of range
Missed Client backup schedules
Primary vs Copy pool occupancy imbalance
Failed objects from successful backups
IP Subnet loading for full client restores

Performance

Indicated levels of the volume-metrics resulting from your current configuration and infrastructure. Your Reports Package reflects the specific performance metadata collected from each 30 day sample period. Some examples include:

Client Filespace, Total vs Used
Client monthly data change rates
Client Daily BU, Archive, Restore, Retrieve
Top 20% of Backup Clients, by volume
Normal vs Disrupted volume patterns
Average vs Peak monthly backup/archive
Server daily, weekly, monthly volumes
Disk Pool migration volumes
Storage Pool copy volumes

Advanced Functionality

With storage requirements and infrastructures becoming more complex and critical, visibility around storage management practices is imperative. To this end, TSM Reports can deliver all the metrics you need, including:

Yearly Trending Analysis
TSM Infrastructure and What-If Sizing
Charge Back Reporting by Client
Your Statistics versus national "Norms"
Custom work for your special requirements

Addressing Main TSM Pain Points

TSM Reports directly addresses the major pains of TSM, including:

1. Management Internal resources committed 100% with supporting admin and operations.

2. Scaling Requirements expand as storage capacity grows, creating a continuous scaling effect.

3. Trends Operations not resourced to deal with the bigger picture, so not privy to overall trends.

4. Performance Throughput ultimately determines the scale of what your TSM instance can manage.

Compliance An issue when storoge under TSM control can not be recovered.

Reporting and Analysis Categories

To make it easy, TSM Reports offers a hierarchical approach to the site data that you require.

Client Section

Every month, have full knowledge of how all the managed clients are impacting TSM

Report Ref.	Reference / Report Name	Description	Category
1.	Site Information	A high level perspective of the physical aspects captured with the Active Site Probe (or ASP)
1.a	Physical Location	Details on data collection site	Characteristic
1.b	Disk Storage Pools	Physical Sizing	Characteristic
1.c	Database Configuration	Physical Layout	Characteristic
2.	Client Inventory	Includes a detailed accounting of TSM clients registered with the TSM server
2.a	Client OS Classification	Client population statistics by OS type	Characteristic
2.b	Last Access Date	Indication for the last backup timeframe	Compliance
2.c	Tivoli BAClient Version	Registered versions across client inventory	Compliance
3.	Client Backup Activity Graphs	Individual graphic of daily backup volumes for each registered client
3.a	Top 20	Largest 20 clients, based on monthly backup	Performance
3.b	Normal vs Disrupted Patterns	Variance between average and peak backup volumes	Performance
3.c	Missed Backup Scheduled	Clients that had multiple days with no backup volume	Compliance
3.d	Unscheduled or Dormant Clients	Clients with little or no backup volume	Perf/Compliance
4.	Daily Client Statistics	Daily detail of all client driven statistics
4.a	Backup / Restore		Performance
4.b	Archive / Retrieve		Performance
4.c	Inactive Clients		Performance
5.	Client / Node Occupancy	Summary of storage pool occupancy by pool
5.a	Backup Primary vs Copy	Primary capacity compared to Copy	Compliance
5.b	Archive Primary vs Copy	Primary capacity compared to Copy	Compliance
5.c	Compliance Issues	Summary of Issues	Compliance
6.	Client Filespace Capacity	Storage utilization from a client perspective
6.a	Total vs Utilized	Measured use of storage against capacity	Performance
6.b	Data Change Rates	Characteristic of how dynamic data sources are, versus static	Performance

Server Section

All the monthly server statistics, in both text and graphical representations

7.	Server Total Throughput	Weekly volume totals for major server workloads backup, archive, restore, retrieve, migration, stgpool backup, reclaim
7.a	Backup / Restore	Volumes of related workloads	Performance
7.b	Archive / Retrieve	Volumes of related workloads	Performance
7.c	Migration	Disk to tape workload	Perf/Compliance
7.d	StgPool Copy	Tape to tape workload	Perf/Compliance
7.e	Reclaim	Tape reclaim workload	Performance
8.	Storage Pool Occupancy	Compares total Primary and Copy storage pool capacities
8.a	Primary vs Copy	Across both Backup and Archive	Perf/Compliance
8.b	Backup vs Archive	Checks Primary against Copy	Perf/Compliance
9.	Server Backup / Restore	Daily volumes over sample period for all clients
9.a	Total	Total Backup / Restore volumes by day	Performance
9.b	Maximum	Peak Backup / Restore volumes	Performance
9.c	Average	Avg. Backup / Restore volumes	Performance
10.	Server Archive / Retrieve	Daily volumes over sample period for all clients
10.a	Total	Total Archive / Retrieve volumes by day	Performance
10.b	Maximum	Peak Archive / Retrieve volume	Performance
10.c	Average	Avg. Archive / Retrieve volume	Performance
11.	Server Migration	Daily volumes over sample period for disk to tape migration for all disk pools
11.a	Total	Total Migration volumes by day	Performance
10.b	Maximum	Peak Migration volume	Performance
10.c	Average	Avg. Migration volume	Performance
12.	Storage Pool Copy	Daily volumes over sample period for tape to tape copy for all tape pools
12.a	Total	Total StgPool volumes by day	Performance
12.b	Maximum	Peak StgPool volume	Performance
12.c	Average	Avg. StgPool volume	Performance
13.	Server Configuration	Details TSM server settings with domain, management class and policy itemization
13.a	Server Settings	TSM configuration settings	Perf/Compliance
13.b	Domains	Configuration details	Characteristic
13.c	Management Classes	Class configuration details	Characteristic
13.d	Policies	Policy configuration details	Characteristic

PLUS More ... TSM Reports doesn't stop there!