You can also keep the data for a longer period. Analytics is in the same camp with the other backup reporting tools that have been around for much longer, like Aptare, Bocada, Wysdym/DPA, etc.
-----Original Message----- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of bob944 Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:50 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup OpsCenter vs. OpsCenter w/Analytics > From: Justin Piszcz <jpis...@lucidpixels.com> [...] However, I've just > started looking into Analytics (w/trial key) and was curious if anyone > had found any "killer features" it offers over the regular OpsCenter > in terms of metrics/reporting or other things I may have missed? I'm not much for graphics, but the "temperature charts" for data like tape drive utilization were much more usable than any of my scripted analyses of bptm and other logs that I've done over the years have been. More info for 1/1000 of the work. > I know you can run custom queries against the OpsCenter DB vs. the > ~100 or so "canned" reports of the regular OpsCenter, are there > customers out there who have taken advantage of this or any other > feature I am not be aware of? If you're a SQL guy and can puzzle out enough of the schema (apparently, a VBR background and documentation is a big help with that), it's pretty easy to write custom SQL for admin or user reports. You can also add custom objects to the schema but a) the method seemed awkward and undocumented to me and b) it seems necessary to plan ahead to remove all customizations before a version upgrade, then reapply [and re-test, re-verify] afterwards. And that makes sense to me--if I were customizing the metadata files in the NetBackup catalog, I wouldn't expect the vendor's upgrades to function properly with arbitrary user changes to those files. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
