Everything you say you are looking for, and more, can be found in this product; I've used it and continue to work with its developers as an advisor on future developments... like any product, you must judge its usefulness for your specific environment.
I suggest you obtain a copy of the User Guide, then download and obtain an eval license; I usually advise the install be done on a machine with reliable network access to the TSM server(s) you want to monitor, like a development or QA box that allows you to install with minimal bureaucracy. I know there are several, large TSM sites using this tool that are on this list; perhaps they, too, will respond. Don France Technical Architect -- Tivoli Certified Consultant Tivoli Storage Manager, WinNT/2K, AIX/Unix, OS/390 San Jose, Ca (408) 257-3037 mailto:don_france@;ayett.net (change aye to a for replies) Professional Association of Contract Employees (P.A.C.E. -- www.pacepros.com) -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@;VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of Curtis Stewart Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 10:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Comments on Server Graph or other like utilities Hello List: I administer a rather large TSM system in the financial industry. We are considering the implementation of Server Graph for monitoring our multiple TSM servers located all over the country (USA). I'm interested in any experiences the members of this list may have with this product, good and bad. Also, are there any other competing products that, in your experience, work better? We are looking for a tool that we can use from a central server that provides TSM monitoring / Alerting, as well as reporting, and analysis information. Ultimately, we'd like to be able to turn over the day to day TSM stuff (restores, restarting / troubleshooting hung backups and other basic tasks) to our 24x7 operations team so we can concentrate on new TSM implementations, performance tuning etc... We'd like a tool that will allow us to do both. Essentially we want to automate notification of our operations team when something goes wrong, as well as use the tool for in depth reporting and analysis of our site. We understand we could accomplish this will a bunch of shell or Perl scripts, but we are looking for something that's already put together and just works. We don't have the time to reinvent the wheel here. Our company uses OpenView and we will need to tie into this system as tightly as possible. I understand that Server Graph claims to integrate easily with OpenView. Do any of you have any experience with this application? If so, will you please share your experiences? Curtis Stewart TSM Administrator
