Tivoli Storage Manager

Reporting and Monitoring

Ron Henkhaus Consulting I.T. Specialist rhenkha@us.ibm.com
IBM Cloud and Smarter Infrastructure Storage Software Advanced Technology (SWAT)
18 July 2013

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Abstract and Agenda

Session Abstract
Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Reporting and Monitoring has undergone some big
improvements over the past couple of years, including more and better reports as well as
much simpler and faster installation. Cognos is being exploited to produce all the reports,
and it's available for you to create your own reports. This session gives an overview of
TSM Reporting and Monitoring and a demonstration of both, as well as how to create a
simple customized report.

Agenda

Why care about TSM Reporting and Monitoring

TSM Reporting Options
Overview of Reporting and Monitoring
Demonstrations

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Tivoli Storage Manager

Reporting and Monitoring

WHY CARE ABOUT TSM

REPORTING AND
MONITORING
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Why care about TSM Reporting and Monitoring

Monitoring
Real-time monitor of multiple TSM
servers and their clients
User defined alerts
example: TSM DB getting too full
Customizable monitor displays

Reporting
Run predefined status and trend
reports
Create customized reports using
Cognos
Email reports

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Replacement for Operational

Reporting
Operational Reporting not supported
with TSM Version 6

Cost? No additional charge!

Included with TSM:
IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) for TSM
Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR)
Includes Cognos Business
Intelligence

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Tivoli Storage Manager

Reporting and Monitoring

TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER

REPORTING OPTIONS
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Tivoli Storage Manager Reporting TSM Operations Center

Dashboard
just the beginning

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Tivoli Storage Manager Reporting

TSM for Virtual Environments / Data Protection for VMware
vSphere client plug-in user interface
component of TSM for Virtual Environments / Data Protection for VMware

Report generated by default for most

recent backups, last 12 or 24 hours

Additional option to show history of

backups (summary table) for VM

What VM backups
failed last night?

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Tivoli Storage Manager

Reporting and Monitoring

OVERVIEW OF REPORTING
AND MONITORING
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Reporting & Monitoring Overview

IBM Tivoli Monitoring for TSM Server and Components
Monitoring & Reporting components
reside on single server
Major components:
Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services
(TEMS)
Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP)
Tivoli Monitoring Agent for TSM
small memory footprint
up to 5 agents instances can reside
on R&M server itself
agent instances can also reside on
their TSM servers

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Reporting & Monitoring Overview

IBM Tivoli Monitoring for TSM Functions
Collects monitor data from agents
Stores data in the WAREHOUS DB
Summarizes and prunes data in the
WAREHOUS
Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP)
Displays monitor data in real time
including TSM servers data
Provides filtering and sorting
capabilities
Lets user create situation alerts

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Tivoli Common Reporting for TSM Components & Functions
Major components:
Infrastructure
includes interface to TSM data in
WAREHOUS database
Predefined reports
Includes Cognos Business Intelligence

Functions:
Run predefined Cognos reports
using data from the WAREHOUS
Create customized reports
Email reports
Schedule
Individual reports
Jobs (Sets of reports)
Share (export/import) and secure reports

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Reporting & Monitoring Overview

Data flow

TSM server(s) data collection

Performed by agents
Data collected from TSM DB by Selects
Data sent to TEM server on R&M server

Monitor data displayed on Monitoring

(TEP) workspaces
Monitor data stored in WAREHOUS DB
Detailed (raw) data
Summarized data
Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly,
Quarterly, & Yearly

Data pruned from WAREHOUS by ITM

Reporting (TCR) pulls data from WAREHOUS

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Reporting & Monitoring Overview

Installation and Implementation
Installation & Implementation much faster
and simpler starting with TSM 6.3
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for TSM
Installation:
Time: approximately 45 - 90 minutes
Package: TSMRPT
Implementation
configure agent instances
configure summarization & pruning
if changes needed

Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) for TSM

Installation:
Time: approximately 90 minutes
Package: TSMAC
Admin Center + TCR for TSM (opt.)

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Tivoli Storage Manager

Reporting and Monitoring

MONITORING
DEMONSTRATION
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Monitoring Demonstration

Why use IBM Tivoli Monitor for TSM?

It gives an operational view of the status of your whole TSM environment
Verify client operations are getting done
Check status of TSM servers operation and resources
Demonstration will show some useful monitor displays and the ability to customize,
specifically
Reporting and Monitoring Console
Dashboard (customized)
Selected other workspaces
Workspace customization
filtering and sorting data
Situation alert

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Reporting and Monitoring Console

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Monitoring Dashboard

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Monitoring Node Status and customize workspace

Sort
columns

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Filter columns
Poof! Gone.

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Monitoring Node Activity

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Monitoring Situation Alert

Situation
triggered

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Monitoring Situation Alert (continued)

Clicking
on link
yields

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Tivoli Storage Manager

Reporting and Monitoring

REPORTING
DEMONSTRATION
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Reporting Demonstration

Why use Tivoli Common Reporting for TSM?

It provides status and trend reports for the whole TSM environment
Status reports for different intervals for client operations and servers resources.
Trend reports over different intervals to catch trends in time to be proactive
Demonstration will show interface, some canned reports, and how to customize
Specifically
User Interface and menus
Selected out-of-the-box status reports
Selected out-of-the-box trend reports
Scheduling and emailing a report
Creating a simple report

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Reporting Interface

Reporting accessed through Tivoli

Integrated Portal (TIP) via browser

Firefox and Microsoft Internet

Explorer browsers supported

Local or remote access

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Reporting Menus

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Reporting Menus Status Reports

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Reporting Yesterdays Missed & Failed Schedules

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Reporting Client Backup Status

TSM node
contact info

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Reporting Client Backup Currency - top

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Reporting Client Backup Currency - bottom

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Reporting Client Schedule Status

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Reporting Client Occupancy Summary

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Reporting VE Occupancy

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Reporting Menus Trending Reports

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Reporting Client Storage Trend Run

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Reporting Client Storage Trend (PDF output)

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Reporting Scheduling and Emailing reports

Choose schedule
option

Choose override

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Reporting Scheduling and Emailing reports (continued)

Edit options for

email
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Reporting Scheduling and Emailing reports (continued)

Enter recipients,
subject, email
body, etc. and
attach reports

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Reporting Database Trend (PDF output)

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Reporting Creating a custom report

Create a report with Report Studio

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Reporting Customizing a report in Report Studio

Change heading

Data access
here also

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Reporting Creating a custom report (continued)

Saved custom report in My Folders

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Resources
DeveloperWorks - developerWorks - Storage Management *
Blogs, Forums, and ..
TSM Wiki
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager

Field Guides and Technotes

Best Practices
Videos, and much more

Tivoli Monitoring for TSM Wiki

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/T
ivoli%20Monitoring%20for%20Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager

Overview and Planning

Best practices
Installation and Upgrade
Working with Reports, and more

Product publications
Reporting and Monitoring for TSM *
IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence *
* Hyperlinks are live in PDF and PowerPoint screen show mode

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