Thanks everyone for your replies. Every single one of them was useful, and now I'll be drawing up my proposed solutions.
I appreciate it! Jim Etchison Program Manager Siemens Business Services 818-970-3824 (cell) 714-674-8546 (office) -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David E Ehresman Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 6:44 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Usage Forecasting I second the recommendation to look at Servergraph, http://www.servergraph.com. Not only will its trending components help you forecast the need for more tapes, its various other charts will help you determine how the tapes are being used and tons of other info about your TSM installation. David Ehresman University of Louisville >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/12/05 3:11 PM >>> Greetings, This is my first posting to this list, so please forgive me if this is not the right type of question or the right group to ask. I am currently a Client Manager for a large corporation that uses TSM as its backup solution. TSM seems to be working very well for my client, with one glaring exception: tape usage forecasting. On a number of occasions I have had to "surprise" my client by telling them they needed to buy thousands of more tapes. The first few times this has been forgiven, but with each successive request, they have gotten more and more irritated. From what I have been told by my Storage Manager, TSM does not have any Tape Forecasting capabilities. But from a business standpoint, this is a very real need because it is a substantial cost. At this point I am left with no option but to continue suprising my customer, which is not a career-enhancing choice. :) My question is this: how have others resolved this dilemma? Is there an add-on product that can be purchased that might solve this? Any help would be welcome. Thanks!
