Sizer
This page outlines the steps needed to running tzm_recorder to obtain figures for sizing an Environment. The tool is either downloaded from a Tranzman Appliance that has been configured for performing Assessments, or can be obtained by sending a request to Tranzman Support
Using Recorder to obtain Sizing information in *nix
Step 1
Once the file has been copied to the backup server, extracted the contents, make sure there is at least 100MB of space in the folder where you extract, this will also be used as the run folder where data capture is staged.
Extract files from the TGZ archive using the tar command.
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tar xzf tzm_recorder_linux.64.tgz |
If tar doesn't support the "z" option you will need to use "gunzip" first.
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gunzip tzm_recorder_linux.64.tgz tar xf tzm_recorder_linux.64.tar |
Step 2
Modify access to all files extracted in the newly created tzm_recorder folder.
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chmod +rx -R tzm_recorder |
Step 3
Run tzm_recorder found in the extracted folder.
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cd tzm_recorder ./tzm_recorder -sizer |
Using Recorder to obtain Sizing information in Windows
Step 1
Once the file has been copied to the backup server extracted the contents, make sure there is at least 2GB of space in the folder where you extract, this will also be used as the run folder where data capture is staged.
Right click on the zip file to extract.
Step 2
Open a CMD window, and run the tzm_recorder.exe tool
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D: cd \tzm_recorder_windows.64\tzm_recorder tzm_recorder.exe -sizer |
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Note: The CMD window needs to be run from an account with Administrator rights for it to work properly. |
Providing Credentials
Some Backup Products will require credentials to be entered to be able to continue.
TSM
TSM requires you to enter the DB2 user and password, and the DSM admin user and password.
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INFO | >>SYSTEM<< Credentials are not valid for db2 database account, please enter correct credentials Please enter the username for db2 account >tsminst1 Please enter the password for tsminst1 > INFO | >>SYSTEM<< Credentials are not valid for tsm admin account, please enter correct credentials Please enter the username for tsm account >admin Please enter the password for admin > |
Commvault
Commvault requires you to enter the user and password for the commcell administrator.
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INFO | >>SYSTEM<< Credentials are not valid for login to commcell, please enter correct credentials Please enter the username for cvm account >Administrator Please enter the password for tsminst1 > |
Example Sizer Outputs
NetBackup
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------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sizing Information -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Environment Name = nbu-example-srv Backup Product = NBU Backup Product Version = 8.2 Platform = MSWin32 Clustering Technology = Standalone Catalog Size = 1.78TB Catalog Backup Duration = 99981 Protected Data Size = 2.86PB Number of Images / Sets = 245078 Number of Fragments / SubSets = 790218 Largest Image / Set = 3.18TB Largest image file count = 29679145 Average daily images = 7280 Number of Media = NONE Number of Active Clients (in policies) = 756 Number of Clients (with backups) = 6752 Number of Servers under Master Control = 12 Number of Policies / Workloads = 364 Server RAM = 64.00GB Server CPU/Core Count = 36 Backup Data Types = [ 35 0 40 7 24 13 ] New Job / Policy Types = [ 25 35 40 7 17 15 4 0 24 19 13 ] Largest media used capacity = 0.00B Server Roles = [ master server ] Devices = [ AdvancedDisk BasicDisk PureDisk DataDomain ] Encryption = YES Dedupe = YES |
Spectrum Protect / TSM
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------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sizing Information -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Environment Name = TSM71-O-LNX Backup Product = TSM Backup Product Version = 7.1.6.0 Platform = linux Clustering Technology = Standalone Catalog Size = 1.16GB Catalog Backup Duration = NONE Protected Data Size = 35.50GB Number of Images / Sets = 30944 Number of Fragments / SubSets = 1708 Number of backup objects = 80177 Largest Image / Set = 7.13GB Average backup objects per Image = 2.59 Largest image object count = 24273 Average daily images = 0.00 Number of Media = 92 Number of Active Clients (in policies) = 36 Number of Clients (with backups) = 36 Number of Servers under Master Control = UNKNOWN Number of Policies / Workloads = 55 Server RAM = 3.70GB Server CPU/Core Count = 1 Backup Data Types = [ "AIX" "DB2/LINUXX8664" "DB2/NT64" "DP Oracle Win64" "Linux x86-64" "OpenVMS" "Postgres" "SunOS" "TDP Dom LINUX64" "TDP Domino WIN64" "TDP MSExchg" "TDP MSSQL Win64" "TDP R3 Linux" "TDP VMware" "WinNT" ] New Job / Policy Types = UNKNOWN Largest media used capacity = 3.00GB Server Roles = UNKNOWN Devices = [ LTO FILE DISK NAS ] Encryption = NO Dedupe = NO |
Data Protector
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------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sizing Information -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Environment Name = hpe-example-srv Backup Product = HPE Backup Product Version = 10.30 Platform = linux Clustering Technology = Standalone Server Roles = UNKNOWN Catalog Size = 1.52GB Catalog Backup Duration = UNKNOWN Protected Data Size = 2.17PB Number of Images / Sets = 42003 Number of Fragments / SubSets = 42003 Largest Image / Set = 3.96TB Largest image file count = 44640212 Average daily images = NONE Number of Media = 7329 Largest media used capacity = 33.44TB Number of Active Clients (in policies) = 137 Number of Clients (with backups) = 329 Number of Servers under Master Control = NONE Number of Policies / Workloads = 164 Server RAM = 36GB Server CPU/Core Count = 8 Backup Data Types = [ IDB ORACLE8 WINFS FILESYSTEM E2010 ] New Job / Policy Types = NONE Devices = [ ObjectStore LTO-Ultrium ] Encryption = NO Dedupe = TES |
Commvault
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Backup Exec
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