Tranzman Recorder

Tranzman Recorder Overview & Usage

The Tranzman Recorder is a FREE tool designed to create a data snapshot of the origin or destination backup environments involved in a migration.
It gathers information from backup environments for initial assessment and migration purposes.
Additionally, it serves as a virtual agent for migrations and recoveries.

Download: Tranzman Recorder or request via email: TZM support

Recorder Usage: UNIX/Linux

1. Download and Extract
   Download the recorder binary onto the backup servers involved in the migration.
   Ensure at least 2GB of free space on the filesystem.
   Extract using:

   > tar xzf tzm_recorder_linux.64.tgz

   If tar does not support z:

   > gunzip tzm_recorder_linux.64.tgz

   > tar xf tzm_recorder_linux.64.tgz

2. Update Permissions
   

   > chmod +xr -R tzm_recorder

3. Execute the Recorder
   

   > cd tzm_recorder

   > ./tzm_recorder

   INFO | Tool build date Thu Apr 6 21:45:03 2023

   INFO | START - Gathering environment information

   INFO | Retrieving process list

Recorder Usage: Windows

1. Download and Extract
   Download the Windows binary zip file and extract the contents.
   Ensure at least 2GB of free space on the extracted filesystem.
   Right-click the zip file and select "Extract."
2. Execute the Recorder
   Open a CMD prompt, navigate to the extracted directory, and run:

   # tzm_recorder.exe

The CMD prompt should be started as Run as Administrator or with an account that has Administrator rights.

Data Anonymization

By default, tzm_recorder generates an output file as a zip. To anonymize data, either extract manually or run with the -no_zip option:

> tzm_recorder -no_zip

Sample Sizing Data

NetBackup

------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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

------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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

------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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

------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sizing Information -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Environment Name = commvault-o-win Backup Product = CVM Backup Product Version = 11.80.130.0 Platform = MSWin32 Clustering Technology = Standalone Catalog Size = 432.57MB Catalog Backup Duration = 21568 Protected Data Size = 88.67GB Number of Images / Sets = 83 Number of Fragments / SubSets = 221 Number of backup objects = NONE Largest Image / Set = 19.61GB Average backup objects per Image = 0.00 Largest image object count = 223636 Average daily images = 0.00 Number of Media = 258 Number of Active Clients (in policies) = 53 Number of Clients (with backups) = UNKNOWN Number of Servers under Master Control = UNKNOWN Number of Policies / Workloads = 141 Server RAM = 6.00GB Server CPU/Core Count = 2 Backup Data Types = [ AIX File System Exchange Database Exchange Mailbox (Classic) Linux File System Solaris File System SQL Server Windows File System ] New Job / Policy Types = NONE Largest media used capacity = 399.99GB Server Roles = UNKNOWN Devices = UNKNOWN Encryption = UNKNOWN Dedupe = UNKNOWN

Backup Exec

------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sizing Information -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Environment Name = bue14-o1-win Backup Product = BUE Backup Product Version = 14.1 Platform = MSWin32 Clustering Technology = Standalone Catalog Size = 48.94MB Catalog Backup Duration = NONE Protected Data Size = 0.00B Number of Images / Sets = 370 Number of Fragments / SubSets = 562 Number of backup objects = NONE Largest Image / Set = 21.99GB Average backup objects per Image = Not Found Largest image object count = 85050 Average daily images = Not Found Number of Media = 421 Number of Active Clients (in policies) = 29 Number of Clients (with backups) = UNKNOWN Number of Servers under Master Control = NONE Number of Policies / Workloads = 88 Server RAM = 8.00GB Server CPU/Core Count = 4 Backup Data Types = [ 84 39 70 71 14 59 49 73 37 43 ] New Job / Policy Types = NONE Largest media used capacity = Not Found Server Roles = UNKNOWN Devices = UNKNOWN Encryption = UNKNOWN Dedupe = UNKNOWN

Networker

------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sizing Information -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Environment Name = winemcnetworker Backup Product = NSR Backup Product Version = 9.1.0.2 Platform = MSWin32 Clustering Technology = Standalone Catalog Size = 6.49MB Catalog Backup Duration = 6401226 Protected Data Size = 4.26GB Number of Images / Sets = 703 Number of Fragments / SubSets = 703 Number of backup objects = 162410 Largest Image / Set = 192.17MB Average backup objects per Image = 231.02 Largest image object count = 4652 Average daily images = 10.65 Number of Media = 51 Number of Active Clients (in policies) = 7 Number of Clients (with backups) = 12 Number of Servers under Master Control = 2 Number of Policies / Workloads = 8 Server RAM = 5.00GB Server CPU/Core Count = 4 Backup Data Types = [ Filesystem Sybase ] New Job / Policy Types = [ Filesystem Sybase ] Largest media used capacity = 3.55GB Server Roles = [ Networker Server Storage Node Networker Management Console ] Devices = [ LTO Ultrium-3 adv_file Data Domain ] Encryption = NO Dedupe = NO

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