Tivoli Storage Manager / Spectrum Protect
With over 17 years experience with Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), now Spectrum Protect (SP), Patrick can deliver a wide variety of services involving this enterprise class recovery and backup software:
- Server version upgrades from 1 to thousands of systems - Having completed upgrades on many different versions, Patrick can determine the best and fastest approach to any server configuration.
- Automated client version upgrades customized for your environment - Experience with rolling out client upgrades to tens of thousands of systems using various distribution methods.
- Server and client problem determination - Many years of experience working TSM/SP issues with and without the assistance of IBM support gives Patrick the knowledge to work through any issue and the experience to get answers from support quickly when needed.
- Performance Tuning - Patrick's passion is making systems run efficiently to maximize resource utilization. With a deep understanding of how TSM/SP and operating system client and server processes function, he can get the most out of available resources.
Automation / Development
Automation is a huge part of making systems run more efficiently, and Patrick has been a big advocate of automation for his entire career. From small to very large and complex tasks, Patrick can develop custom automation for any application (not just backup/recovery):
- TSM/SP Process/Task Scheduling - With a deep understanding of all TSM/SP related tasks that have to run on a daily basis, Patrick can build "smart" scheduling that can take many factors outside of the TSM/SP software into consideration.
- Custom Shell, Perl and Python Development - With a broad understanding of various operating systems, Patrick can automate systems tasks for any OS and application.
Data Collection and Analysis
Having the right data at your fingertips is the key to continuous improvement. Patrick's custom built applications can collect, process and analyze information from multiple sources to improve efficiency and performance as well as help plan for future growth:
- TSM/SP Process/Session Throughput - Get a full understanding of your minute to minute TSM/SP throughput with data collected directly from the TSM databases using standard REST requests and JSON data encoding.
- Long Term Trend Analysis - Daily data collection to measure trends over days, weeks, months or years.
- Auditing and Tracking - Apply customer configurable rules to collected data to determine what actions are required.
