John,
SMS, in particular, uses SQL Server to store its data. Given that, the SQL
you need to do this can be either Access/Jet (easier to use for some but can
be a resource pig) or TransactSQL. I don't like Jet SQL so I'd tend to
attack this as something I'd build in SQL Server/TransactSQL. Schema wise,
I favor dimensional modeling over relational modeling. So, dimensions would
include things like time, machine, and in-service schedule. The measured
facts would include downtime, in-service downtime, and availability. Both
dimensions and facts are names for database tables that store portions of
the information needed for your reports. Dimensions store the attributes of
the entities being measured. Facts store the numeric measures.
These days my server sits idled while I decide what to do with it. So my
SMS instance is down. I'd need help remembering the schema of the database
SMS uses to record its data. But the task would be to write some code that
took the data out of SMS or whatever and reformed it into a datawarehouse
which stored the data in a form that best supports your reports. The other
task would be to construct views or Data Cubes that presented the data for
analysis (10 seconds to teach data warehouses). As always, the devil is in
the details and this is why I am not being more specific.
"John Coen" <co**************@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:Fu*************@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
I have no problem actually recording the downtime, we have SMS, SNMP
programmes like Insight Manager, MOM 2005. I take the data from these
monitoring tools and want to put them in a spreadsheet/database that can
check if the downtime was within the service hours for a particular device
and then give me availability percentages. Any ideas my knowledge of Excel
and Access isn't good enough to produce something
"Alan Webb" <kn*****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O6********************@comcast.com... John,
Dell calls it Open Management. Microsoft calls it Systems Management
Server. There are hooks all the way through Windows NT and its siblings
for SMS. You can pay Microsoft for their software and save yourself the
trouble of reverse engineering the event system in SMS or you can throw
caution to the wind and dig in knowing that Windows has the API calls in
it somewhere for SMS. If you have a Dell Optiplex or Dell server box
Open Management came with it on the OEM CD's that came with the box. You
can install that for your Dell and go from there. HP and Compaq have
thier own software that ships with business PC's & servers but I forget
the name. In the Open Source world, SNMP is supposed to provide a
framework for this sort of stuff. Me? I am too lazy. I "borrowed" a
copy of SMS from my old job. Now, I and others here build databases for
money and if you meet our price we can be very helpful.
"John Coen" <co**************@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:eW***************@newsfe6-win.ntli.net... Help, does anyone have a database I could use to record downtime on
multiple systems, that will also show me availability percentages on a
day to day basis worked against actual service hours. If that wasn't
enough I need to be able to split between planned and unplanned
downtime. Help!
