RE: EMC Data Domain scheduled auto support email

Rob,

Couple of ideas.

1) Email only a link to the PDF if size is an issue.

2) Write a little filter program pulling the messages you need to see.

Paul

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Subject: EMC Data Domain scheduled auto support email

Ok, my boss thought it would be a good idea that I get daily emails from both of our Data Domain VTLs on their status.
My problem is each (we have two) email is 1.5MB and that is without any attachments. I cannot read this entire thing and keep awake. It's doesn't quite read like a Tom Clancy novel. I tried to print the email to a pdf file using pdf creator but cancelled it after 15 minutes. Just wanted a page count.

What areas should I be concentrating on?

This one caught my eye, and it's towards the beginning:
<snip>
Proactive Disk Check
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No drives have exceeded reliability thresholds for proactive maintenance.
</snip>
Ok, I'll watch that one.

Tried to talk to someone about this column:
<snip>
Cleanable GiB*
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2404.5
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* Estimated based on last cleaning of 2016/09/01 13:30:25.
</snip>
Figuring hey, if it knows it can clean up 2.4TB that kind of sounds significant. I was told not to worry, it would be handled automatically at month end.

After that, it's, well, hard to determine what I should watch out for.
Any suggestions?


Rob Berendt
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