not having awk spoils the fun. The NetBackup Operations Manager might be able to report you the written kb, so you could try it this way. You could also create a bpdbjobs report and take the kbytes from there, if you have to use excel you can create some more investigative pivot-tables like grouping backup volume by client. To get a bpdbjobs -report output, that fits your needs, you have to configure the colums as described in http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/266314.htm