Monitoring, Reporting, Notifications, and the Event Log

 

 

 

Data Protector Reporting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Protector Reporting

 

 

 

What Is

 

 

Data Protector reports provide various information on your backup

Reporting?

 

 

environment. For example, you can check the status of the last backup,

 

 

 

check which systems in your network are not configured for backup,

 

 

 

check the status of devices, and more.

 

 

 

Data Protector reporting represents a powerful, customizable, and

 

 

 

flexible tool for managing and planning your backup environment.

 

 

 

You can configure reports and report groups using the Data Protector

 

 

 

GUI or any Web browser with Java support.

 

 

 

 

NOTE

 

 

Only the Data Protector users in the Admin group and those granted the

 

 

 

Reporting, notifications and event log user rights are given

 

 

 

access to the Data Protector reporting functionality.

 

 

 

 

Prerequisite

 

 

The Data Protector user under whose account the CRS service is running

 

 

 

should not be removed. This user is configured by default at installation

 

 

 

time. On a Windows Cell Manager, this is the user under whose account

 

 

 

the installation was performed. On a UNIX Cell Manager, this is the root

 

 

 

user of the Cell Manager.

Report Groups

 

 

You can gather various reports in a report group, which can be

 

 

 

scheduled, started interactively, or triggered by a notification.

Starting Reports

 

 

Reports can be started using the Data Protector GUI, the Data Protector

 

 

 

command-line interface, the Data Protector Web reporting interface, the

 

 

 

Data Protector scheduler, a notification event, or a post-exec script that

 

 

 

includes a Data Protector command-line interface command.

Reports on

 

 

Reporting is also available for a multiple cell configuration when you use

Multiple Cells

 

 

the Manager-of-Managers functionality.

Report Parameters Reports can be customized by configuring optional input parameters (optional selections). Some input parameters allow multiple selections.

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