Available reports

This section provides detailed information about each report available in Backup Exec. The file name of the report, a description, and the information included in the report are listed for each report. The data included in each report will vary depending on the criteria you selected to include in the report.

The following reports are included in Backup Exec:

Table: Backup Exec Reports

Report Name

Description

Active Alerts

Lists all active alerts chronologically, displaying the most recent alerts first.

See Active Alerts Report.

Active Alerts by Media Server

Lists all active alerts grouped and filtered by media server, displaying the most recent alerts first.

See Active Alerts by Media Server Report.

Alert History

Lists all alerts in the alert history chronologically, displaying the most recent alerts first

See Alert History Report.

Alert History by Media Server

Lists all alerts in the alert history grouped and filtered by media server, displaying the most recent alerts first.

See Alert History by Media Server Report.

Archive Job Success Rate

Displays the number of archive jobs for the protected servers that successfully ran.

See Archive Job Success Rate report.

Archive Selections by Archive Rules and Retention Categories

Displays the archive rules and the retention categories that are applied to each archive selection.

See Archive Selections by Archive Rules and Retention Categories report.

Application Event Log

Lists all Backup Exec application event logs.

See Application Event Log Report.

Audit Log

Lists the contents of the audit logs for selected servers for the specified time period.

See Audit Log Report.

Backup Job Success Rate

Lists the success rate for backup jobs run to protect selected servers.

See Backup Job Success Rate Report.

Backup Recommendations

Lists any recommendations that can help you to better manage your backups.

See Backup Recommendations Report.

Backup Resource Success Rate

Lists the success rate for backup jobs for specified past number of days for resources on selected servers.

See Backup Resource Success Rate Report.

Backup Set Details by Resource

Lists all backup sets that ran within the last 72 hours. The sets are grouped by the server and resource.

See Backup Set Details by Resource Report.

Backup Sets by Media Set

Lists all backup sets by media set.

See Backup Sets by Media Set Report.

Backup Size by Resource

Lists the backup size for each resource job for up to seven previous runs and then computes the trailing average for up to seven previous runs for each job run.

See Backup Size By Resource Report.

Configuration Settings

Lists the contents of the Backup Exec system configuration parameters table.

See Configuration Settings Report.

Current Job Status

Details the job queue sorted by status.

See Current Job Status Report.

Daily Device Utilization

Lists the percentage of the storage devices’ capacity that the media server uses.

See Daily Device Utilization Report.

Deduplication device summary

Displays a summary of the deduplication operations for local deduplication storage folders and shared deduplication storage folders.

See Deduplication device summary.

Deduplication summary

Displays a deduplication summary for all of the deduplication jobs that run on the Backup Exec media server.

See Deduplication summary.

Device Summary

Lists device usage and error summary for each selected media server.

See Device Summary Report.

Device Usage by Policy

Lists all the policies that are targeted to specific drive selections.

See Device Usage by Policy.

Error-Handling Rules

Lists all the defined error-handling rules.

See Error-Handling Rules Report.

Event Recipients

Lists all events registered by each notification recipient.

See Event Recipients Report.

Exchange Mailbox Group Archive Settings

Displays the archive settings that are applied to mailbox groups in each domain.

See Exchange Mailbox Group Archive Settings report.

Failed Archive Jobs

Displays what archive jobs failed recently.

See Failed Archive Jobs report.

Failed Backup Jobs

Lists all the failed backup jobs sorted by the resource server and time frame.

See Failed Backup Jobs Report.

File System Archive Settings

Displays the archive settings that are applied to archive selections for each server.

See File System Archive Settings report.

Job Distribution by Device

Lists all the jobs that have been run on each system device during the specified period.

See Job Distribution by Device Report.

Jobs Summary

Lists all the jobs that ran within the last 72 hours in chronological order.

See Jobs Summary Report.

Machines Backed Up

Lists all the servers that have been protected by Backup Exec.

See Machines Backed Up Report.

Managed Media Servers

Lists the status and configuration for all media servers managed by Backup Exec.

See Managed Media Servers Report.

Media Audit

Lists the recent media configuration changes.

See Media Audit Report.

Media Errors

Lists the number of errors that occur on all media.

See Media Errors Report.

Media Required for Recovery

Lists the media that contain the backup sets for each system backed up on selected servers for the specified time period. This report can be inaccurate if media overwrite settings allow the media to be overwritten.

See Media Required for Recovery Report.

Media Set

Lists all the media sets and media used by Backup Exec servers. The current location is given for each media.

See Media Set Report.

Media Vault Contents

Lists the media located in each media vault.

See Media Vault Contents Report.

Missed Availability Window

Lists all jobs that have missed scheduled availability windows within the specified time range. The jobs are listed in chronological order.

See Missed Availability Report.

Move Media to Vault

Lists all media that can be moved to a media vault. The media listed are not currently in a media vault and the media’s append period has expired.

See Move Media to Vault Report.

Operations Overview

Lists past and future operations data for user-set period.

See Operations Overview Report.

Overnight Archive Summary

Displays the status of the archive jobs that ran in the last 24 hours.

See Overnight Archive Summary report.

Overnight Summary

Lists the results of backup jobs for each resource during the last 24 hours. This report includes backup jobs that were scheduled to run but did not run. Jobs are given a grace period of 24 hours before being marked as past due.

See Overnight Summary Report.

Policy Jobs by Resource Summary

Lists all backup sets that were created in the selected period. The sets are grouped by target server and resource.

See Policy Jobs by Resource Summary Report.

Policy Jobs Summary

Lists in chronological order all jobs derived from selected policies that have run within the specified time range.

See Policy Jobs Summary Report.

Policy Properties

Lists all policies and policy job templates that are defined for the server.

See Policy Properties Report.

Policy Protected Resources

Lists job information for each job that is derived from a policy and assigned to protect any part of the named resource.

See Policy Protected Resources.

Problem Files

Lists all the problem files reported for jobs. The files are grouped by day and resource.

See Problem Files Report.

Recently Written Media

Lists all media that have been modified in the last 24 hours.

See Recently Written Media Report.

Resource Backup Policy Performance

Lists the success rate for policy derived backup jobs.

See Resource Backup Policy Performance Report.

Resource Risk Assessment

Lists job information for resources on which the last backup job run on the resource failed. The data is filtered by resource server.

See Resource Risk Assessment Report.

Resources Protected by Policy

Lists the policies, templates, and selection lists being used to protect a resource.

See Resources Protected by Policy report.

Restore Set Details by Resource

Lists all restore sets that ran within the last 72 hours. The sets are grouped by the server and resource.

See Restore Set Details by Resource Report.

Retrieve Media from Vault

Lists all reusable media currently in the specified vault.

See Retrieve Media from Vault Report.

Robotic Library Inventory

Lists the contents of slots in robotic libraries attached to media servers. Usage statistics are provided for each piece of media.

See Robotic Library Inventory Report.

Scheduled Server Workload

Lists the estimated scheduled workload for the next 24-hour period by server.

See Scheduled Server Workload.

Scratch Media Availability

Lists the aging distribution of media. Shows how many media are available for overwrite and when other media will become available for overwrite.

See Scratch Media Availability Report.

Selection Lists

Lists a description, policy name, and job name for protected and unprotected selection lists.

See Selection Lists Report.

Test Run Results

Lists the results for the test run jobs set for the selected time period and media servers.

See Test Run Results Report.

Vault Store Usage Details

Displays the archives that are in each store and the size of each archive.

See Vault Store Usage Details report.

Vault Store Usage Summary

Displays the archived items that are in each vault store and the total size of the vault store.

See Vault Store Usage Summary Report.

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