About the NetBackup report types
Select a report type in the NetBackup administration console under NetBackup Management >
Reports. Reports may present information about images storage on disk or tape media.
Select the Report Settings for the specific report, then, click Run Report. Click Help within the
report window for a description of each column.
The following table describes the contents of the NetBackup reports, tape reports, and disk
reports:
Status of Displays status and error information about the jobs that completed within the
Backups specified time period. If an error occurred, a short explanation of the error is
report included.
Client
Displays detailed information on the backups that complete within the specified
Backups
time period.
report
Lists the problems that the server logged during the specified time period. The
Problems
information in this report is a subset of the information from the All Log Entries
report
report.
Lists all log entries for the specified time period. This report includes the
information from the Problems report and Media Logs report. This report also
All Log
displays the transfer rate. The transfer rate is useful to determine and predict rates
Entries report
and backup times for future backups. (The transfer rate does not appear for
multiplexed backups.)
Lists the contents of the media as recorded in the NetBackup image catalog. You
can generate this report for any type of media (including disk) and filter it
according to client, media ID, or path.
Images on
Media report
Note:
The Images on Media report does not display information for the media that is
used for NetBackup offline, cold catalog backups.
Displays the media errors or the informational messages that are recorded in the
Media Logs
NetBackup error catalog.
Generates the image list present on the tape storage units that are connected to the
Images on
media server. The report is a subset of the Images on Media report and displays
Tape report
only tape-specific columns.
Displays the media errors or the informational messages that are recorded in the
Tape Logs
NetBackup error catalog. The report is a subset of the Media Logs report and
report
displays only tape-specific columns.
Displays the contents of a volume as read directly from the media header and
backup headers. This report lists the backup IDs (not each individual file) that are
on a single volume. If a tape must be mounted, the delay is longer before the
Tape Contents report appears.
report
Note:
The Tape Contents report does not apply to disk type storage units or NetBackup
offline, cold catalog backups.
Summarizes active and nonactive volumes for the specified media owner
according to expiration date. It also displays how many volumes are at each
retention level. In verbose mode, the report displays each media ID and the
expiration date.
Tape
Nonactive media are those with a status of FULL, FROZEN, SUSPENDED, or
Summary
IMPORTED. Other volumes are considered active.
report
Only FROZEN expired volumes appear in the report. NetBackup deletes other
expired volumes from the media catalog when backups are run. Expired, non-
FROZEN volumes appear if the report is run between the time the volumes expire
and the time that the next backup is run.
Identifies the volumes that were used for backups within the specified time
period. The Tape Written report does not display the volumes that were used for
Tape Written
NetBackup offline, cold catalog backups. The report also does not display the
report
volumes that were used for duplication if the original was created before the
specified time period.
Displays information for the volumes that have been allocated for backups for the
selected media owner or media ID. This report does not show media for disk type
storage units or for offline, cold catalog backups of the NetBackup catalogs.
• For information about the backups that are saved to disk storage units, use
the Images on Media report.
Tape Lists • To track the media that is used for offline, cold catalog backups, keep a
report hard copy record.
Or, configure the Administrator’s E-mail Address Global Attribute host
property. This host property causes NetBackup to send an email that
indicates the status of each catalog backup and the media ID that was
used. You can then print the email or save it on a disk other than the one
that contains the catalogs.
Images on Generates a list of images that are expected to be present on the disk storage units,
Disk report according to the NetBackup catalog. The report is a subset of the Images on
Media report and displays only disk-specific columns.
The report provides a summary of the storage unit contents. If a disk becomes bad
or if a media server crashes, this report can let you know what data is lost.
Displays the media errors or the informational messages that are recorded in the
Disk Logs
NetBackup error catalog. The report is a subset of the Media Logs report and
report
displays only disk-specific columns.
Displays the state of disk storage units in the current NetBackup configuration.
For example, the total capacity and the used capacity of the disk storage unit.
Disk Storage Storage units that reference disk pools do not display capacity values. These
Unit Status values are available by expanding Media and Device Management > Devices >
report Disk Pools.
Storage units configured on 5.x media servers do not display capacity-related
information.
Disk Pool Displays the state of disk pool storage units. This report displays only when an
Status report Enterprise Disk Option is installed.
