CommCell Growth Report

Sub-Reports	Sections	Description
Data Protection Jobs	Data Protection Job Growth Chart	The chart displays the number of backup jobs that completed over a specified period of time for a CommCell. Pending, running or suspended backup jobs are not counted.
Data Protection Jobs	Data Protection Job Growth Table	The table provides the same information as in the chart.
Subclients	Subclient Growth Chart	The chart displays the number of subclients that were created and deleted over a specified period of time for a CommCell.
Subclients	Subclient Growth Table	The table provides the same information as in the chart.
Agents	Agent(s) Growth Chart	The chart displays the number of agents that were installed and uninstalled over a specified period of time for a CommCell. If there are no subclients associated with an agent, the report will not count it.
Agents	Agent(s) Growth Table	The table provides the same information as in the chart.
Drives	Drive(s) Growth Chart	The chart displays the number of drives that were configured and deconfigured over a specified period of time for a CommCell.
Drives	Drive(s) Growth Table	The table provides the same information as in the chart.
Libraries	Library(s) Growth Chart	The chart displays the number of libraries that were configured and deconfigured over a specified period of time for a CommCell.
Libraries	Library(s) Growth Table	The table provides the same information as in the chart.

How to Generate the Report

From the CommNet Browser, click Reports.
Under Other Reports, click CommCell Growth.

Select the report you want to generate from the Plot CommCell Growth On drop-down list.

Under Cell Selection, expand the CommCells node and select the CommCell(s) to be included in this report.
Click Generate.

Scheduling and Saving a Report

After a report is generated, you can schedule a new report and save it to an specific location as a PDF, excel spreadsheet or MHTML file. Scheduling and saving reports will help you analyze and compare data from your CommCells.

Follow the steps below to create a schedule:

Click Schedule from the top of the report window.
Type the name of the schedule and enter a description.
Click Next.
Select the appropriate schedule options. For example:
- Select the time zone.
- Select the start date and the frequency to generate the report.
- Change the Start Time to 9:00 PM
- Click Repeat Task and configure at which interval the schedule should be repeated.
Click Next.
Select the file format.
Click Save To File to save the report to a local drive or network share.
Specify the Destination Path for the output file.
You can also click Send E-Mail to User(s) and/or User Groups(s) to send the report as an email attachment to a user or user group.
Click Finish.

The report will be generated as specified in the schedule task.

Customizations That You Can Perform With This Report

You can further customize the report by using the filters available in the report. To access the filter options, click Filters at the top of the report window as shown in the image. After making your selections, click Generate to update the report.

The following table describes the available filter options.

Filter	Description
Plot CommCell Growth On	By default, the report plots the growth of backup jobs for the selected CommCells. You can choose to plot the CommCell growth on: Subclient(s) Agent(s) Drive(s) Library(s)
Exclude Command Line Subclients	By default, the report excludes subclients that were created using the command line interface. You can choose to include this information by clearing this option. This option becomes available when you select to plot the CommCell growth on subclients.
Time Range Selection	You can adjust the reporting period by selecting the Frequency drop-down list. Based on the selected frequency, you can also: Specify the number of days/weeks/months/years. Exclude the most current data by clearing the Include current period checkbox. Display the report data between a specified time.
Override CommCell Weekend configuration	By default, the report treats Friday, Saturday and Sunday as the WeekEnd category. You can list weekend days separately by selecting Show Friday, Saturday and Sunday as separate days. This option becomes available when you select to plot the CommCell growth on backup jobs.
Chart Options	By default, the chart displays stacking bars with gridlines. You can change the chart display from the Chart Type drop-down list.
CommCell Selection	You can refine your cell selection by expanding the CommCells node and selecting another CommCell.

Additional Reports

The following reports are not considered primary reports as they derive from the CommCell Growth report.

Data Protection Detail Report

This report provides a comprehensive list of all the backup operations for a given date. You can access this report by clicking an active bar/grid from the graphs in the main report.

You can customize this report in the following ways:

By filtering the backup jobs based on their status using the Filters from the top of the window.
By changing the default tree view of the listed jobs to a Table View.

If you require further information on a particular backup job, double-click the job from the list to access the Job Detail dialog box.

Data Protection Subclient Detail Report

This report includes information on the date, time, size and type of the latest backup operations for all subclients in the selected CommCell. You can access this report by clicking a bar from the Subclient Growth Chart or a grid from the Subclient Growth Table.

You can also customize this report by changing the default tree view of the listed jobs to a Table View.

CommCell Agent Growth Detail Report

This report displays the agent growth per application type over a specified period of time e.g., the number of Windows File System iDataAgents installed in the selected CommCell.

You can access this report by clicking a bar from the Agent Growth Chart or a grid from the Agent Growth Table.

CommCell Growth Drive Detail Report

This report provides additional information for the configured/deconfigured drives, such as:

Drive name, type, model and vendor
Associated library
Configuration/Deconfiguration time

You can access this report by clicking a bar from the Drive Growth Chart or a grid from the Drive Growth Table.

CommCell Growth Library Detail Report

This report provides additional information for the configured/deconfigured libraries, such as:

Library name, type, model and vendor
Configuration/Deconfiguration time

You can access this report by clicking a bar from the Library Growth Chart or a grid from the Library Growth Table.

CommCell Growth Report

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