Data Protection Data Growth Report

About Example

Table of Contents

About this Report

When to use this Report

What this Report Contains

How to Generate the Report

Scheduling and Saving a Report

Customizations That You Can Perform With This Report

Additional Reports

Data Protection Detail Report

About this Report

The Data Protection Data Growth report displays the current and future data size from all backup job types for all agents across multiple CommCells.

When to use this Report

Use this report to find the agent(s) with the fastest data growth and to compare the data size from backup operations of one or many agents. For example, you can compare:

You can obtain data growth information as far as five years.

What this Report Contains

This report presents the data in the following sections:

The above sections are further divided in the following:

Sections Sub-Sections Description
Data From Incremental or Other Data Protection Jobs Data Protection Jobs Chart This chart displays the following data size information from incremental or other backup jobs for all agents:
  • Application size
  • Media Size

Click a bar to see an additional chart which shows the data size information of each agent for the selected date.
Data Size Detail Information This table provides more detailed information than the chart such as the total data size per agent.
Data From Full Data Protection Jobs Data Protection Jobs Chart This chart displays the following data size information from full backup jobs for all agents:
  • Application size
  • Media Size

Synthetic full backups are considered as full backups in this chart.

Click a bar to see an additional chart which shows the data size information of each agent for the selected date.
Data Size Detail Information This table provides more detailed information than the chart such as the total data size per agent.

How to Generate the Report

1.
  • From the CommNet Browser, click Reports.
  • Under Data Protection Reports, click Data Growth Report.
2.
  • 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
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.
  • Predict the future data growth using the growth pattern from the last day/week/month/year.
  • Display the backup coverage 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.
Chart Options By default, the chart displays stacking bars with gridlines. You can change the chart display from the Chart Type drop-down list.

You can also modify the chart display by selecting the available options from Include Chart.
Data Size Type By default, the char and tables in the report display the amount of data that has been protected (application size). You can choose to display the amount of data written to the media by selecting Media Size.
Cell Selection You can refine your cell selection by expanding the CommCells and Cell-Client Groups nodes:
  • Select multiple CommCells and/or Cell-Client Groups.
  • Select a specific client and/or client group from a CommCell.

Additional Reports

The following report is not considered a primary report as it derives from the Data 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.