CommCell Configuration Report

• The name of the CommCell, OS, updates, upgrade history, and version number, amongst other data
• All licenses assigned to the CommCell, the client that uses the license, and the installation and expiration dates for each license
• Scheduled jobs, the job type, pattern, time zone, and next schedule time
• All alerts, category and type of alert, and the user who created the alert

• The name of the MediaAgent, OS, version number, status, and associated User Groups
• Name and location of the index cache
• Details about the disk and tape libraries

• The name of the index cache
• The amount of free space on the index cache volume
• The amount of disk usage, and cache access path information

• The name of the client, the associated agent, and backup set
• Cycle details including cycle number and job ID

• Client and client group names, OS, and version
• Data protection and recovery settings
• Associated security groups
• A list of licenses for advanced features

• Agent name, OS, and version
• Data protection and recovery settings
• Associated users and user groups
• Operation window rules

• The name of the storage policy, associated user groups and number of streams
• Whether the policy is hidden, content indexing is enabled, and whether there is a dedup or snap copy

• Storage policy name, copy name and type
• Data retention settings
• Data path location and settings

• The name of the storage policy, the type of deduplication, and block size
• Whether deduplication occurs on the client
• Details about the DB store access path
• Details about the silo archive

• The name of the storage policy, storage policy copy type, and name of the DB store
• Last snap, recovery, and sealed times
• Size of the application before deduplication, and its size after deduplication
• Data retention settings

• Name of the user group and whether it is enabled
• List of capabilities assigned to the user group
• A list of users assigned to the user group and whether the users are enabled

• The complete configuration details of the CommCell
• Alert types, alert configuration details, and user names configured to receive alerts
• Data Interface Pairs configured for the CommCell
• The designated CommServe Update Cache
• Users created under the various user groups together with their rights and authentications
• The type of Storage Policy, the user associated with it and the rights of the users
• The types of jobs that run, their schedule, time zones they are set in, and their destination paths
• The operations, namely Legal Hold, ERM and Tagging, that can be performed by using this policy
• The general License information for the CommCell and license details like their expiration dates, installation dates, etc.
• Collapsible view of additional client properties

You can set the report to display information for all MediaAgents in the CommCell, or select individual MediaAgents.

You can set the report to display information for all Libraries in the CommCell, or select individual Libraries.

You can also include drives.

You can set the report to display information for all computers from the CommCell or select individual clients with the Modify option. You can set the report to include all agent types in the CommCell, or select individual agent types with the Modify option.

• Contents of the subclient
• The subclient's copy retention settings
• Subclient schedules

You can set the report to display information for all storage policies in the CommCell or select individual storage policies.

• List of all subclients
• Media associated with each storage policy
• List of hidden storage policies

You can set the report output to appear in one of several  formats and save it to a variety of locations. Set any of the following options:

• Generate the report in HTML, Text separated by commas or tabs, or PDF.

  For the Text output, reports that consist of multiple tables contain each table in a separate text file. Therefore, the text output for one report might consist of multiple text files.

• Enter a location to save the report in one of these locations:

  • On your local computer
  • On a shared network drive
  • An FTP location to which you can upload.

    When the text output consists of multiple files, they are compressed into a CAB file and sent as an attachment. Text output that consists of a single file is sent according to your settings.

• Choose a language from the Choose Locale list to set the report to appear in that language.

You can save the report output to a specified location.

1. On the CommCell Console toolbar, click the Reports button.

   The Report Selection dialog box appears.

2. From the Reports pane, select the report that you want to generate.
3. From the Output Format section, select a file format.
   • HTML
   • Text
   • PDF
4. Select Output To, and then enter the location to which you want to save the report.
   • To save the report to your local computer, select Use Local Drive On, and then in the Report Copy Location box, enter a location.
   • To save the report to a shared network drive, select Use Network Share, and then in the Report Copy Location box, enter a location.
   • To upload the report to an FTP site, select FTP Upload, and then click Settings to enter the FTP location and your credentials.
5. From the Choose Locale list, select the language in which you want the report to appear.
6. At the bottom of the Report Selection dialog box, click Run.

   The report opens in the file format that you specified and a copy of the report is saved to the location that you entered.

You can save the report settings as a template in the CommCell Console, and then run the report at any time.

1. On the CommCell Console toolbar, click the Reports button.

   The Report Selection dialog box appears.

2. From the Reports pane, select the report that you want to save.
3. At the bottom of the Report Selection dialog box, click Save As.

   The Save As dialog box appears.

4. Select Save a Report, and then enter a name for the report template in the box.
5. Click OK.

   The report template appears under Reports > My Reports on the General tab.

You can generate a report from a template at any time.

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click General.

   The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.

2. In the General tab, right-click the name of the report that you want to generate, and then select Run Immediately.

   The report opens in the format that is specified in the template.

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click General.

   The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.

2. In the General tab, right-click the name of the report that you want to change, and then select Edit.

   The Saved Reports dialog box appears.

3. Select the Report Details tab, and then make changes on any of the available tabs.
4. Click OK to save your settings.

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click General.

   The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.

2. In the General tab, right-click the name of the report that you want to clone, and then select Edit.

   The Saved Reports dialog box appears.

3. Select the Job Initiation tab, and then select Saved Report.
4. Select Clone this report as, and then enter a name in the box.
5. Click OK.

   The cloned report appears in the General tab.

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click General.

   The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.

2. In the General tab, right-click the name of the report that you want to delete, and then select Delete.

   A message appears that asks if you are sure that you want to delete the selected Report Template.

3. Click Yes.

   The report is removed from the General tab.

Follow the steps given below to set up the criteria to raise notifications/alerts:

1. From the CommCell Console toolbar, click the Reports button.

   The Report Selection dialog box appears.

2. From the Reports pane, select a report, and then click Schedule.

   The Schedule Details dialog box appears.

3. Select the Notification tab, and then click Add Alert.
4. From the Add Alert Wizard dialog box, select the types of notifications that you want to send, and then click Next.
5. Add recipients to the selected list.
   • To add a recipient that is a user in the CommCell, from the Available list, select a user, and then click Add.
   • To add a recipient that is not a user in the CommCell, in the Email to Recipients box, enter an e-mail address.
6. Click Next, and then click Finish.
7. Click OK to save your settings.

The Command Line Interface allows you to generate reports from the command line. The commands can be executed from the command line or can be integrated into scripts. You can generate command line scripts for specific operations in the CommCell Console by using the Save As Script option.

To create an XML script that generates a report:

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click General.

   The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.

2. In the General tab, right-click the name of the report that you want to save as a script, and then select Edit.

   The Saved Reports dialog box appears.

3. Select the Job Initiation tab, and then click Save As Script

   The Save As Script dialog box appears.

4. Enter the appropriate settings to generate a script file.
   1. From the Client list, select the name of the client where you want to save the script.
   2. In the Path box, enter the file path where you want to save the script, and then enter a name for the script file at the end of the path.

      Ensure that the name of the file contains the .xml extension

   3. Click OK to create the script.

      A message appears that says that the script saved successfully

   4. Click OK.

   The Save As Script and the Saved Reports dialog boxes close.