The Storage Policy Report displays information about storage policies in the
CommCell, including properties for the storage policy and deduplication,
subclient associations, and source media.
You can use the Storage Policy Report to review information related to
storage policies that are available in the CommCell and their associated
subclients. This report is useful if you need to
know:
Sections |
Description |
Storage Policy Properties |
This table provides information about storage policies that are available within the
CommCell. Information displayed in the table includes:
- Storage policy name and list of associated subclients
- Associated user groups
- Number of data streams and related settings
- Other properties including whether erasing data is allowed, content
indexing and legal hold are enabled, and whether the policy is hidden
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Storage Policy Copy Properties |
This table provides information about copies related to the storage policies. Information displayed in the table includes:
- Secondary copies configured for each storage policy, the retention rules
of each copy, and the subclient associations of each copy
- Data path information including the MediaAgent, library, master drive
pool, and drive pool
- Data retention definition information
- Indication of data amount not copied per media per storage policy
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Deduplication Properties |
This table provides information about deduplication settings for each storage
policy. Information displayed in the table includes:
- The size of the backup and the size of the media
- Name of related MediaAgent
- Silo archive details
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Deduplication Store Information |
This table provides information about the deduplication stores for each storage
policy. Information displayed in the table includes:
- The amount of deduplicated data per store that has been moved to a Silo
Storage for long-term retention
- The amount of deduplicated data per store to be moved to a Silo Store
before it is moved offsite
- The Job ID that retains a particular Silo Store from aging
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Secondary Copy Subclient Associations |
This table provides information about the subclient associations for each
secondary copy including client, agent, instance, and backup set. |
Source Media for Secondary Copy |
This table provides information about the source media for each secondary copy.
Information displayed in the table includes:
- A list of attributes for the media used by the secondary copy, including
target stream, media, library, and location
- The amount of data yet to be copied
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You can further customize the report by using the tabs that are available in
the Report Selection dialog box. The following table describes the available report options
for this report.
The following table describes additional operations that you can perform with
the reports feature:
Option |
Description |
Related topics |
Saving the Report Output |
You can save the report output to a specified location.
- On the CommCell Console toolbar, click the Reports button.
The Report Selection dialog box appears.
- From the Reports pane, select the report that you want to generate.
- From the Output Format section, select a file format.
- 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.
- From the Choose Locale list, select the language in which you want the report to appear.
- 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.
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Saving a Report as a Template |
You can save the report settings as a template in the CommCell Console, and
then run the report at any time.
- On the CommCell Console toolbar, click the Reports button.
The Report Selection dialog box appears.
- From the Reports pane, select the report that you want to save.
- At the bottom of the Report Selection dialog box, click Save As.
The Save As dialog box appears.
- Select Save a Report, and then enter a name for the report template in the box.
- Click OK.
The report template appears under Reports > My Reports on the General tab.
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Generating a Report from a Template |
You can generate a report from a template at any time.
- From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click
General.
The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.
- 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.
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Modifying a Report Template |
- From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click
General.
The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.
- 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.
- Select the Report Details tab, and then make changes on any of
the available tabs.
- Click OK to save your settings.
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Cloning a Report Template |
- From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click
General.
The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.
- 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.
- Select the Job Initiation tab, and then select Saved Report.
- Select Clone this report as, and then enter a name in the box.
- Click OK.
The cloned report appears in the General tab.
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Deleting a Report Template |
- From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click
General.
The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.
- 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.
- Click Yes.
The report is removed from the General tab.
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Setting a Report Alert |
This option allows users or user groups to get an automatic notification when a report
is created. If the report output consists of multiple text 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. Follow the steps given below to set up the
criteria to raise notifications/alerts:
- From the CommCell Console toolbar, click the Reports button.
The Report Selection dialog box appears.
- From the Reports pane, select a report, and then click Schedule.
The Schedule Details dialog box appears.
- Select the Notification tab, and then click Add Alert.
- From the Add Alert Wizard dialog box, select the types of
notifications that you want to send,
and then click Next.
- 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.
- Click Next, and then click Finish.
- Click OK to save your settings.
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Refer to Alerts. |
Saving a Report as a Script |
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:
- From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click
General.
The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.
- 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.
- Select the Job Initiation tab, and then click Save As Script
The Save As Script dialog box appears.
- Enter the appropriate settings to generate a script file.
- From the Client list, select the name of the client where
you want to save the script.
- 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
- Click OK to create the script.
A message appears that says that the script saved successfully
- Click OK.
The Save As Script and
the Saved Reports dialog boxes close.
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Refer to Command Line Interface. |