This report shows data recovery jobs that were completed, and/or failed or killed, for all the clients in a CommCell, during the selected time range, using the Daily Administration Activity Monitoring Window, which is based on the settings in the Cell Configuration (Data Protection Window). Note that this report does not show incomplete jobs.
You should generate this report periodically to expose possible problem areas with the data recovery activity for particular applications or clients. For example, if you regularly run recovery operations in order verify your data protection operations, this report helps pinpoint recovery errors. Ensuring that restores run smoothly reduces downtime in the event of a failure. By accessing the Job Detail screen, you can determine the Failure Reason, which could help determine if the problem is network, media or client related.
Make the following comparisons to discover any trends that might indicate possible problems for further investigation:
You should also review success rates and multiple attempts in the Job Activity Detail section.
Data Size Chart
Charts data size, by application type and data recovery operation.
Job Activity Chart
Charts all completed, and all failed or killed jobs, also by application type, and can be used to compare the success rate of a given application type or client to other application types or clients. Click a section of a bar to see a Data Recovery Detail Report with a listing of individual data recovery operations. In the Data Recovery Detail Report, you can double-click any entry to access the Job Detail screen that provides additional information including, Attempt Details and Failure Reason, which could help determine if the problem is network, media or client related.
Job Activity Detail
Displays, in tabular form, the number of data recovery jobs that were attempted for each client, grouped by application type, and their completion, failed, and killed rates. This will help you determine if data recovery jobs for a particular application type have a lower success rate than other application types, and if a particular client has a lower success rate than the other clients within that given application type. Click any number (except "0") in the table to see a Data Recovery Detail Report with a listing of individual data recovery operations. In the Data Recovery Detail Report, you can double-click any entry to access the Job Detail screen that provides additional information including, Attempt Details and Failure Reason, which could help determine if the problem is network, media or client related.