CommCell Readiness Report

• The types and total number of entities
• The number of entities that are offline per type

• Library name and mount path
• The amount of space left in the disk library in GB
• The amount of space reserved in the disk library in MB

• Library and scratch pool name
• Number of spare tapes and low watermarks

• Client and associated subclient names, the name of the assigned storage policy, and the copy type
• Data Path Information including the names of the associated MediaAgent and Library, the assigned master drive pool and drive pool paths, and the MediaAgent interface and client interface

• MediaAgent and location of the index cache file
• State of readiness for each MediaAgent and the failure reason if applicable

• Name of replication set, source client, and destination client
• State of readiness for each replication set and the reason for failure if applicable.

• Results of a network check on the selected clients in the report

• Results of a check on the resources and capacity of the selected clients in the report

• Status of the index cache for each MediaAgent in the report

• Information for only those entities with a data path in Not Ready status or information for all selected entities in the report

• Information for only enabled clients or information for all enabled and disabled clients. Disabled subclients always appear in the report if they exist under enabled clients.

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.

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

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.