CommNet Summaries

Topics | Troubleshoot

Overview

Summary Features

• Considerations

Available Summaries

Data Availability Timelines

Overview

Summary pages provide a concise view of the current state of the physical entities within the CommNet Browser. Information is presented in a logically grouped, tabular format, as well as a bar chart or pie chart wherever appropriate. For a listing, and links to more specific information about each Summary, see Available Summaries.

Information that will facilitate troubleshooting is available as well, such as:

• Clients that are not reachable from a Cell
• Data growth
• CommCell related:
  • MediaAgents, libraries, and drives that are not operational. Clicking problem areas underlined in red, such as a MediaAgent that is not operational, displays more detailed information about the problem.
  • Data protection activity that failed, was killed, or was incomplete. Clicking a failed or killed data protection job in Job activity charts, displays a Data Protection Detail Report.
  • Media that was consumed, or how much a MediaAgent was utilized.
  • Comparison information between full data protection operations with non-full data protection operations that were performed.

Summary Features

There is a range of functionality available in the CommNet Browser related to Summaries; see CommNet Browser. The following functionality is also available:

• Print, Save as a PDF file, or Export in Microsoft Excel format by clicking the appropriate icon at the top of the summary window.
• Schedule a summary by clicking the Schedule icon at the top of the summary window. Note that initially, summaries are generated automatically.
• Copy any chart in BMP format to the clipboard by right-clicking the chart and selecting Copy Chart. This allows you to easily copy a chart into other applications. Note that charts cannot be copied into Microsoft WordPad.
• For most charts and tables, click any item to see either a Data Protection Detail Report with a listing of individual data protection operations, or an additional chart showing a further break-down of that day's data protection operations by application. In the Data Protection Detail Report, you can double-click any entry to access the Job Detail screen, which provides more space for Failure Reason, Attempt and Copy information to be displayed.
• Rearrange tabular columns by clicking and dragging the column titles to the left or right.
• For some tables, re-sort the information by clicking a column title.
• Change the columns displayed by right-clicking any row and selecting/clearing any column names from the pop-up View menu. (Column names that are dimmed will always be displayed, because they are defaults.)
• For most charts, place the cursor over an item to display a tool-tip window with a summary of additional information available for that item.

• The following Microsoft Windows File Systems: Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, are grouped together and displayed as Win FS in all Reports and Summaries. Note that this does not apply to Operating System fields where the specific operating system will be displayed.

• When specifying a time range during your selection of filter options for reports and summaries, you can easily and quickly adjust the calendar by months or years from the enhanced calendar options, which makes it easy to select the time range required for your report. Use the inner arrow selection button ( > ) to move the calendar in monthly increments, and the outer arrow selection button ( >> ) to move the calendar in yearly increments.

• Data displayed in tables can be sorted, filtered, exported, resized and/or hidden. These features are accessible by right-clicking on the table-header, and selecting the corresponding option from the popup menu. Refer to the following:

  Option	Description
  Auto Resize Column	Select this option to resize the selected column to its original size
  Auto Resize All Columns	Select this option to resize all the columns in the table to their original size
  Show All Hidden Columns	Select this to display the hidden columns.
  Export Table	Select this option to export the data currently displayed in the table to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
  Filter	Select this option to display data containing a specific value. You will be prompted to enter the value.

Considerations

• A SQL Agent which is installed in a CommCell, but which has no subclient content configured yet, may not appear in Reports or Summaries. Once an instance has been configured as subclient content for the Agent, all Reports and Summaries will reflect the presence of the Agent in the CommCell.

• Data related to Workstation Backup and ContinuousDataReplicator agents are displayed in the following reports and/or summaries:

  • Data Protection Summary
  • Client Summary
  • Data Replication Monitor

Available Summaries

There are several tasks you should accomplish before generating summaries, which are summarized in Getting Started. To learn more about each available summary, click the links provided:

• CommNet Summary
• CommNet Data Protection Activity Summary
• CommNet Primary Storage Summary
• User Summary
• User Group Summary
• CommCell Summary
• Library Summary for Tape/Optical/Stand-alone libraries
• Library Summary for Magnetic libraries
• MediaAgent Summary
• Cell-Client Group Summary
• Client Summary
• Secondary Storage Client Data Growth
• Secondary Storage Client Data Growth (Subclient)
• Client SLA
• Primary Storage Client Data Growth

Data Availability Timelines

When a CommCell is registered with a CommNet Server, the job history in the CommCells and the data growth information are collected. The following table describes when and/or how far back this information is available in the various reports and summaries, depending on the CommServe software version.

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