Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.1)
  1. Overview of NetBackup OpsCenter
    1. About OpsCenter
      1.  
        About OpsCenter functions
      2.  
        About OpsCenter Analytics functions
      3.  
        About monitoring and managing NetBackup and NetBackup appliances
      4.  
        About alerting in OpsCenter
      5. About reporting in OpsCenter Analytics
        1.  
          About compliance reporting
        2.  
          About business planning
    2. About OpsCenter components
      1. About the OpsCenter Server
        1.  
          About the OpsCenter database
        2.  
          About OpsCenter AT
      2.  
        About the OpsCenter View Builder
    3.  
      About using the OpsCenter console
    4. About starting the OpsCenter console
      1.  
        About web browser considerations
      2. About accessing the OpsCenter console
        1.  
          Disabling the Untrusted Connection page in Mozilla Firefox
        2.  
          Exporting OpsCenter reports or data with IE 9.0
        3.  
          Possible OpsCenter console access issues
      3. Logging on to the OpsCenter console as a default admin user
        1.  
          Possible OpsCenter console logon issues
      4.  
        Customizing the OpsCenter login page
      5.  
        Logging out of the OpsCenter console
      6.  
        Configuring the OpsCenter session timeout interval
      7.  
        Possible OpsCenter console issues
    5. About OpsCenter console components
      1.  
        About using the links on the title bar
      2.  
        About using tabs and subtabs
      3.  
        About refreshing the OpsCenter console
      4.  
        Changing the Task pane
      5. About the View pane
        1.  
          About making multiple or single-click selections in the View pane
        2.  
          About selecting views from the View pane when the multiple selection option is checked
      6.  
        Using the quick links in the Task pane
      7.  
        Viewing alerts from the Alert Summary pane
      8. Sizing the Content pane
        1.  
          Using the List, Summary, Hierarchical, and Details views
      9.  
        About the OpsCenter status bar
      10.  
        Status icons and colors in the console
      11. About using tables
        1. Customizing tables for your needs
          1.  
            Specifying which columns appear in a table
          2.  
            Moving a column
          3.  
            Choosing the number of table rows that appear per page
          4.  
            Sorting the contents of a table column
          5.  
            Changing the width of a column
          6.  
            Accessing multiple pages of data in a table
          7.  
            Selecting rows in tables
        2.  
          Creating, applying, editing, and removing custom view filters
    6.  
      Common tasks in OpsCenter
    7.  
      About using Web browser bookmarks
    8.  
      About OpsCenter documentation
  2. Installing OpsCenter
    1. About planning an OpsCenter installation
      1.  
        Software components that OpsCenter uses
      2.  
        About the Java Runtime Environment
      3. About the OpsCenter licensing model
        1.  
          OpsCenter Analytics license keys
        2.  
          Differences between OpsCenter and OpsCenter Analytics
        3.  
          OpsCenter Analytics licensed features
      4.  
        OpsCenter DVDs
      5. Managed NetBackup primary server considerations
        1.  
          About using NBSL to collect data from NetBackup primary servers
      6. About designing your OpsCenter Server
        1.  
          About the OpsCenter database requirements
      7.  
        Supported upgrade paths in OpsCenter
      8.  
        Preparation for installation or upgrade
    2. Installing OpsCenter on Windows and UNIX
      1. About installing OpsCenter on Windows
        1.  
          Installing OpsCenter Server on Windows
        2.  
          Installing View Builder on Windows
      2. About installing OpsCenter on UNIX
        1.  
          Installing OpsCenter Server on UNIX
      3. About installing OpsCenter silently on Windows
        1. Installing OpsCenter Server software silently
          1.  
            Upgrading OpsCenter silently
        2.  
          About editing the response file
        3. About tracking the progress of silent installation
          1.  
            Troubleshooting silent installation issues
    3. About OpsCenter upgrade on Windows and UNIX
      1. About importing authentication settings during OpsCenter upgrade
        1.  
          About OpsCenter upgrade scenarios with respect to OpsCenter AT
        2.  
          Exporting authentication settings
        3.  
          Important notes regarding OpsCenter upgrade
      2.  
        Upgrading OpsCenter on Windows
      3.  
        Upgrading OpsCenter on UNIX
    4.  
      About files and folders that are protected during OpsCenter upgrade
    5.  
      About OpsCenter upgrade failure scenarios
    6. About post-installation tasks
      1.  
        Setting up trust between OpsCenter and NBAC-enabled NetBackup
      2.  
        Verifying that OpsCenter is running properly
      3.  
        About starting to use OpsCenter
      4.  
        About the start up tasks that OpsCenter performs
    7. About uninstalling OpsCenter on Windows and UNIX
      1.  
        Uninstalling OpsCenter on Windows
      2.  
        Uninstalling OpsCenter on UNIX
    8. About clustering OpsCenter
      1.  
        About OpsCenter clusters
      2.  
        Supported platforms for cluster solutions
      3.  
        About running commands on the active node
      4.  
        Connecting Authentication Service and Veritas Private Branch Exchange
      5. Clustering OpsCenter on Windows
        1.  
          Limitations of OpsCenter cluster on Windows
        2.  
          Prerequisites for OpsCenter cluster on Windows
        3.  
          Installing OpsCenter Server on a Windows cluster
        4. Upgrading OpsCenter cluster on Windows
          1.  
            Known issue in upgrading OpsCenter cluster setup
      6. Uninstalling OpsCenter from the Windows cluster
        1.  
          Deleting OpsCenter resource group from the cluster
  3. Getting started with OpsCenter
    1.  
      About the OpsCenter Getting Started feature
    2.  
      OpsCenter user roles
    3.  
      Learn more about adding NetBackup Primary Servers
    4.  
      Learn more about OpsCenter Views
    5.  
      Add Users
    6.  
      Edit User
    7.  
      Reset password
    8.  
      Add NetBackup Primary Server
    9.  
      Add OpsCenter Views/Groups
    10.  
      Configure SMTP Server
  4. Administering OpsCenter
    1. About the services and processes used by OpsCenter
      1.  
        Services used by OpsCenter on Windows
      2.  
        Controlling the OpsCenter services
      3.  
        Processes used by OpsCenter on UNIX
    2. OpsCenter server scripts on Windows and UNIX
      1.  
        Commands to control OpsCenter services and processes
      2.  
        About dependency of services
      3.  
        About nbproxy processes on NetBackup primary servers
    3. About OpsCenter database administration
      1. OpsCenter database commands
        1.  
          Changing the OpsCenter database administrator password
        2.  
          Starting and stopping the OpsCenter database
      2.  
        Moving the OpsCenter database and database logs to a different hard disk
      3. Moving OpsCenter server to a different computer
        1.  
          Moving OpsCenter server because of constraints in upgrade
        2.  
          Moving OpsCenter server because of issues in the existing setup
      4.  
        About database troubleshooting
    4. About backup and restore of OpsCenter and OpsCenter Analytics
      1. Backing up OpsCenter in case of a disaster
        1.  
          Backing up the OpsCenter database
        2.  
          Saving the OpsCenter user profiles managed by OpsCenter Authentication Service
      2. Restoring OpsCenter
        1.  
          Restoring the OpsCenter database
        2.  
          Restoring the OpsCenter user profiles managed by OpsCenter Authentication Service
    5. About communication ports and firewall considerations in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Communication ports used by key OpsCenter components
      2.  
        Web browser to launch OpsCenter user interface
      3.  
        About OpsCenter user interface and OpsCenter server software communication
      4.  
        About OpsCenter server to NetBackup primary server (NBSL) communication
      5.  
        About SNMP traps
      6.  
        About communication between OpsCenter and Sybase database
      7.  
        About email communication in OpsCenter
    6.  
      Gathering troubleshooting data with the support script
    7. About OpsCenter log files
      1.  
        VxUL log files
      2.  
        OpsCenter application log files
      3. About OpsCenter log files on Windows servers
        1.  
          OpsCenter installation log files
        2.  
          OpsCenter log files
        3.  
          Log files associated with Authentication Service
        4.  
          OpsCenter database log files
        5.  
          OpsCenter Web server log files
        6.  
          VxUL log files for OpsCenter and the components that OpsCenter uses
      4. About OpsCenter log files on UNIX servers
        1.  
          Log files on UNIX servers associated with OpsCenter
        2.  
          Log files on UNIX servers for Authentication Service
        3.  
          Log files on UNIX servers associated with OpsCenter database
        4.  
          Log files on UNIX servers associated with OpsCenter Web server
        5.  
          Log files on UNIX associated with VxUL and other components
  5. Understanding OpsCenter settings
    1.  
      OpsCenter settings
    2. Setting user preferences
      1.  
        Settings > User Preferences options
      2.  
        Changing your OpsCenter password
    3. About managing licenses
      1.  
        Settings > Configuration > License options
      2.  
        Adding OpsCenter license keys
      3.  
        Viewing OpsCenter license keys
      4.  
        Deleting OpsCenter license keys
    4. Configuring the data purge period on the OpsCenter Server
      1.  
        Settings > Configuration > Data Purge options
    5.  
      About storing the SMTP Server configurations in OpsCenter
    6. Configuring SMTP server settings for OpsCenter
      1.  
        Settings > Configuration > SMTP server options
    7. Adding host aliases in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Settings > Configuration > Host Alias options
    8. Merging objects (hosts) in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Settings > Configuration > Object Merger options
    9. Modifying tape library information in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Settings > Configuration > Tape Library options
    10. Copying a user profile in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Settings > Configuration > Copy User Profile options
    11. Setting report export location in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Settings > Configuration > Report Export Location options
    12. About managing Object Types in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Settings > Configuration > Object Type options
      2.  
        Adding object types in OpsCenter
      3.  
        Deleting object types in OpsCenter
      4.  
        Modifying object types in OpsCenter
      5.  
        Adding attributes to object types in OpsCenter
      6.  
        Deleting attributes from object types in OpsCenter
    13. About managing OpsCenter users
      1.  
        About managing user password
      2. About adding AD / LDAP user groups in OpsCenter
        1.  
          Adding AD / LDAP domain in OpsCenter
      3.  
        Settings > Users > Users options
      4.  
        User access rights and functions in OpsCenter user interface
      5.  
        Viewing OpsCenter user account information
      6.  
        Adding new users to OpsCenter
      7.  
        Editing OpsCenter user information
      8.  
        Resetting an OpsCenter user password
      9.  
        Resetting password of the OpsCenter Security Admin
      10.  
        Deleting OpsCenter users
      11.  
        Viewing OpsCenter user groups
      12.  
        Settings > Users > User Groups options
      13.  
        Adding OpsCenter user groups
      14.  
        Editing OpsCenter user groups
      15.  
        Deleting OpsCenter user groups
    14. About managing recipients in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Viewing email recipients in OpsCenter
      2.  
        Settings > Recipients > Email options
      3.  
        Viewing SNMP trap recipients in OpsCenter
      4.  
        Settings > Recipients > SNMP trap recipient options
      5.  
        Creating OpsCenter email recipients
      6.  
        Settings > Recipients > Email > Add Email Recipient options
      7.  
        Creating OpsCenter SNMP trap recipients
      8.  
        Settings > Recipients > SNMP > Add SNMP trap recipient options
      9.  
        Modifying OpsCenter Email or SNMP recipient information
      10.  
        Deleting OpsCenter Email or SNMP trap recipient
    15. About managing cost analysis and chargeback for OpsCenter Analytics
      1.  
        Setting the default currency for OpsCenter cost reports
      2.  
        Settings > Chargeback > Currency Settings options
      3.  
        Editing the OpsCenter global currency list
      4.  
        Settings > Chargeback > Currency Settings > Edit Currency List options
      5.  
        Settings > Chargeback > Cost Variable options
      6.  
        Creating cost variables in OpsCenter
      7.  
        Modifying cost variables in OpsCenter
      8.  
        Deleting cost variables in OpsCenter
      9.  
        Settings > Chargeback > Cost Formulae options
      10.  
        Creating cost formulae in OpsCenter
      11.  
        Modifying cost formulae in OpsCenter
      12.  
        Deleting a cost formulae in OpsCenter
      13.  
        Estimating chargeback costs using the OpsCenter Formula Modeling Tool
      14.  
        Settings > Chargeback > Cost Estimation options
    16.  
      Monitoring OpsCenter tuning status
  6. Understanding data collection
    1. About configuring data collection for NetBackup
      1.  
        Settings > Configuration > NetBackup options
      2.  
        NetBackup data collection view
      3.  
        How OpsCenter collects data from NetBackup
      4. About the Breakup Jobs option
        1.  
          Configuring the Breakup Jobs option for primary servers
        2.  
          Viewing the data collection status for breakup jobs
        3.  
          About viewing breakup jobs data in custom reports
        4.  
          About breakup jobs considerations
      5. Viewing primary server details and data collection status
        1.  
          About general details of primary servers
        2. Data collection status of a primary server
          1.  
            NetBackup data types and collection status
          2.  
            NetBackup Primary Server states in OpsCenter
      6.  
        Adding a primary server or appliance in OpsCenter
      7.  
        Adding a NetBackup primary server
      8.  
        Configuring a primary server or appliance primary server for server access and data collection by OpsCenter
      9.  
        Settings > Configuration > NetBackup > Add Primary Server options
      10.  
        Adding a primary server or an appliance primary server in the OpsCenter console
      11.  
        Editing a primary server or an appliance primary server in OpsCenter
      12.  
        Deleting a primary server or an appliance primary server in OpsCenter
      13.  
        Controlling data collection for a primary server in OpsCenter
  7. Managing OpsCenter views
    1. About OpsCenter views
      1.  
        Settings > Views options
      2.  
        OpsCenter view types
      3.  
        OpsCenter user interface access for specific view types
      4.  
        About access rights for a view
      5.  
        About OpsCenter view levels
      6.  
        About nodes and objects
    2. About managing OpsCenter views
      1.  
        Settings > Views > Manage Nodes and Objects options
      2.  
        Looking at OpsCenter views and their details
      3.  
        Creating OpsCenter views
      4.  
        Modifying OpsCenter views
      5.  
        Deleting OpsCenter views
      6.  
        Modifying alias view levels in OpsCenter
    3.  
      About managing nodes and objects in OpsCenter
    4.  
      Adding nodes to a view in OpsCenter
    5.  
      Modifying node details in OpsCenter
    6.  
      Deleting nodes from a view in OpsCenter
    7. Managing static views
      1.  
        Adding objects to create a static view node
      2.  
        Deleting objects from a static view node
    8. Managing dynamic views
      1.  
        Adding objects to create a dynamic view node
      2.  
        Removing objects from a dynamic view node
      3.  
        Viewing newly added clients and objects in a dynamic view
    9. View filters in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Creating a view object filter in OpsCenter
      2.  
        Modifying view object filters in OpsCenter
      3.  
        Deleting view object filters in OpsCenter
    10.  
      Setting up logging for View Builder
  8. Monitoring NetBackup using OpsCenter
    1.  
      About the Monitor views
    2. Controlling the scope of Monitor views
      1.  
        About time frame selection
    3. About monitoring NetBackup using the Overview tab
      1.  
        Viewing the Job Summary by State
      2.  
        Viewing the Media Summary by Status
      3.  
        About Top 7 Job Error Log Summary
      4.  
        Viewing the Services Summary
      5.  
        Viewing the Primary Server Summary
      6.  
        Viewing the Job Summary by Job Status
      7.  
        Viewing the Drive Summary by Status
      8.  
        Top 7 Policies by Failed Jobs
      9.  
        Viewing the Alert Summary by Severity
    4. About monitoring NetBackup jobs
      1.  
        Monitor > Jobs List View options
      2.  
        About monitoring jobs using the List View
      3.  
        Viewing the details for a single NetBackup job
      4.  
        Viewing the details for a primary server associated with a job
      5.  
        Viewing policy information for a job
      6.  
        Filtering on NetBackup job type and state
      7.  
        Controlling NetBackup jobs
      8.  
        Reconciling NetBackup jobs
      9.  
        Changing the job priority
      10.  
        Change Job Priority dialog box options
      11.  
        Exporting NetBackup job logs
      12.  
        About using the Summary View for monitoring jobs
      13.  
        Viewing the Job Summary by Job Status
      14.  
        Viewing the Job Summary by State
      15.  
        Viewing the Job Summary by Type
      16.  
        About the Group Component Summary table
      17.  
        About using the Hierarchical View for monitoring jobs
      18.  
        Viewing the details for a single NetBackup job
      19.  
        Viewing the details for a primary server associated with a job
      20.  
        Viewing policy information for a job
      21.  
        Filtering on NetBackup job state
    5. Monitor > Services view
      1.  
        Filtering on NetBackup service type
      2.  
        Controlling NetBackup services
      3.  
        About monitoring NetBackup policies
      4.  
        Monitor > Policies List View
      5.  
        About using the List View to monitor NetBackup policies
      6.  
        Filtering on NetBackup policy type
      7.  
        Monitor > Policies page
      8.  
        Viewing details for a single NetBackup policy
      9.  
        Viewing the details for a primary server associated with a policy
      10.  
        Viewing the details for a volume pool associated with a policy
      11.  
        Activating or deactivating a job policy
      12.  
        Starting a manual backup
      13.  
        Viewing the history for a single job policy
      14.  
        Monitor > Policies Summary View
      15.  
        About Top 5 Policies by Data Backed up
      16.  
        About Top 7 Policies by Failed Jobs
      17.  
        About Top 7 Policies by No. of Jobs
      18.  
        About monitoring NetBackup media
      19.  
        Monitor > Media List View options
    6.  
      About using the List View to monitor NetBackup media
    7.  
      Viewing the details for NetBackup media
    8.  
      Viewing the details for a primary server associated with the media
    9.  
      Filtering on NetBackup media type
    10.  
      Controlling media
    11.  
      Monitor > Media Summary View options
    12.  
      Hierarchical View by Volume Pool for monitoring media
    13.  
      Viewing the details for volume pool
    14.  
      Viewing the details for media
    15.  
      Controlling media
    16.  
      Hierarchical View by Volume Group for monitoring media
    17.  
      Viewing the details for a volume group
    18.  
      Viewing the details for media
    19.  
      Controlling media in OpsCenter
    20.  
      Monitoring NetBackup devices
    21.  
      Monitor > Devices > Drives List View options
    22.  
      About using the List View for monitoring drives
    23.  
      Viewing the details for a single drive
    24.  
      Viewing the details for a primary server associated with a drive
    25.  
      Filtering on NetBackup drive category
    26.  
      Controlling drives
    27.  
      Monitor > Devices > Drives Summary View
    28.  
      Viewing the Drive Summary by Status
    29.  
      Monitor > Devices > Disk Pools options
    30.  
      Viewing the details for a single disk pool
    31.  
      About monitoring NetBackup hosts
    32.  
      Monitor > Hosts > Primary Servers view
    33.  
      Filtering by NetBackup primary server type and status
    34.  
      Monitor > Hosts > Media Servers view
    35.  
      Viewing the details of a primary server that is associated with a media server
    36.  
      Monitor > Hosts > Clients view
    37.  
      Viewing the details for a single primary server
    38.  
      About monitoring NetBackup alerts
    39.  
      Monitor > Alerts List View
    40.  
      About using the List View to monitor NetBackup alerts
    41.  
      Viewing the details for a single alert
    42.  
      Viewing the details of a single alert for Appliance hardware failure
    43.  
      Viewing the details of the alert policy associated with an alert
    44.  
      Filtering by alert type
    45.  
      Responding to alerts
    46.  
      Summary View for monitoring NetBackup alerts
    47.  
      Viewing alerts by severity
    48.  
      Viewing alerts by NetBackup Primary Server
    49. About monitoring Audit Trails
      1.  
        Additional information about the Audit Trails report
      2.  
        What Audit Trails track
      3.  
        Audit Trails report
      4.  
        About OpsCenter features for Audit Trails
      5.  
        Creating a custom filter to view audit trail data
      6.  
        About managing Audit Trails settings
    50.  
      Monitor > Appliance Hardware > Primary Server
    51.  
      Monitor > Appliance Hardware > Media Server
    52.  
      Monitor > Appliance Hardware > NetBackup
    53.  
      Appliance hardware details
    54.  
      Monitor > Cloud options
  9. Managing NetBackup using OpsCenter
    1.  
      About the Manage views
    2.  
      Controlling the scope of Manage views
    3. About managing alert policies
      1.  
        About OpsCenter alert policies
      2.  
        Manage > Alert Policies view
      3.  
        Viewing the details for a single alert policy
      4.  
        Filtering on type of alert policy
      5. About creating (or changing) an alert policy
        1. OpsCenter Alert conditions
          1.  
            Additional information on job policy change condition
          2.  
            About Appliance hardware components that can fail
        2. Adding an alert policy
          1.  
            Adding email recipients
          2.  
            Adding SNMP trap recipients
          3.  
            Add Trap Recipients dialog box
        3.  
          Alert Policy Wizard
        4.  
          About understanding alert counts in the Monitor view
      6.  
        Managing an alert policy
      7.  
        Viewing the alerts associated with an alert policy
    4. About managing NetBackup storage
      1. Manage > Storage > Storage Unit view
        1.  
          Viewing the details for a single storage unit
      2. Manage > Storage > Storage Unit Group view
        1.  
          Viewing the details for a single storage unit group
      3. Manage > Storage > Storage Lifecycle Policy view
        1.  
          Viewing the details for a single storage lifecycle policy
        2.  
          Viewing the details for a primary server associated with a storage lifecycle policy
    5. About managing NetBackup devices
      1. Manage > Devices > Drive view
        1.  
          Viewing the details for a single drive
        2.  
          Viewing the details for a primary server associated with a drive
        3.  
          Filtering on NetBackup drive category
      2. Manage > Devices > Robot view
        1.  
          Viewing the details for a single robot
        2.  
          Viewing the details for a primary server associated with a robot
        3.  
          Viewing the details of a device host associated with a robot
      3. Manage > Devices > Disk Pool view
        1.  
          Viewing the details for a disk pool
        2.  
          Viewing the details for a primary server associated with a disk pool
      4. Manage > Devices > SAN Client view
        1.  
          Viewing the details for a SAN client
        2.  
          Viewing the details for a primary server associated with a SAN client
      5. Manage > Devices > FT Server view
        1.  
          Viewing the details for an FT server
        2.  
          Viewing the details for a primary server associated with an FT server
    6. About Operational Restore and Guided Recovery operations
      1. About Operational Restores from OpsCenter
        1.  
          About timeframe selection
        2.  
          About the Restore Operator
        3. Files and Directories Restore Wizard
          1. Select Files or Directories panel
            1.  
              Select Files or Directories > Search options
            2.  
              Browse Client dialog box
            3.  
              Performing a simple or advanced search
            4.  
              Backup Timeline Window
            5.  
              Select Files or Directories > Browse options
            6.  
              Browsing for files and directories on a client
            7.  
              Restore Cart
            8.  
              Performing operations on the Restore Cart
          2.  
            Restore Options panel
          3. Summary panel
            1.  
              Removing files or directories from the Summary panel
            2.  
              File or Directory Restore Launch Status dialog box options
            3.  
              Restoring files or directories from the Summary panel
      2. About Guided Recovery
        1.  
          Setting up for Guided Recovery cloning
        2.  
          Guided Recovery cloning pre-operation checks
        3.  
          Performing a Guided Recovery cloning operation
        4.  
          Select a Master Server dialog
        5.  
          Select Source Database panel
        6.  
          Select Control File Backup panel
        7.  
          Destination host and login panel
        8.  
          Destination Parameters panel
        9.  
          Selection summary panel
        10.  
          Pre-clone check panel
        11.  
          Job Details panel
        12.  
          Guided Recovery post-clone operations
        13. Troubleshooting Guided Recovery
          1.  
            Troubleshooting files for metadata collection operations at the time of the backup
          2.  
            Troubleshooting files for Guided Recovery validation operations
          3.  
            Troubleshooting files for Guided Recovery cloning operations
    7. About managing NetBackup Hosts
      1.  
        Managing audit trails settings
    8. About managing NetBackup Deployment Analysis
      1.  
        About the traditional license report
      2.  
        Prerequisites and data collection for a traditional licensing report
      3.  
        Traditional Licensing page
      4.  
        Create Traditional Licensing Report Wizard
      5.  
        Generating a Traditional Licensing report
      6.  
        Traditional Licensing report and log file locations
      7.  
        Possible Traditional License report issues
      8.  
        Capacity License report
      9. Data compilation for the Capacity License report
        1.  
          About determining the capacity licensing
      10. Generating a Capacity Licensing report
        1. About the Capacity Licensing page
          1.  
            Final location of the Capacity Licensing reports and logs
      11.  
        Possible Capacity License report issues
  10. Supporting Replication Director in OpsCenter
    1.  
      About monitoring Replication Director from OpsCenter
    2.  
      About the Open Storage alert condition
    3.  
      How the events are generated
    4.  
      Adding an alert policy
    5.  
      About monitoring replication jobs
    6.  
      Disk pool monitoring
    7.  
      Storage lifecycle policy reporting
    8.  
      Reporting on storage units, storage unit groups, and storage lifecycle policies
  11. Understanding and configuring OpsCenter alerts
    1. About using SNMP
      1.  
        About SNMP
      2.  
        About SNMP versions
      3.  
        SNMP versions supported in OpsCenter
      4.  
        About the Management Information Base (MIB) and OpsCenter support
      5.  
        SNMP traps
      6.  
        Alert descriptions in OpsCenter
      7.  
        Configuring the SNMP trap community name for OpsCenter
      8.  
        Configuring the SNMP version for sending SNMP traps
      9.  
        About customizing Alert Manager settings
      10.  
        Frequently asked SNMP and OpsCenter questions
    2.  
      About managing OpsCenter alerts using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007
    3.  
      About managing OpsCenter alerts using HP OpenView Network Node Manager 7.50/7.51 on Windows
  12. Reporting in OpsCenter
    1. About OpsCenter reports
      1.  
        OpsCenter reporting user interface
      2.  
        Report creation wizards in OpsCenter
      3.  
        Reports > Report Templates
      4.  
        About custom reports in OpsCenter Analytics
      5.  
        About custom SQL query in OpsCenter Analytics
      6.  
        About supporting OpsCenter custom reports and custom SQL queries
    2. Report Templates in OpsCenter
      1.  
        About report filters in OpsCenter
      2.  
        Creating an OpsCenter report using a Report Template
      3. Using report formats
        1. About report formats
          1.  
            About viewing data in a graphical report
    3. About managing reports in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Save report and email report dialog boxes
      2.  
        Saving an OpsCenter report
      3.  
        Exporting an OpsCenter report
      4.  
        File formats available in OpsCenter
      5.  
        Emailing a report in OpsCenter
      6.  
        Configuring number of rows in a tabular report for email or export
      7.  
        Adding email recipients to an OpsCenter report mailing
      8.  
        Add email recipients dialog box options
    4. Creating a custom report in OpsCenter
      1. About Custom Report Wizard parameters
        1.  
          Configuring timeframe parameters
        2.  
          Selecting and using filter parameters
        3. About display options
          1.  
            About Historical view display options
          2.  
            About Ranking chart display options
          3.  
            About Distribution chart display options
          4.  
            About Tabular display options
          5.  
            Defining report conditions
    5.  
      Creating an OpsCenter report using SQL query
    6. About managing My Reports
      1.  
        Creating a report using the My Reports tab
      2.  
        Deleting a saved report using the My Reports tab
      3.  
        Viewing a saved report using the My Reports tab
      4.  
        Editing a saved report using the My Reports tab
      5.  
        Exporting a saved report
      6.  
        Emailing a saved report
    7. About managing My Dashboard
      1.  
        Reports > My Dashboard options
      2.  
        Adding reports to a dashboard
      3.  
        Modifying a dashboard section
      4.  
        Deleting a dashboard section
      5.  
        Emailing dashboard sections
      6.  
        Refreshing My Dashboard
    8. About managing reports folders in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Reports > Manage Folders options
      2.  
        Adding a reports folder in OpsCenter
      3.  
        Editing a reports folder in OpsCenter
      4.  
        Deleting reports folders in OpsCenter
      5.  
        Deleting reports from a folder in OpsCenter
    9.  
      Using report schedules in OpsCenter
    10.  
      Reports > Schedules options
    11. About managing report schedules in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Viewing report schedule details in OpsCenter
      2.  
        Report Schedule Wizard
      3.  
        Creating a report schedule in OpsCenter
      4.  
        Editing a report schedule in OpsCenter
      5.  
        Deleting a report schedule in OpsCenter
      6.  
        Enabling or disabling a report schedule
    12. About managing time schedules in OpsCenter
      1.  
        Reports > Schedules > Create or Edit Time Schedule options
      2.  
        Viewing time schedule details
      3.  
        Creating a time schedule
      4.  
        Editing a time schedule
      5.  
        Deleting a time schedule
  13. Appendix A. Attributes of NetBackup data
    1.  
      Backup data attributes
  14. Appendix B. Man pages for CLIs
    1.  
      changedbpassword
    2.  
      configurePorts
    3.  
      dbbackup
    4.  
      dbdefrag
    5.  
      nbfindfile
    6.  
      opsadmin
    7.  
      opsCenterSupport
    8.  
      runstoredquery
    9.  
      startdb
    10.  
      startgui
    11.  
      startserver
    12.  
      stopdb
    13.  
      stopgui
    14.  
      stopserver
    15.  
      view_exportimport
  15. Appendix C. Creating views using CSV, TSV, and XML files
    1.  
      About using CSV, TSV, and XML files to create views
    2.  
      About creating CSV files
    3.  
      About creating TSV files
    4.  
      About creating XML files
    5.  
      XML DTD structure
    6.  
      DTD elements
    7.  
      DTD <application> element
    8.  
      DTD <objects> and <object> elements
    9.  
      DTD <attribute> elements
    10.  
      DTD <view> element
    11.  
      DTD <node> elements
    12.  
      DTD <aliaslevel> elements
    13.  
      Examples of XML files
    14.  
      Example 1: Adding an object
    15.  
      Example 2: Adding a view
    16.  
      Example 3: Updating an object
    17.  
      Example 4: Merging objects
  16. Appendix D. Error messages in OpsCenter
    1.  
      OpsCenter Error Messages
  17.  
    Index

Backup data attributes

This section lists all attributes pertaining to data that OpsCenter collects from NetBackup. You can select these attributes while generating custom reports.

Table: Backup Job Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Backup job Comment

Host cannot be reached

Filled in by the user in the Job Reconciliation page to indicate why a job failed so others can see.

Backup job File Count Deduplication Factor

321

The deduplication file factor for each PureDisk backup job. Meaning that for every 321 files that were backed up only one file was actually stored. (321 to 1 file deduplication rate)

Backup job File Count Deduplication Savings

456

The number of files not needing to be backed up for every backup job in PureDisk because they were already stored with deduplication. Meaning that if 500 files were targeted for backup, only 44 were stored since the saving was 456.

Backup job Is Ignored

Yes/No

Within OpsCenter there is the ability to mark a job as ignored (yes/no). If it is ignored it does not count towards things like success rate or time since last successful backup. This marking of a job as ignored is done in the "Reports > Explorers" section.

Backup job Protected File Count

400 files

The number of files that are processed in a PureDisk backup. Note that this number is not actually stored since it is before deduplication.

Backup job Protected Size

200GB

The size in bytes of a PureDisk backup job before deduplication.

Backup job Size Deduplication Factor

567

The deduplication size factor for each PureDisk backup job. Meaning that for every 567KB that were backed up only 1KB was stored.

Backup job Size Deduplication Savings

345

The number of KB's not needing to be backed up for every backup job in PureDisk because they were already stored with deduplication. Meaning that if 346KB were backed up, the savings of 345KB means only 1 KB was needed to be stored.

Backup job Sub Type

Catalog, File System, MS Exchange, NDMP, Sybase

Each directory under a job and it's type of backup.

Backup job Transport Type

LAN, SAN

The transport that was used to move the backup from backup client to media server

Job Attempt Count

4

The number of times a backup job had to be attempted before being successful or reaching the maximum allowable number of retries

Job Client

backup-client.veritas.com

The name of a host being backed up as seen by a backup job

Job Directory

C:\, /var, ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES

The file system directory being backed up as seen by a backup job

Job Duration

300 seconds

The amount of time in seconds for a backup to start and finish as seen by a backup job

Job End Time

Tues 3/23/2008 03:34:43

The date and time that a backup ended

Job Error Code

0,1,2,3…

The exit code, status code, or error code for a particular job

Job Expiration Time

Aug 01, 2008 22:03:48

The time at which this job (the image that the job generates) will expire.

Job File Count

300

The number of files a backed up during a backup job

Job Group ID

6114

The group ID that the product group specifies.

Note:The secondary ID and the Group ID are intended for the same purpose. These IDs group the jobs in some way that is useful in reporting.

Job Level

Full, Differential Incremental, User Backup

The Schedule Type for the backup job, Full, Incremental, Cumulative, User etc.

Job Primary ID

5,234,234

A unique number for each backup job in a backup domain that identifies a backup job

Job Secondary ID

5,234,235

When a unique job number is not enough to distinguish a job, a secondary ID may be used. For NBU, this field is the job Process ID

Job Size

2048

The amount in KB that a backup job transferred from client to media server for backing up

Job Start Time

Tues 3/23/2008 02:34:43

The date and time that a backup started

Job Success Rate (Complete and partial)

98

A percent number that is calculated based on the number of jobs that were successful (NetBackup status 0) and partially successful (NetBackup status 1) divided by the total number of jobs ran in that period of time. Example: 98 successful jobs / 100 total jobs (2 failures) = 98%

Job Success Rate (Complete only)

99

A percent number that is calculated based on the number of jobs that were successful (NetBackup status 0) divided by the total number of jobs ran in that period of time. Example: 98 successful jobs / 100 total

Job Throughput (Kbytes/sec)

3,234

The speed of a backup job in Kbytes/sec. This is the speed of the overall job which takes in to account transfer time from client to media server and media server to disk or tape storage. It is not just the speed of a tape drive.

Job Type

Backup, Restore, duplication, archive, label, erase

The type of operation done by the backup product

Level Type

Full, Differential Incremental, User Backup

The Schedule Type for the backup job grouped into just two options. Full vs. Other

Primary Server

nbu-primary.example.com

The name of the primary server that executed the backup job

Media Server

nbu-media.example.com

The name of the media server that performed the backup job

Policy

Oracle Backup Policy, User Backup Policy, File System Backup Policy

The name of the backup policy as seen by a backup job

Policy Description

'This policy is for doing Oracle backups'

The user-defined description of a policy as seen by a backup job

Policy Domain Name

NetBackup Policy Domain, PureDisk Policy Domain

The backup product that a backup policy executed a job from

Policy Type

Standard, NT, Oracle, Exchange

The type of policy as seen by a backup job

Product

NetBackup

The backup product that performs backup, from which OpsCenter collects data

Schedule

(user-defined), ex: Weekly-Fulls, Daily-Incrementals

The name of a schedule which resides within a policy as seen by a backup job

Status

Success, Partial, Failure

A word description for each job that coorelates status codes to their english meaning. All failures are mapped to the word 'Failure'

Storage Unit Name

(user-defined), ex: tld0-hcart-0

The name of a storage unit, which is chosen by a policy to receive and store backups. Storage Units are usually groupings of tape drives within a library or multiple disk locations that are grouped together in pools. This is the storage unit name that was used by a backup job.

Storage Unit Type

Disk, Media Manager (tape)

The type of storage unit used and seen by a backup job

Table: Backup Image Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Backup Image Compression State

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if a backup image stored in the catalog was compressed or not.

Backup Image Copy Expiration Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date/time that a backup image copy is set to expire

Backup Image Copy Is Currently Expired

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if a backup image is expired or not. If it is expired it can no longer be restored and that space may be rewritten to by the backup application. If it is not expired it is available for restore.

Backup Image Copy Is Primary

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if a backup image is the primary copy. If the image is a 2nd or greater copy this value would be 'no'.

Backup Image Copy Media Server

backup-server.veritas.com

The name of the backup server that performed the copy of a backup to a second location.

Backup Image Copy Multiplexed State

True/False

A true/false property as to if the backup image copy was written using multiplexing or not (multiple clients/jobs streamed to one image)

Backup Image Copy Storage Unit Type

Media Manager (tape), Disk

The type of storage unit that the backup image was copied to. This could be disk, tape etc.

Backup Image Copy Unexpired Fragment Count

30

The number of fragments that make up a complete unexpired backup. A single backup can have 1 or a multiple of fragments which are blocks of data seperated by tape marks on tape or seperated in to separate files on the file system if written to disk.

Backup Image Copy Unique ID

backupclient_23423

A unique ID or key for every backup stored in the catalog. This key or ID can be used to look up an image in the catalog for restore or other activity

Backup Image Encryption State

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if a backup image was encrypted between the backup client and backup media server. This value does NOT represent if tape drive or other encryption was used or not.

Backup Image Expiration Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date and time that a backup image will expire. When a backup image expires it is no longer available for restore and the space that the backup occupied can be reused for additional backups (overwritten)

Backup Image File Count

432

The actual number of files that are stored within a backup image.

Backup Image Fragment Expiration Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date/time that the backup image fragment is set to expire

Backup Image Fragment Is Currently Expired

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the backup image fragment is expired or not. Even if a backup fragment is expired, that space can not be reused until the whole backup image is expired (disk) or the whole backup tape media is expired (tape)

Backup Image Fragment Is TIR

TIR Info on Disk, TIR Rsv Synthetic Info on Disk

The true image restore status for a backup image fragment. True image restores allow a restore to take place at the directory level without overwriting files that weren't backed up but are still in the directory. For this to be possible a 'true image restore' backup image must exist.

Backup Image Fragment Size

2048

The size of the backup image fragment. By default NetBackup uses 1TB fragments (ie no fragments) but this can be configured to different values

Backup Image Fragment Unique ID

backupimagefragment_124

A unique ID associated with every backup image fragment

Backup Image Is Currently Expired

Yes/No

A yes/no property as to if the backup image is expired or not

Backup Image TIR Status

TIR Info on Disk, TIR Rsv Synthetic Info on Disk

The true image restore status for a backup image. True image restores allow a restore to take place at the directory level without overwriting files that weren't backed up but are still in the directory. For this to be possible a "true image restore" backup image must exist.

Backup Image Type

Regular, Catalog

The type of backup image. Catalog being a NBU catalog image for disaster recovery

Backup Image Unexpired Copy Count

1, 2, 3 etc.

The number of copies that exist for a primary backup image. These are copies that are unexpired and can be used for a restore.

Backup Image Unique ID

backupclient_23423

A unique ID or key for every backup stored in the catalog. This key or ID can be used to look up an image in the catalog for restore or other activity

Backup Image Write End Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date and time that the backup image was finished writing.

Backup Image Write Start Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date and time that the backup image began to be written.

Data Classification Primary Server

primary-server.veritas.com

The name of the server that classified the backup image in some sort of ranking (gold, silver, bronze etc)

Data Classification Name

Gold, Silver, Bronze, Non-DataClassification-Name

The name of the classification of data

Data Classification Rank

1,2,3,etc

The number ranking that corresponds with the name of data classification. A 1 would mean the data is more important than a 2 for example.

Table: Backup Attempt Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Attempt Duration

3500

The number in seconds that a backup was attempted

Attempt End Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date and time that a backup attempt ended (each attempt is unique)

Attempt Error Code

0, 1, 2, 3 etc.

The error code that the backup attempt finished with

Attempt File Count

0, 1, 2, 3 etc.

The number of files the backup attempted to process

Attempt Size

2048

The number in KB for the amount an attempted backup tried to process

Attempt Start Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The start time that a backup attempt began

Attempt Status

Success, Partial, Failure

A named status that maps to the error code numbers in the backup application (for example a status 0 in NetBackup is a success, a status 1 is partial and all other numbers are failures)

Attempt Success Rate

98%

The average success rate across all attempts in all backups. Example would be the average of 2 backups were each was attempted 3 times. The success rate would be the success rate average of the 3 attempts within each backup job. (Note that this is different than the success rate across all jobs which does not take in to account attempts)

Attempt Throughput

2048Kbytes/sec

The speed of a backup attempt in Kbytes/sec. This is different than the overall KB/sec for a job which would take in to account all attempts.

Backup Attempt Partial Success Rate

98%

The average success rate across all attempts in all backups but also including partial successes (status 1 in NetBackup). Example would be the average of 2 backups were each was attempted 3 times. The success rate would be the success rate average of the 3 attempts within each backup job. (Note that this is different than the success rate across all jobs which does not take in to account attempts)

Backup Attempt Sequence

1, 2, 3

The attempt number in a sequence. 1 would represent the first attempt, 2 would represent the second attempt etc.

Backup Skipped File Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date and time that a particular file was skipped over during a backup

Skipped File Code

1

The status code for why that file was skipped (usually a status 1)

Skipped File Reason

File is open by another process

The reason a file was skipped. (Usually because file was in use)

Skipped File Name

C:\Windows\an_open_file.dll

The actual file name that was skipped over during a backup.

Table: Backup Policy Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Backup Policy Domain Primary Server

nbu-primary.example.com

The host name of the backup application host that contains the backup policy. In the case of NetBackup this is the primary server.

Backup Policy Name

Oracle Backup Policy, User Backup Policy, File System Backup Policy

The name of a backup policy that exists in the backup application. Note that this is similar and can be the same as the 'backup job Attribute: Policy' which shows what policy the backup job was executed from. It is different though since this Policy Name simply means that this Policy exists not that anything was executed from it yet.

Backup Policy Type

Standard (UNIX), MS-Windows, Oracle, Exchange

The type of backup policy that exists in the backup application. Note that this is different than the 'backup job Attribute: Policy Type'

Table: File System Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Business Classification

'Business Critical'

User defined field. Can be one of 'Mission Critical', 'Business Critical' or 'Business Support'

File System: OID

asset123 etc.

A user defined field for an object ID of the file system. Typically used as a pairing with an asset management database

Filesystem Name

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\

The file system directory being backed up.

Filesystem Type

NTFS, UFS, ZFS, EXT3

A user-defined field (this is not collected automatically) of what type of file system was backed up.

Table: Host Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Host Architecture

SPARC, x86

User defined field (this is not automatically collected) for filling in architecture type such as x86, x86-64, SPARC, POWER, PA-RISC, IA64 etc

Host: Misc Info

Pete's server

A user defined field for inserting any extra information regarding a host

Host: OID

asset123, etc.

A user defined field for inserting an object ID from an asset management database

Hostname

hostname.example.com

The name of the host object that contains file systems.

O.S. Version

10

The version of the operating system. Usually grouped with Operating System name since this will have values like '10' (that is Solaris 10)

Operating System

Windows, Solaris

The operating system name of the host

Table: Backup Media Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Backup Media Allocation Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that a piece of media was first allocated or had it's first backup written to it. Once the media expires it will have a new allocation date/time when it is reused

Backup Media Available Free Capacity

500,000 KB

How much is left on tape in KB. Value here per sample is either the free capacity if the media is active, or 0 otherwise.

Backup Media Available Total Capacity

19,000,000KB

Total capacity of the tape in KB. Value here per sample is either the total capacity if the media is active, or 0 otherwise.

Backup Media Barcode

JFP000L2

The full barcode as ready by the physical robot. This can be longer than the 6 characters used by a NetBackup Media.

Backup Media Expiration Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that a backup media is set to expire

Backup Media Free Capacity

500,000 KB

How much is left on tape in KB. This number may be estimated using an algorithm.

Backup Media Is Active

Yes/No

A yes/no property of a particular tape indicating whether the tape has been sampled in the last two collections.

Backup Media Is Available

Yes/No

A yes/no property of a particular tape indicating whether it can still be written to.

Backup Media Is Current

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the backup media exists in the current configuration (and not historical)

Backup Media Is Data Expired

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the backup media has expired data on it or not

Backup Media Is Full

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the backup media is marked as full (no more backups can be written to it)

Backup Media Is Imported

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the backup media was imported. Imported media simply means that this paticular backup domain did not originally write the data to the media. This could be due to disaster recovery where the catalog could not be moved from an existing domain so the tapes were read individually to determine what data was on them.

Backup Media Is Physically Expired

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the physical media is expired or not. Once all the backup images (data) has been expired on a tape that entire cartridge is marked as Physically Expired=Yes and it can be overwritten or used by future backups.

Backup Media Is Total Capacity Estimated

Yes/No

Since capacity of a tape is often estimated using an algorithm. This specifies whether it was actually calculated, or provided exactly by the DP product.

Backup Media Last Read Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

A date/time that the backup media was last used to be read (restored)

Backup Media Last Write Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

A date/time that the backup media was last used to be written to (duplicates, backups)

Backup Media Library Slot Number

1, 2, 3 etc.

The physical slot number that a given piece of media resides in

Backup Media Multiple Retention Levels Allowed

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if a given piece of tape media will allow for multiple expiration dates. Multiple expiration dates means that the whole tape can not be reused until the last backup has expired on the media.

Backup Media Multiplexing Allowed

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if multiplexing is allowed on a piece of tape media. Multiplexing means that multiple clients were multiple clients or jobs were backed up to one image so that particular image could have more than one client inside it.

Backup Media Percent Available Free Capacity

0-100%

Calculated value representing (available free capacity /available total capacity ) in percentage

Backup Media Percent Free Capacity

0-100%

Calculated value representing (free capacity total capacity ) in percentage

Backup Media Percent Used Capacity

0-100%

Calculated value representing (used capacity / total capacity) in percentage

Backup Media Physical Expiration Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that a piece of media will physically expire (all images on the media) and be able to be reused

Backup Media Retention Level

63072000.00, 31536000.00, 1209600.00

The retention level of the media in number of seconds. Divide by 86400 to get the retention level in days

Backup Media Snapshot Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that all the media information was collected from the backup application to OpsCenter. History is kept so a history of the state of all media can be determined.

Backup Media Storage Type

Disk, Tape

The type of storage for a given piece of media (disk or tape)

Backup Media Total Capacity

19,000,000 KB

Total capacity of the tape in KB. This number may be estimated using an algorithm.

Backup Media Type

HCART, DLT, 8MM etc.

The density or type of media. This is used to match what drives the media can go in for a mixed media environment.

Backup Media Unexpired Image Count

1, 2, 3 etc.

The number of images that are unexpired on a given piece of media

Backup Media Used Capacity

500,000 KB

Amount in KB used up in the tape. This value is provided by the DP product and is NOT estimated.

Backup Media Volume Group Name

User defined but defaults to things like '000_00002_TLD'

A user defined field for grouping volumes. By default NetBackup assigns the robot number and type so that TLD(2) would read '000_00002_TLD'

Backup Media Volume Path

/disk_staging_file_system/, C:\disk_staging\

The path on disk where backup images are stored.

Disk Pool High Water Mark

95%

This is the high water mark that is set for a Flexible Disk pool, OpenStorage disk pool or PureDisk backend storage pools. When this threshold is reached by the file system on the disk pools backups will not be attempted to that disk location since it will be considered 'full'.

Disk Pool Low Water Mark

80%

This is the low water mark that is set for a Flexible Disk pool, OpenStorage disk pool or PureDisk backend storage pools. When this threshold is reached by the file system on the disk pools backups will not be sent to the location as often

Disk Pool Primary Server

nbu-primary.example.com

The name of the NetBackup primary server that the disk pool belongs to

Disk Pool Name

netappfi::fas3050-1a, DDPool, etc.

The name of the disk pool which defaults to the disk array string or a user defined value

Disk Pool Raw Size

69,990.40

The raw size is the size of the disk volume(s) in a disk pool. Raw size does not mean you can actually write to that amount (that's what usable size is) but just tells you there is more possible disk space that could be allocated from raw to usable.

Disk Pool Server Type

AdvancedDisk, SharedDisk

The type of flexible disk that the pool is

Disk Pool Snapshot Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that a snapshot was taken to produce the backup image that exists in the disk pool

Disk Pool Status

UP, DOWN

Similar to tape drive status, this tells if the disk pool is UP meaning it is usable and can be used or DOWN meaning it is not usable. When in the DOWN state jobs will not attempt to use the disk pool.

Disk Pool Usable Size

1,208,893.44

The usable size is the size of the formatted file system and tells you how much data can be written to the disk pool

Disk Pool Volume Count

4

The number of disk volumes that make up the disk pool

Media Density

HCART, DLT, 8MM etc.

The type of tape media as defined by the backup application. For NetBackup this is also called the 'density' and specifies what types of drive the tape can go in.

Media Hsize

1024

Optical media header size of a backup image

Media ID

JFP000

The Media ID for a given piece of media, usually a subset of the barcode. For NetBackup this is a 6-digit ID.

Media Image Count

54

The number of backup images on a given piece of tape media or disk pool

Media L Offset

2048

Logical block address of the beginning of the block that a backup image exists

Media Restore Count

0, 1, 2, 3, etc.

The number of times a given piece of backup media has been used for restores.

Media Ssize

1024

Optical media sector size of a backup image.

Partner

A/B

The ID of the opposite side of a optical platter. If on side A of a platter this would show Side B

Product

NetBackup

The backup product that this piece of media belongs to

Status

Active, Non-active, Suspended, Frozen

The status of a given piece of media. Active meaning it is being used at a given point in time, Frozen meaning errors have occurred on the tape media and it is no longer being used for backups, etc.

Volume Pool ID

1, 2, 3, 4 etc.

The volume pool ID which automatically starts at 1 for the default pool "NetBackup". Things like Scratch Pools or onsite/offsite pools are typically also used and these all have unique volume pool ID's. Many encryption solutions such as Decru and IBM use the volume pool ID to determine what backups to encrypt or not

Volume Pool Name

NetBackup, Scratch, CatalogBackup, MSEO, WORM, etc.

This user defined field is the name of the volume pool that media is placed in to. The default is NetBackup but many others are typically created to segment tapes in to groups

Volume/EMM Database Server

nbu-primary.example.com

The name of the EMM server. This is the NetBackup primary server.

Table: Tape Library Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Tape Library Agent Product

NetBackup

The backup application that controls the tape drive

Tape Library Agent Server

primarieserver.example.com

The primary server that is used to collect tape drive information.

Tape Library Device Database Server

NBU-device-host.example.com

The device database server that is controlling the particular library. This is the Enterprise Media Manager server (EMM).

Tape Library Manufacturer

STK, Quantum, IBM etc.

The manufacturer as determined by the SCSI inquiry string in the backup application.

Tape Library Serial Number

ADIC203100468_LL0

The serial number, unique, to each tape library

Tape Library Slot Count

40, 120, 360

The total number of slots that exist in a tape library

Tape Library Type

Tape Library DLT, Tape Library 8MM, Tape Library ACS

The type of tape library (TLD, ACS, 8MM, 4MM, TLM, TLH etc)

Tape Library Unique ID

0, 1, 2 etc.

The unique number given to each tape library in the EMM database. This ID is put together with the library type in the NBU GUI to show TLD(0), TLD(1) etc.

Table: Tape Drive Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Name

IBM.ULTRIUM-TD2.000

The name of a tape drive as given by the backup application, usually default names are based on SCSI inquiry strings that contain the manufacturer name and model number

Number

0, 1, 2, 3 etc.

The number of a tape drive as given by the backup application which is unique for each physical drive (a number could be shared between media servers though)

Shared

true/false

A simple true/false on weather the tape drive is shared across backup servers or not

Tape Drive Device Host

NBU-device-host.example.com

The device host (Media Server) that the tape drive is connected to.

Tape Drive Is Current

true/ false

A simple true/false on weather the tape drive exists in the current configuration (true) or if it is historical and no longer exists (false)

Tape Drive Serial Number

768ZD03034

The unique serial number for a physical tape drive

Tape Drive Storage Unit Name

dcdell214-dlt-robot-tld-0

The storage unit that the tape drive is assigned to

Tape Drive Type

hcart, hcart2, dlt, 8mm etc.

The type of tape drive as defined by the backup application. For NetBackup this is also called the 'density' and specifies what types of tape can go in the drive.

Tape Drive Unique ID for Library

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 etc.

The tape drive number inside the library

Table: Tape Usage Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Storage Unit Group Name

Storage Unit Tape Group

The storage unit group that the storage unit that the tape drive belongs to

Tape Drive Assigned

nbu-host.example.com

The host (Media Server) that the tape drive is assigned to for use at time of tape drive information collection

Tape Drive Control

TLD, ACS, DOWN-TLD, DOWN-ACS etc.

The robot type that is controlling the tape drive and it's associated status of up or down at time of tape drive information collection

Tape Drive Enabled

true / false

A true / false for if the tape drive was enabled at the time of tape drive information collection

Tape Drive In Use

true / false

A true / false for if the tape drive was in use at the time of tape drive information collection

Tape Drive Recorded Media ID

VT0036

The tape that was in the drive at the time of tape drive information collection

Tape Drive Snapshot Time

Apr 05, 2008 22:57:17

The date and time that the tape drive information was collected when snapshot was taken

Table: Backup Log Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Backup Log Agent Server

ops-server.example.com

The host name of the OpsCenter server where the database and web interface resides

Backup Log Message

backup of client dcdell211 exited with status 71 (none of the files in the file list exist)

The detailed status messages for each job

Backup Log Source Host

nbu-host.example.com

The host server with the backup application that logged the error message

Backup Log Client

nbu-client.example.com

The backup client that was associated with the logged error message

Backup Log Daemon Name

bptm, ndmpagent, nbpem, bpbrm

The process or daemon name that wrote the error message

Backup Log Job Group ID

5980

The group ID that can be specified by the backup product to group them in a certain way. Note:The secondary ID and the Group ID are basically intended for the same purpose, that is to group the jobs in some way that is useful in reporting.

Log Primary ID

6021

A unique number for each backup job in a backup domain that identifies what backup job caused the error message to be logged

Log Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that the error message or log was written to

Product

NetBackup

The backup application name that caused the error message to be created

Severity Code

1, 2, 3, 4 etc.

The severity code of the error message

Type Code

1, 2, 3, 4 etc.

The code representing the type of the log and error message

Version

1, 2, 3, 4 etc.

The version of the log/error message