Backup Exec 20.1 Administrator's Guide
- Introducing Backup Exec
- Installation
- Methods for installing the Agent for Windows
- Using a command prompt to install the Agent for Windows on a remote computer
- Using a command script to install the Agent for Windows
- Installing the Remote Administrator
- Installing Backup Exec using the command line (silent mode)
- Backup Exec license contract information
- About upgrading to Backup Exec
- Getting Started
- Backups
- Backing up data
- Restores
- How Backup Exec catalogs work
- Job management and monitoring
- Alerts and notifications
- Enabling active alerts and alert history to display on the Home tab
- Adding a recipient group for alert notifications
- Sending a notification when a job completes
- SNMP traps for Backup Exec alerts
- Disk-based and network-based storage
- Configuring disk storage
- Configuring disk cartridge storage
- Backup sets
- Cloud-based storage devices
- Amazon S3 cloud-based storage
- Google cloud-based storage
- Microsoft Azure cloud-based storage
- Private cloud-based storage
- About S3-Compatible Cloud Storage
- About the Backup Exec™ CloudConnect Optimizer
- Legacy backup-to-disk folders
- Legacy backup-to-disk folders
- Legacy backup-to-disk folders
- Tape storage
- Robotic libraries in Backup Exec
- Creating robotic library partitions
- Managing tapes
- Creating media sets for tapes
- Labeling tape media
- Default media vaults
- Storage device pools
- Storage operations
- Conversion to virtual machines
- Configuration and settings
- Using Backup Exec with firewalls
- Deleting DBA-initiated job templates
- Backup Exec logon accounts
- Reports
- Creating a custom report
- List of Backup Exec standard reports
- Troubleshooting Backup Exec
- Troubleshooting failed components in the SAN
- Generating a diagnostic file for troubleshooting Backup Exec
- Using Backup Exec in cluster environments
- Configurations for Backup Exec and Microsoft Cluster Servers
- Disaster recovery of a cluster
- Simplified Disaster Recovery
- Setting or changing the alternate location for the disaster recovery information file
- Creating a Simplified Disaster Recovery disk image
- Preparing to recover from a disaster by using Simplified Disaster Recovery
- Recovering a computer with Simplified Disaster Recovery
- Performing manual disaster recovery
- Integration with Veritas™ Information Map
- Appendix A. Backup Exec Agent for Windows
- About the Backup Exec Agent Utility for Windows
- Appendix B. Backup Exec Deduplication Feature
- Creating or importing deduplication disk storage
- Selecting storage devices for direct access sharing
- Appendix C. Backup Exec Agent for VMware
- Backing up VMware virtual machines
- About instant recovery of a VMware virtual machine
- About Recovery Ready for VMware virtual machines
- Appendix D. Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Hyper-V
- Backing up Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines
- About instant recovery of a Hyper-V virtual machine
- About Recovery Ready for Hyper-V virtual machines
- Appendix E. Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SQL Server
- Backing up SQL databases and transaction logs
- Restoring SQL databases and transaction logs
- Disaster recovery of a SQL Server
- Appendix F. Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server
- Backing up Exchange data
- Appendix G. Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SharePoint
- Backing up Microsoft SharePoint data
- Appendix H. Backup Exec Agent for Oracle on Windows or Linux Servers
- Configuring the Oracle Agent on Windows computers and Linux servers
- Configuring an Oracle instance on Windows computers
- Viewing an Oracle instance on Windows computers
- About authentication credentials on the Backup Exec server
- About backing up Oracle databases
- About restoring Oracle resources
- Appendix I. Backup Exec Agent for Enterprise Vault
- About backup methods for Enterprise Vault backup jobs
- Restoring Enterprise Vault
- About the Backup Exec Migrator for Enterprise Vault
- Configuring the Backup Exec Migrator
- About retrieving migrated Enterprise Vault data
- About the Partition Recovery Utility
- Appendix J. Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Active Directory
- Appendix K. Backup Exec Central Admin Server Feature
- About installing the Central Admin Server feature
- What happens when CAS communication thresholds are reached
- About job delegation in CAS
- How to use Backup Exec server pools in CAS
- How centralized restore works in CAS
- Appendix L. Backup Exec Advanced Disk-based Backup Feature
- Appendix M. Backup Exec NDMP Feature
- About restoring and redirecting restore data for NDMP servers
- Viewing the properties of an NDMP server
- Viewing storage properties for an NDMP server
- Appendix N. Backup Exec Agent for Linux
- About installing the Agent for Linux
- About establishing trust for a remote Linux computer in the Backup Exec list of servers
- Editing configuration options for Linux computers
- About backing up a Linux computer by using the Agent for Linux
- About restoring data to Linux computers
- Editing the default backup job options for Linux computers
- Uninstalling the Agent for Linux
- Appendix O. Backup Exec Remote Media Agent for Linux
- About installing the Remote Media Agent for Linux
- About establishing trust for a Remote Media Agent for Linux computer in the Backup Exec list of servers
- About the Backup Exec operators (beoper) group for the Remote Media Agent for Linux
- About adding a Linux server as a Remote Media Agent for Linux
- Editing properties for the Remote Media Agent for Linux
- Creating a simulated tape library
- Viewing simulated tape libraries properties
- Appendix P. Accessibility and Backup Exec
- About keyboard shortcuts in Backup Exec
- Backup and Restore tab keyboard shortcuts
- Storage tab keyboard shortcuts
Creating a custom report
You can create reports that contain information to meet the specific requirements of your organization. You choose the data to include in the report, and then determine how the data is filtered, sorted, and grouped. In addition, you can set up a pie graph or a bar graph to graphically represent the report data.
Filters let you customize reports to include only the information that meets specific criteria. For example, you can use filters to find the jobs that contain a specific word, the alerts that occurred on a specific day, or the media that are in a specific location. You use filter criteria to create filter expressions. You can use one or multiple filter expressions. A filter expression consists of a field name, an operator, and a value.
The following example filter expression finds all alerts for errors:
Table: Filter expression for finding alerts for errors
Filter type | Data |
---|---|
| Alert Type |
| = (Equal) |
| Errors |
If you want the report to include only the alerts for errors that occurred on a specific day, add another filter expression for the date and time, as shown in the example below:
Table: Filter expression for finding alerts on a specific day
Filter type | Data |
---|---|
| Date Entered |
| =(Equal) |
| 06/03/2014 | <time> |
Grouping fields creates sections on the report. For example, if you group by Backup Exec server, Backup Exec creates a section for each Backup Exec server that matches the filter criteria. Under each Backup Exec server's section, the report displays the data that corresponds to the remaining fields that you selected for the report.
You can sort a custom report by up to three of the fields that you have chosen for the report. When you sort on fields, Backup Exec arranges all of the data that matches the sort criteria together in the report. For example, if you sort on the Backup Exec server field in ascending order, all data for Backup Exec server A displays first, followed by all data for Backup Exec server B, and so on.
To create a custom report
- On the Reports tab, click New Custom Report.
- On the Custom Report dialog box, type a name and description for the report.
- If you do not want this report to include the default header and footer settings, uncheck Use header and footer settings specified in Backup Exec Settings.
The default header and footer settings can include a customized logo, a custom color for the banner, and text for the footer. These items are set in the default Backup Exec settings.
- In the left pane, click Field Selection.
- In the Category box, select a group for which you want to create a report.
- For additional field selections, click Show advanced fields.
- In the Available fields list, select the fields that you want to include on the report, and then click the Right arrow (>>) button to move the fields to the Fields selected for the report list.
- After you have moved all of the fields that you want to include on the report to the Fields selected for the report list, arrange the order in which you want the fields to appear.
The fields appear on the report in the order in which they are listed in the Fields selected for the report list, with the first field appearing as the first field on the left of the report. To move a field, select it from the Fields selected for the report list, and then click Move Up or Move Down to move it to the appropriate location in the list.
- To adjust the width of the column for a field, do the following in the order listed:
Click the field name in the Fields selected for the report list.
In the Column width field, type the new width.
Click Set.
- (Optional) If you want to filter the data on the report, do the following:
In the left pane, click Filters.
In the Field name list, select the field on which you want to filter data.
In the Operator list, select the operator that you want to use for this filter.
In the Value field, type or select the specific data that you want to include on the report.
Click Add.
To combine sets of filter expressions, do any of the following:
To combine two filter expressions so that both expressions must be true for the result to be true
Click AND.
For example, to find all backup jobs that failed, add the following expressions:
Status = Failed
Type = Backup
After you set up the expressions, do the following:
Click AND to combine the two expressions.
The combined expression is:
Status = Failed AND Type = Backup
To combine two filter expressions so that one of the expressions must be true for the result to be true
Click OR.
For example, to find jobs that either failed or were canceled, add the following expressions:
Status = Failed
Status = Canceled
After you set up the expressions, do the following:
Click OR to combine Status = Failed with Status = Canceled.
The combined expression is:
Status = Failed OR Status = Canceled
To combine two filter expressions into a single expression
Click ( ) +
For example, to find backup jobs and restore jobs that failed, add the following expressions:
Status = Failed
Type = Backup
Type = Restore
After you set up the expressions, do the following:
Use OR to combine Type = Backup with Type = Restore.
Press and hold Ctrl while you click Type = Backup and Type = Restore.
Click ( ) + to combine Type = Backup with Type = Restore.
Use AND to combine Status = Failed with (Type = Backup OR Type = Restore).
The combined expression is:
Status = Failed AND (Type = Backup OR Type = Restore)
To separate two filter expressions that were combined into a single expression
Click ( ) -
For example, if you used ( ) + to combine Type = Backup with Type = Restore, it is displayed on the Filters dialog box as follows:
(Type = Backup OR Type = Restore)
To make the combined expression into two individual expressions, do the following:
Press and hold Ctrl while you click both Type = Backup and Type = Restore.
Click ( ) -
After you separate the expressions, they are displayed without the parentheses.
- (Optional) If you want to organize the report into sections, do the following:
In the left pane, click Grouping.
In the Group by list, select the field that you want to use as a group.
Click Ascending or Descending.
Ascending order lists numbers from smallest to largest and lists letters in alphabetical order. Descending order lists numbers from largest to smallest and lists letters in reverse alphabetical order.
If you want to further group the data, select the fields in the Then group by lists, and then click Ascending or Descending for those fields.
A report must have at least one field that is not grouped. For example, if you select three fields to include on the report, you can group only two of the fields. If you group all of the fields, no data appears on the report because all of the data is listed in the group section titles. In addition, you must have at least four fields on the report to use all three grouping fields.
- (Optional) If you want to sort the data on the report, do the following:
In the left pane, click Sort.
In the Sort on list, select the field on which you want to sort the data in the report.
Select Ascending or Descending.
Ascending order lists numbers from smallest to largest and lists letters in alphabetical order. Descending order lists numbers from largest to smallest and lists letters in reverse alphabetical order.
If you want to further sort the data, select the fields on which you want to sort in the Then sort on lists, and then click Ascending or Descending for those fields.
- (Optional) If you want to add a pie graph or bar graph to the report, do the following:
In the left pane, click Graph Options.
In the Graph type list, select either Bar or Pie.
Select the types of data that you want to include on the graph.
- (Optional) If you want to see what the report will look like before you save it, in the left pane, click Preview.
- Click OK to save the custom report.