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April 12th, 2011 17:00
Reporting using CSV file. How to Report on unregistered nodes
I have a csv file with node names contained in them but instead of having DPA not report on unregistered nodes or unscheduled nodes, how do we get DPA to report on them regardless if they are registered or not? It would be nice to have the unregistered node or unscheduled node report with a blank line or with a comment that it is not registered or scheduled.
Is there any way to do this within DPA?
Thanks!!!
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ElvinKan
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April 12th, 2011 17:00
hi
multiple ways of doing this in DPA.
One way is to use a View.... so first create custom report that uses the ReadCSV datasource to read in your csv list, then create a View with a Query Node that is based on your custom report thus creating a View with your list of client names from the csv file. From this View, you can run the standard reports on this list (single or multiple nodes) to see if backups were run. Example, run a Report Card over the last week - and if any of the nodes show no backups being run - it is probably not configured in the backup application or not set to run, etc.
Note though, this list of clients/hosts in your CSV files **MUST** match exactly to what it is configured in your backup app eg. if your backup client name is fully qualified in your csv file but shortname is used in the backup application, then it won't match.
Another way is to find "Orphan Clients" using your csv file. Create a custom report that reads in your csv file and merge it with "Backup Client Config" datasource ie. against the list of known backup clients and see which ones are unknown ie. not registered. The backup client config also has a field called "Active" which will also indicate whether it is configured but not scheduled to run.
HTH