Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

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Event reports

These reports provide summary information about current events on NetWorker and Console servers within the Enterprise. Additional details about a particular event can be displayed, including annotation contents. While the Events window within the NetWorker Console displays the current events of the NetWorker servers, the Event reports provide additional features. The reports enable you to organize, export, and print the event data.

Types of event reports and configuration

Event reports can include this information:

Number of events
Priority of events
Category of events
Server name
Server type
Event time
Notes and annotations

NOTE:When an event has been resolved, it does not remain in the records.

The Events report category includes both basic and drill-down reports. The report’s Configure tab allows you to limit the scope of the report.

The Event parameters are described in this table. The specific parameters available depend on which Event report is being configured.

NOTE:Data retention policies do not have any impact on Event reports.

Table 1. Event parameters
Configuration parameter	Description	Options
Server Name	Selects one or more managed hosts.	Selected server names.
Server Type	Selects some or all server types in the enterprise. Only the names of servers that have current events are shown.	Console NetWorker
Priority	Selects only priority events. Priority represents the relative severity of the event.	Warning Waiting Notice Info Emergency Critical Alert
Category	Selects only category events, or all categories. Category refers to the source of the event.	Database Backup Registration Savegroup
Event Time	Selects a time range. This parameter applies only to the Annotation Details report.	Event time (range)

Within the Events report category, select any of the basic reports that are listed in the user interface. When a report has been chosen, the Configuration tab displays boxes listing the selected parameters for that report.

To exclude unwanted parameters from the report, remove them from the list. Customizing and displaying report output provides information about selecting and removing parameters.

The drill-down reports consist of multiple Event basic reports, which are connected in a predetermined sequence. Drill-down reports provides general information about drill-down reports.

The configuration parameters for a drill-down report are the same as the parameters for the top-level report in the report sequence. Thus, if the top layer of the drill-down report is a Server Summary report, the configuration parameters are the same as they would be for the basic report, Server Summary. When a report has been chosen, the Configuration tab displays boxes listing the selected parameters for the top-level report. To exclude unwanted parameters from the report, remove them from the list. Customizing and displaying report output provides information on selecting and removing parameters.