Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Backup type and save type information

The NetWorker Backup Status reports provide the same basic function as selecting Show Details for a group in the Monitoring window of the Administration window. The NetWorker Backup Status reports, however, allow you to select the scope and level of detail.

The report calculates the amount of time that is taken by each backup group individually. Consequently, if several groups run in parallel, their total combined backup time is greater than the time elapsed between the start of the first group and the completion of the last group. For example:

• Group A starts at 13:00, and completes at 15:00.
• Group B starts at 13:30, and completes at 15:30.

Although the groups both completed within a 2.5-hour period, the total group runtime is counted as 4 hours.

NetWorker Backup Status reports can include this information:

• Total group runs
• Totals of successful, failed, and interrupted group runs
• Success ratio
• Backup duration
• Backup level
• Backup type
• Save type

Backup type is one of the configuration parameters for both NetWorker Backup Statistics and NetWorker Backup Status reports, and it is one of the fields of information that is included in these reports. The backup type indicates whether the files backed up were regular files, bootstrap files, indexes, or a particular database file.

Specialized NetWorker modules (such as NetWorker Module for SAP) are used to back up the various databases. Most of these modules apply a distinct prefix when backing up a save set. This prefix enables NetWorker software to identify the backup type and include it in the reports.

A couple of the Backup Status reports (Save Set Details and Save Set Details by Client) include an additional field of information that is called save type. The save type can be any one of the following:

• Bootstrap
• Index
• Save
• Save (backup command)

The NetWorker Backup Status Report category includes both basic and drill-down reports. The report’s Configure tab allows you to limit the scope of the report selected. The choice of available parameters depends on which report is to be generated.

The parameter options available within the NetWorker Backup Status Report category are described in this table.

The parameters available for each report type are listed in the user interface.

The settings for the completion data policy impact the data that is available to the NetWorker Backup Status reports. The report cannot display data that has expired, because it has been removed from the database.

Thus, even if a one-year time range is specified for the Group Start Time parameter, the report displays only six months if the limit of the completion data policy is six months.

Within the NetWorker Backup Status report category, choose 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 on selecting and removing parameters.

The drill-down reports are composed of multiple NetWorker Backup Status basic reports, which are connected in a predetermined sequence. Drill-down reports provides general information about drill-down reports. When a report has been chosen, the Configuration tab displays boxes with lists of the selected parameters for the top-level report. Thus, if the top layer of the drill-down report is a Daily Summary report, the configuration parameters are the same as they would be for the basic report, Daily Summary.

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