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Job Summary Report
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When you generate this report, several Report Designer options enable you to narrow the scope of the report and also to define how the data will be displayed. Use the Scope Selector to filter the report to just the jobs you want to analyze. In particular, note the Parent Job Only, Ignore Retries, and Backup Window settings that are available for this report. The Backup Policy Name Filter enables you to enter a backup policy name to analyze job status for a specific policy
 
To view the details available in vendor-specific version of this report, see:
Job Summary - Heterogeneous Backup Products
Avamar Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
Backup Exec Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
Commvault Simpana Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
HP Data Protector Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
NetBackup Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
NetWorker Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
TSM Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
In the scope selector, use the following options to filter the output:
Event Type: All Backup & Restore Events, All Backup Events, Full Backups, Incremental Backups, Restores
Event Status: All Events, Successful Events, Warning Events, Successful or Warning Events, Failed Events
Not all of the following fields will appear in all Job Summary reports. Many fields are specific to a backup product. For example, NetBackup jobs will display a Policy field that may not be displayed in the Job Summary for other backup products. Also, a job’s result code will be labeled according to the backup product’s standard. For example, NetBackup uses Exit Code, while Backup Exec uses Result Code.
Job Summary - Heterogeneous Backup Products
The fields listed in this table reflect the columns that are displayed when the report scope applies to multiple backup products.
For a general description of the Job Summary report, see Job Summary Report and Job Summary Advanced Options.
Client
Click on a client name for a job to view the client server details.
Server
The management server name.
Product
Vendor-specific backup software.
Type
The type of backup job. For a list of the types that are relevant for each backup product, click the Advanced button in the Job Summary Report Designer.
Start Date
Date and time of the beginning of the backup job
Finish Date
Click on this link to launch the Job Details report. For HP Data Protector jobs, multiple items will be reported, representing the HP Data Protector session, which is a collection of clients and their mount points. For these jobs, the finish date is derived from one of the jobs in a session.
Duration
Backup job duration
MBytes
Amount written to the backup media
MBytes/Sec
Backup throughput
Exit Code
The exit code of the backup job. For failed jobs, place your mouse on top of the red exit code to view the exit code details in a pop-up tool tip.
# of Files
The number of files written to the backup media.
Tapes
Click on a tape link to launch a Tape Details Report.
Avamar Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
For a general description of the Job Summary report, see Job Summary Report, Job Summary - Heterogeneous Backup Products, and Job Summary Advanced Options.
Client Name
Client that is backed up
Group Name
Links to the Avamar Group Detail
Activity Type
The type of backup, such as On-Demand or Scheduled
Start Date
Actual start date and time of the job
Finish Date
Actual finish date and time of the job
Duration
Amount of time it took for this job to complete
MBytes Sent
Amount of data transferred
MBytes/Sec
Transfer rate
% New Bytes
Percentage of backed up data that was determined to be new
Status Code
Vendor-assigned status code that indicates if the backup was successful. Codes are colored as white, yellow, or red to highlight severity.
Error Code
Vendor-assigned error code for issues that occurred during this backup
Backup Type
The type indicates the recurrence interval, for example, Weekly
Retention
The number of days in the retention period indicates how long the backup will be kept. Backups older than the retention are removed from the system.
# of Files
The number of files written to the backup media
Plugin
OS plug in
Backup Exec Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
For a general description of the Job Summary report, see Job Summary Report, Job Summary - Heterogeneous Backup Products, and Job Summary Advanced Options.
Client
Click on a client name for a job to view the client server details.
Server
The management server name
Job Name
For Backup Exec jobs, this name links to the Job Details Report.
Policy
The name of the backup policy links to the Backup Policy Details.
Type
The type of backup job. For a list of the types that are relevant for each backup product, click the Advanced button in the Job Summary Report Designer.
Device Name
For Backup Exec only, the device name.
Resource
For Backup Exec only, the resource name.
Start Date
Date and time of the beginning of the backup job
Finish Date
Click on this link to launch the Job Details report.
Duration
Backup job duration
MBytes
Amount written to the backup media
MBytes/Sec
Backup throughput
Final Error
The final error code of the Backup Exec job. For failed jobs, place your mouse on top of the red final error code to view the exit code details in a pop-up tool tip.
Status
Indicates the job status: Successful, In Process, Partial, Failed
# of Files
The number of files written to the backup media
Commvault Simpana Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
For a general description of the Job Summary report, see Job Summary Report, Job Summary - Heterogeneous Backup Products, and Job Summary Advanced Options.
 
Job ID
A backup job’s unique StorageConsole internal ID. Click this link to view the Job Details Report report.
CommServe
CommServe database system host name.
Simpana Job ID
Unique Commvault Simpana ID for the backup job. Click this link to view the Job Details Report report.
Client
Click a client name for a job to view the Host Details Report.
iDataAgent
Client software for a specific file system, data base, or hyper-visor. Resides on the Client. An individual host can host multiple iDataAgents.
Policy
The Commvault Simpana storage policy and links to the Commvault Simpana Policy Backup Copy Details.
Backup Copy
Commvault Simpana storage copy which defines where the backup is actually stored. Links to the copy details which includes policy details.
Type
Backup type that was conducted: Differential, Full, Incremental or Synthetic.
Status
Reflects the status of the job as interpreted by StorageConsole. This summary status is derived from our inspection of the data. The status may be: partial, successful, or failed.
Simpana Status
Current status of the job as reported in the Job Controller of the Commvault Simpana Commcell Console. Job status can be success, killed, failed, or failed to start.
Reason
If applicable, this field indicates a vendor-specific code that you can use to track down troubleshooting tips in the backup vendor’s reference guides.
Start Date/Time
Date and time of the beginning of the backup job.
End Date/Time
Date and time of the end of the backup job. Click on this link to launch the Commvault Simpana Job Details report.
Duration
Backup job duration.
# of Streams
Number of data channels that connect the client file system or database to the storage media.
Total Job Size (MB)
Total job size in megabytes.
MBytes/Sec
Megabytes per second.
# of Objects
Number of directories determined to be available in the backup source at the start of a backup job, or the number of directories selected to be restored.
# of VMs
The number of VMs used for the backup/restore job. Click this link to view the Commvault Simpana ESX Backup Summary report.
Commvault Simpana ESX Backup Summary
Access this report from the Commvault Simpana Job Summary Report (Homogenous) report by clicking the # of VMs link in that report. This report enables visibility into the VMs that are being backed up by Commvault Simpana. Use this report for more granular backup auditing, down to the VM Guest level.
Note: Under certain circumstances, some columns will be populated while most other values in the same row are null. This could occur, for example, when a VM job couldn’t be started or a Commvault Simpana client had been deleted since the job ran. Even though, in these cases, this report does not show what has been backed up, it does provide insight into what was being backed up or possibly failed, which is useful information for service-level agreements (SLAs).
VM Name
The internal name of the virtual machine.
Host
The hostname of the ESX server hosting the virtual machine.
Status
Commvault internal status of the virtual machine backup.
Description
The text reason for why this file failed to be backed up or restored.
VM CBT Status
Changed block tracking status of the virtual machine.
VM Size
The size of the virtual machine. Values are stored as KiB in the database and rendered according to your user profile preferences.
VM Used Space
The used space of the virtual machine. Values are stored as KiB in the database and rendered according to your user profile preferences.
VM Guest Size
The guest size of the virtual machine. Values are stored as KiB in the database and rendered according to your user profile preferences.
VM Guest Valid
Indicates if the reported guest size of the virtual machine is valid.
Backup Start Time
The date and time that the backup of the virtual machine started. May be NULL if there were errors during the backup.
Backup Finish Time
The date and time that the backup of the virtual machine finished. May be NULL if there were errors during the backup.
Proxy
The Commvault agent used to backup the virtual machine.
VMware Tools
The VMware tools status for the virtual machine, such as Not Installed, Out of Date or Current.
 
HP Data Protector Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
For a general description of the Job Summary report, see Job Summary Report, Job Summary - Heterogeneous Backup Products, and Job Summary Advanced Options.
Note: For HP Data Protector jobs, multiple items will be reported, representing the HP Data Protector session, which is a collection of clients and their mount points. For these jobs, the finish date is derived from one of the jobs in a session.
Client
Click on a client name for a job to view the client server details.
IP Address
The IP Address of the client
Server
The management server name
Mount Point
For HP Data Protector jobs, the mount point is listed.
Start Date
Date and time of the beginning of the backup job
Finish Date
Click on this link to launch the Job Details report. For HP Data Protector jobs, multiple items will be reported, representing the HP Data Protector session, which is a collection of clients and their mount points. For these jobs, the finish date is derived from one of the jobs in a session.
Duration
Backup job duration
Status
Indicates the job status: Successful, In Process, Partial, Failed
# of Files
The number of files written to the backup media
MBytes
Amount written to the backup media
MBytes/Sec
Backup throughput
VM Name
The name of the Virtual Machine.
NetBackup Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
For a general description of the Job Summary report, see Job Summary Report, Job Summary - Heterogeneous Backup Products, and Job Summary Advanced Options.
Job ID
The ID of the backup job. Click on this link to view the Job Details Report.
Client
Click on a client name for a job to view the client server details.
Backup ID
The Backup ID links to the Job Details Report.
Type
The type of backup job. For a list of the types that are relevant for each backup product, click the Advanced button in the Job Summary Report Designer.
Policy
The name of the backup policy links to the Backup Policy Details.
Start Time
Date and time of the beginning of the NetBackup backup job
Finish Time
Click on this link to launch the NetBackup Job Details report.
Duration
Backup job duration
MBytes
Amount written to the backup media
MBytes/Sec
Backup throughput
Exit Code
The exit code of the NetBackup job. For failed jobs, place your mouse on top of the red exit code to view the exit code details in a pop-up tool tip.
# of Files
The number of files written to the backup media
Tapes
Click on a tape link to launch a Tape Details Report.
Client/Server Deduplication
Dedup Location
Indicates where the deduplication took place: client-side or server-side.
Bytes Scanned (MB)
Total amount of data scanned, before deduplication
Stream Rate (MBytes/Sec)
Indicates the speed of the scan. KB scanned divided by scan length.
CR Sent (MB)
This is the actual amount of data that is being protected; the amount that has been transmitted to the storage server.
Dedup Ratio
Indicates the % of data that already has been stored.
Cache Hits
Indicates that a database query was not required to get deduplication data. This is a % of time that the local cache included a record for the segment.
HDR/TIR Deduplication
Bytes Scanned (MB)
Total amount of data scanned, before deduplication (client-side deduplication only).
Stream Rate (MBytes/Sec)
Indicates the speed of the scan. KB scanned divided by scan length (client-side deduplication only).
CR Sent (MB)
This is the actual amount of data that is being protected; the amount that has been transmitted to the storage server (client-side deduplication only).
Dedup Ratio
Indicates the % of data that already has been stored (client-side deduplication only).
Cache Hits
Indicates that a database query was not required to get deduplication data. This is a % of time that the local cache included a record for the segment.(client-side deduplication only).
NetWorker Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
For a general description of the Job Summary report, see Job Summary Report, Job Summary - Heterogeneous Backup Products, and Job Summary Advanced Options.
Client
Click on a client name for a job to view the client server details.
Save Set
This NetWorker-specific field indicates the backup save set associated with the client’s backup job.
Server
The management server name
Group
NetWorker-specific group associated with the backup.
Levels
This NetWorker-specific field indicates the backup level/type: Full, Incremental, Migration, Manual, Consolidate, Copy, Diff, 1-9, Restore
Start Date
Date and time of the beginning of the backup job
Finish Date
Click on this link to launch the Job Details report.
Duration
Backup job duration
MBytes
Amount written to the backup media
MBytes/Sec
Backup throughput
Status
Indicates the job status: Successful, In Process, Partial, Failed
State
Indicates the progress of the backup job, such as Completed or Incomplete.
Tapes
Click on a tape link to launch a Tape Details Report.
TSM Job Summary Report (Homogenous)
For a general description of the Job Summary report, see Job Summary Report, Job Summary - Heterogeneous Backup Products, and Job Summary Advanced Options.
Client
Click on a client name for a job to view the client server details.
Node Name
For TSM jobs, the Node Name links to the Host Details Report.
Server
The management server name
Type
The type of backup job. For a list of the types that are relevant for each backup product, click the Advanced button in the Job Summary Report Designer.
Policy
The name of the backup policy links to the Backup Policy Details.
Schedule
If a backup schedule is available, this link will display the Policy Domain Details (for TSM).
Start Date
Date and time of the beginning of the backup job
Finish Date
Click on this link to launch the Job Details report.
Duration
Backup job duration
MBytes
Amount written to the backup media
MBytes/Sec
Backup throughput
Exit Code
The exit code of the backup job. For failed jobs, place your mouse on top of the red exit code to view the exit code details in a pop-up tool tip.
Result Code
For TSM, the Result Code indicates degrees of success. Refer to the TSM documentation for details.
Status
Indicates the job status: Successful, In Process, Partial, Failed
# of Files
The number of files written to the backup media
Job Summary Advanced Options
In the Job Summary scope selector, click Advanced to access several advanced options, as shown in the following screen shot.
The report time period is always in the master server’s time. If you select Advanced options and change the time zone, the jobs that are returned are based on the time zone applied to the job start/finish date. The displayed dates are always in the master server time zone; just the selection of jobs that qualifies in the report time period changes.