Lists all storage arrays that the Data Collectors identified.

Use this filter to specify what data will be included in a report.

By Host Group. Includes data from default and user‑defined host groups.

By Attribute. Includes data from default and user‑defined attributes or characteristics.

By Clients. Includes data for only specific clients rather than data for host groups.

 

If you want a static report, specify a start and end date in the date format: MM/DD/YYYY. If you want a dynamic report—that is, a report that changes as the underlying data changes—do not specify a start and end date, as the default always represents the current day.

 

For Capacity At Risk reports only, limit the report output to a threshold category:

The scope selector default is to cascade to all child sub-groups when generating the report. If you prefer to report ONLY on the host group you selected, then uncheck Cascade into sub-groups.

The reporting time periods for this report. Your choices range from the last 12 hours to the last 7 years. The options for this parameter depend on the report.

 

If you want a static report, specify a start and end date in the date format: MM/DD/YYYY. If you want a dynamic report—that is, a report that changes as the underlying data changes—do not specify a start and end date, as the default always represents the current day.

 

Use this filter to specify what data will be included in a report.

By Host Group. Includes data from default and user‑defined host groups.

By Attribute. Includes data from default, system and user‑defined attributes or characteristics.

By Clients. Includes data for only specific clients rather than data for host groups.

See also Report Scope.

Job types:

 

Use the drop-down list to specify how you want the data in the bar charts or tables to be grouped. The available options are dependent on the type of report. Some reports group by time, while others group data by either host, client, or policy.

 

The Media Status parameter is included in the Tape Media Summary Scope Selector. You can specify which media should be included in the report by selecting one of the following options: All Media, Expired Media, Available Media, In Use Media or Full Media.

The default setting for this parameter is All Media.

 

Applies to all backup event‑driven reports. Select from the following event status options:

 

This filter appears in the Job Summary and Job Volume Summary scope selectors. Enter a backup policy name to filter the report output by backup policy. This enables analysis of job status for a specific policy.

Use this filter to exclude consecutive errors. This option comes in handy when troubleshooting by limiting the report to hosts with excessive activity. Select a number from the drop-down list. Only sets of consecutive errors >= the specified number will be included in the report.

 

Provides the user with the ability to specify dynamic report start and end day and time. Simply specify the number of days before or after the current day as well as the time for both the start and end day and times to be used to generate the report.

 

The scope selector default is to cascade to all child sub-groups when generating the report. If you prefer to report ONLY on the host group you selected, then uncheck Cascade into sub-groups.

Specify the backup/restore event start or finish time to be used when culling the events within the time frame for the report.

For example, if you only want to display events that occurred between 12AM and 6:30AM, then specify those times for the start and finish time parameters so that the application filters the events by those time constraints.

Available in various backup/restore events reports.

 

Enables you to select a specific time zone to normalize the report by any time zone. The default setting for this parameter is the time zone setting of the Management Server.

 

This option is available only in the Job Status Summary and Job Summary reports. For NetBackup, the Portal groups the jobs with the same parent-child relationship that NetBackup uses. Some customers prefer to see only the status of the parent jobs, so this option enables that selection.

Select a custom backup window to be applied to the report. Typically, backups begin at the end of the business day, but they do not finish before the end of the day—thereby skewing the success statistics for the day. To more accurately reflect backup SLA metrics, you can re-define a day with a custom backup window. These custom backup windows are defined by the StorageConsole Application Administrator. To create specific backup windows, see About Custom Backup Windows.

Check the Set Error Excludes box and the application will dynamically generate an Error Code ID/Descriptions Dialogue where you can check all the error codes that need to be excluded from the report. Then, click Accept and all the codes will auto‑populate the Exclude Id text box.

Any event which existed with an error code specified in the exclude list will not be included in the resulting report.

This functionality currently is available only for the Consecutive Errors By Client Report.

 

Check this box to indicate that retries for backup jobs should not be incorporated in the statistics shown.

Refers to the type of backup job. Each backup product has its own set of job types. The list represents the products for which data collection has been licensed for your Portal. Check the job types to be included in the report output.

See Examples of Advanced Options Job Types.

Specify hosts to be included in the report scope.

The type of host in a backup environment, such as Client or Media Server.

The domain to which the enterprise object belongs.

Name of the host that will appear in reports.

Provides a drop-down list to specify how the data in the charts or tables will be grouped. The available options are dependent on the type of report. Some reports group by time, while others group by either host, server, client, or policy.

Name of the host, as defined in the collected product.

Indicates how a host has been commissioned in an enterprise, such as VM Guest, VM Server, VIO Guest, VIO Server, or Other. This selection enables reporting of various types of virtual hosts.

Make of the host, such as Dell.

Specify the maximum number of slices for pie chart rendering.

Model of the host, such as Windows-x86.

Host’s OS type, such as Linux or Windows.

Version of the host’s operating system.

Find hosts that have been collected from particular subsystem, such as Veritas NetBackup.

Find hosts that have been collected by this product group, such as capacity collection.

Find hosts that have not been collected by this product group, such as capacity collection.

Find hosts that have not been from particular subsystem, such as Veritas NetBackup.

Check this box if you want to see data for only SAN-attached hosts. When this box is not checked, the report will include VM Guests and hosts that have been collected by other StorageConsole products, such as Backup Manager or Virtualization Manager.

Provides a drop-down list to specify a time span, such as last 90 days or previous month.