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Report Scope Selections
Each time you generate a report, you can choose parameters to tailor the output.
Several products, such as Capacity Manager and Fabric Manager, offer an Advanced option to specify the unit of measure (such as TB or GB) to be shown in a report. See Units of Measure in Reports. Using the Action menu, detail reports can be adjusted separately to show a unit of measure different than the parent report.
Similarly, for Backup Manager, the Advanced option lists all backup products for which data collection has been licensed in your environment. From this backup product list, you can select relevant backup types and characteristics.
For parameter details, see:
Alert Scope Selector Settings
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Scope Selector Settings
Backup Manager Scope Selector Settings
Backup Manager Advanced Scope Selector Settings
Capacity Manager Scope Selector Settings
Host Scope Selector Settings
Solution Reports Scope Selector Settings
System Health Check Scope Selector
Note: Not all reports use all parameters. For example, the Tape Drive Usage and Forecast Report does not need to take into account specific backup events or status, so those options will not be displayed in the scope selector dialog.
Alert Scope Selector Settings
The following selections are also available with the Alert reports, where relevant.
Object Types
Use the drop-down list to specify the object types for the alerts. Use Ctrl+click to select multiple object types.
Alert Rules
Choose to filter the results by the Alert Rule. Alert Rules are determined by your product installation. For example, if you do not have Backup Manager installed, the Alert Rules for backup are not displayed.
Display
Choose the filter for the Alert Detail, show All alerts, Unsuppressed Only or Suppressed Only.
Alert Status
Choose to filter the results by Alert Status. Select from Warning or Critical.
Policy Name Filter
Enter a value to filter the results by Alert Policy Name. This field accepts wildcards (*).
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Scope Selector Settings
The following selections are available in AWS reports, where relevant.
Accounts
EC2 Instances
S3 Buckets
 
Group By
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 accounts, EC2 instances, or S3 buckets.
Backup Manager Scope Selector Settings
The availability of selections, options, and default values varies from report to report because not all selections and options apply to all reports.
Time Period
The reporting time periods for this report. Your choices range from the last 5 minutes to the last 10 years. The options for this parameter depend on the report.
For Backup Manager reports, the time period used to retrieve a report’s data takes into account the time zone of the collected systems, if relevant. For example, if 15 minutes is selected for a report that has a backup server in Hong Kong, but the report is being generated in San Francisco, the time period reflects the 15-minute interval and the end time will be the end of the Hong Kong server’s day. If there is no data collected from a different time zone, the Portal’s local time is used.
Start Date / End Date
 
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.
Hosts
Use this filter to specify what data will be included in a report.
Host Group. Includes data from default and user‑defined host groups.
Attribute. Includes data from default, system and user‑defined attributes or characteristics.
Hosts. Includes data for only specific hosts rather than data for host groups.
See also Report Scope.
Group By
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.
Parent/Child Jobs
Select from Parent, Child or Both. If a parent-child relationship exists, you can select to append Backup Manager job details with the details of parent or child jobs.
Event Type
Job types:
All Backup & Restore Events
All Backup Events
Full Backups
Incremental Backups
Restores
Unknown Events
Show Capacity in
Select the unit value to display the capacity in. Choose Dynamic to allow for the dynamic calculation of the units in the report based on size.
If you choose Dynamic as an option and run the report, the data value will be displayed as follows:
If the value in the report is greater than say 1024MB then show in GB
If the value is greater than 1024 GB show TB
Media Status
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.
Job Status
Applies to all backup event‑driven reports. Select from the following event status options:
All Events
Successful Events
Warning Events
Successful or Warning Events
Failed Events
Backup Window
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 APTARE IT Analytics Application Administrator. To create specific backup windows, see About Custom Backup Windows.
Backup Policy Name Filter
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.
# of Consecutive Errors
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.
Dynamic Report Start & End Times
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.
Cascade into sub-groups
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.
Backup Manager Advanced Scope Selector Settings
The availability of selections, options, and default values varies from report to report because not all selections and options apply to all reports.
Start Time / Finish Time
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.
Time Zone
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.
Error Code Excludes
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.
Ignore Retries
Check this box to indicate that retries for backup jobs should not be incorporated in the statistics shown.
Job Types
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.
Examples of Advanced Options Job Types
Job types enable more granular filtering within backup vendor subsystems.
Note: For Veritas NetBackup, a previous job type, Incr Backup, has been replaced with more specific types: Cumulative Incr Backup and Differential Incr Backup. These job types more accurately reflect the backup types.
Capacity Manager Scope Selector Settings
The availability of the selections, options within the selections, and default values for the options vary from report to report because not all selections and options apply to all reports.
Storage Arrays
Lists all storage arrays that the APTARE Data Collectors identified. Expanding the top-level folder enables access to other folders for:
All Storage Arrays
Storage Array Vendors
Attributes
Hosts
Use this filter to specify what data will be included in a report.
Host Group. Includes data from default and user‑defined host groups.
Attribute. Includes data from system and user‑defined attributes.
Host Type
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.
Start Date / End Date
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.
Threshold
For Capacity At Risk reports only, limit the report output to a threshold category:
Low
Warning
Critical
Group By
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.
Cascade into sub-groups
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.
Host Scope Selector Settings
Certain reports that have been developed using the Dynamic Template Designer, will have the following scope options available.
Hosts
Specify hosts to be included in the report scope.
Backup Server Type
The type of host in a backup environment, such as Client or Media Server.
Domain
The domain to which the enterprise object belongs.
External Name
Name of the host that will appear in reports.
Group By
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.
Host
Name of the host, as defined in the collected product.
Host Type
Indicates how a host has been commissioned in an enterprise, such as VM Guest, VM Server, VIO Guest, VIO Server, Oracle Container, Oracle Zone, Hyper-V Server, Hyper-Guest, or Other. This selection enables reporting of various types of virtual hosts.
Make
Make of the host, such as Dell.
Maximum legends for Pie Chart
Specify the maximum number of slices for pie chart rendering.
Model
Model of the host, such as Windows-x86.
OS Platform
Host’s OS type, such as Linux or Windows.
OS Version
Version of the host’s operating system.
Product Collected
Find hosts that have been collected from particular subsystem, such as Veritas NetBackup.
Product Group Collected
Find hosts that have been collected by this product group, such as capacity collection.
Product Group Not Collected
Find hosts that have not been collected by this product group, such as capacity collection.
Product Not Collected
Find hosts that have not been from particular subsystem, such as Veritas NetBackup.
SAN-attached hosts only
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 APTARE IT Analytics products, such as Backup Manager or Virtualization Manager.
Time Period
Provides a drop-down list to specify a time span, such as last 90 days or previous month.
Solution Reports Scope Selector Settings
The Solutions reports have scope selections relevant for the solution:
Storage Optimization Scope Selector
Risk Mitigation Scope Selector
These selections enable “what if” reporting, where you can modify parameters to see results before saving an instance of the report. When selecting the report scope, a list of the relevant solution rules can be modified by customizing and enabling only the rules for which you want to include data in the report.
It’s important to note that Rules enabled and configured on the Admin tab are the defaults for Adhoc report scope selection. You can use the adhoc reporting to report on one rule or many rules. Changing the Rule configuration while running Solution reports does not change anything on the Admin tab. See also Configuring Storage Optimization Rules and Configuring Risk Mitigation Rules.
Cascade to Sub-Domains
The scope selector includes a checkbox to Cascade to Sub-Domains. Depending on the context and the type of data associated with the report, this selection can have different meanings, as listed below.
For host data, the sub-grouping refers to Host Groups.
For capacity data, the sub-grouping refers to APTARE IT Analytics Domains.
The scope selector defaults to cascade to all child sub-groups when generating the report.
Storage Optimization Scope Selector
Storage Optimization reports allow you to modify the relevant solution rules by customizing and enabling only the rules for which you want to include data in the report. You are also able to select if the generated report focuses on Cost, Usage or Both. See also Cascade to Sub-Domains.
1. Double-click the report to launch the scope selector.
2. Choose the Report On focus.
3. Click Modify to view the relevant solution rules for customization for this report instance.
4. Click the top checkbox to enable all Rules or choose them individually.
5. Revise the Cost Source if required. Choose from Chargeback or Rule. If you select Rule, enter the value to use for Cost per GiB.
6. Double-click a Rule to modify the parameters; or select a rule and click Edit.
Changing the Rule configuration while running Solution reports does not change any setting defined under Storage Optimization administration. These selections are for this instance of the report allowing for what-if scenarios. See also Configuring Storage Optimization Rules.
7. Click Apply.
Risk Mitigation Scope Selector
Risk Mitigation reports allow you to modify the relevant solution rules by customizing and enabling only the rules for which you want to include data in the report. See also Cascade to Sub-Domains.
1. Double-click the report to launch the scope selector.
2. Click Modify to view the relevant solution rules for customization for this report instance.
3. Click the top checkbox to enable all Rules or choose them individually.
4. Double-click a Rule to modify the parameters; or select a rule and click Edit.
Changing the Rule configuration while running Solution reports does not change any setting defined under Risk Mitigation administration. These selections are for this instance of the report allowing for what-if scenarios. See also Configuring Risk Mitigation Rules.
5. Click Apply.
System Health Check Scope Selector
The following scope options available:
Time Period
The reporting time periods for this report. Your choices range from the last 5 minutes to the last 10 years. The options for this parameter depend on the report.
Start Date / End Date
 
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.
Group By
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.
Mask User Details
Choose Yes or No to mask user details. Default is Yes, so the report is in Summary mode.
Detailed mode displays all user data. Summary mode masks user names and email addresses.