Job Summary Report

Backup Manager Management Reports > Job Summary Report

Version 9.1.01

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. Refer to the APTARE StorageConsole User’s Guide for Capacity Manager Primary Settings and Backup Manager Primary Settings. In particular, note the Parent Job Only, Ignore Retries, and Backup Window settings that are available for this report.

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.

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

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.