ContinuousDataReplicator Job Summary Report

About this Report

The ContinuousDataReplicator Job Summary Report displays information related to all ContinuousDataReplicator jobs.

When to use this Report

You can use the ContinuousDataReplicator Job Summary Report to review ContinuousDataReplicator information for a particular client, agent, instance, backup set, or subclients. This is useful if subclients are monitored by a particular group of personnel who are only interested in generating a report for their area of responsibility. You can also use this report to accurately and quickly identify failed jobs, such as critical servers, that are not backed up daily. In addition, this report is useful if you need to know:

  • Replication pair statistics, including failures, if applicable

  • Detailed information for each recovery point job

  • The application and volumes in the recovery point

  • Job options selected

  • Other unsuccessful jobs

What this Report Contains

This report presents the data in the following sections:

Sections

Description

Recovery point creation summary

This table provides information about ContinuousDataReplicator jobs per agent. Information displayed in the table includes:

  • Total number of jobs for all clients

  • Total number of jobs in each status that you selected

  • Start time and end time of all jobs

  • Total number of failed objects and folders

Clients

This table provides information about ContinuousDataReplicator jobs per client computer. Information displayed in the table includes:

  • Name of each client and its associated replication set

  • Job ID and type

  • Start time and end time or current phase for jobs run on each client

  • Transfer time of data for all jobs

  • Error reason and description, if applicable

How to Generate the Report

You can generate the default version of any CommCell Report on demand in the CommCell Console.

Before You Begin
  • Your CommCell user account must be assigned to a role that has the Report Management permission.

  • To view report data for an entity, your CommCell user account must have an association with that entity.

    For more information on users, permissions, and associations, see User Administration and Security - Overview.

Procedure
  1. On the CommCell Console menu bar, select the Reports tab, and then click Job Summary.

    The Report Selection dialog box appears with Job Summary (Web) selected by default.

  2. From the navigation pane, click Job Summary (CommCell Console).

  3. On the General tab, click Data Management > Continuous Data Replicator.

  4. Click Run.

    The report appears in your default Web browser.

Scheduling the Report

  1. In the CommCell Console, select the Reports tab, and then on the ribbon, click the button for the report that you want to schedule.

    The Report Selection dialog box appears.

  2. Configure the report as needed.

  3. In the Report Selection dialog box, click Schedule.

  4. On the Schedule Pattern tab, in the Schedule Name box, enter a name for the schedule.

  5. Select the interval at which you want the report to run: One Time, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly.

  6. In the Start Time box, type the time of day when you want the report generation to begin.

  7. Under Repeat, specify the exact times and days that you want the report to run.

  8. Click Ok.

Customizations That You Can Perform With This Report

You can further customize the report by using the tabs that are available in the Report Selection dialog box. The following table describes the available report options for this report.

Options

Description

General

You can generate any of the Job Summary reports from this tab, including the ContinuousDataReplicator Job Summary Report. You can also filter the jobs that appear in the report by entering a job description. In addition, you can group the information by client, job ID, or storage policy.

Computers

On this tab, you can set the report to run at the client and agent level or at the subclient level. Set one of the following options:

  • Select all clients and agents or select individual clients and agents with the Modify option.

  • Select all subclients or select individual subclients on the View and Edit tabs.

Selection

On this tab, you can set the report to include information regarding replication statistics and recovery point including contents and other job details. Set any of the following options:

  • Include failed objects and attempts

  • Include failure reason, job attempts, and associated events

  • Include applications and volumes

  • Include job options, job description, user information and client description

  • Include media-deleted jobs

  • Allow dynamic content for associated events and job options

  • Filter the report to show only coverage or the last job for each subclient

Options

On this tab, you can set the report to include information regarding job status and set the job time. Set any of the following options:

  • Include jobs that are in active, completed, delayed, failed, killed, completed with errors, and completed with warnings status

  • Display the job time according to the time zone that is set on the CommServe or the client computer

Time Range

You can choose to include information from a specific time range in the report.

  • Choose a number of hours, days, or weeks from the list. The report information ends at the time that you generate the report.

  • Select a time zone, and then enter a range of time from a specific date and time to another specific date and time.

  • Set the report to start at the first job that occurred in the CommCell, or enter a specific date and time in the Jobs On section.

  • Set the report to end at the last job that occurs in the CommCell before you run the report, or enter a specific date and time in the Jobs On section.

Output

You can set the report output to appear in one of several formats and save it to a variety of locations. All options for the output format are not available for all report types. Set any of the following options:

  • Generate the report in an available format.

    • HTML: Full version, the shorter Summary version, or Mobile Device Format

    • Text separated by commas or tabs

    • PDF

    • XML

  • Enter a location to save the report in one of these locations:

    • A client computer in the CommCell

    • A shared network drive

    • An FTP Location. Click Settings to specify an FTP location that is different than the default.

  • Choose a language from the Choose Locale list to set the report to appear in that language.

  • Select Date and Time, and then select a format from the list to set the format in which the date and time appears in the report.

Additional Options

The following table describes additional operations that you can perform with the reports feature:

Option

Description

Related topics

Saving the Report Output

You can save the report output to a specified location.

  1. In the CommCell Console, select the Reports tab, and then on the ribbon, click the button for the report that you want to save.

    The Report Selection dialog box appears.

  2. Configure the report as needed.

  3. Select the Output tab, and then from the Output Format section, select a file format.

  4. Select Output To, and then enter the location to which you want to save the report.

    • To save the report to your local computer, select Use Local Drive On, and then in the Report Copy Location box, enter a location.

    • To save the report to a shared network drive, select Use Network Share, and then in the Report Copy Location box, enter a location.

    • To upload the report to an FTP site, select FTP Upload, and then click Settings to enter the FTP location and your credentials.

      You can use the default FTP location configured for the CommCell, or you can enter a different FTP location and credentials.

  5. From the Choose Locale list, select the language in which you want the report to appear.

  6. At the bottom of the Report Selection dialog box, click Run.

    The report opens in the file format that you specified and a copy of the report is saved to the location that you entered.

Saving a Report as a Template

You can save the report settings as a template in the CommCell Console, and then run the report at any time.

  1. In the CommCell Console, select the Reports tab, and then on the ribbon, click the button for the report that you want to make into a template.

    The Report Selection dialog box appears.

  2. Configure the report as needed.

  3. At the bottom of the Report Selection dialog box, click Save As.

    The Save As dialog box appears.

  4. Select Save a Report, and then enter a name for the template in the box.

  5. Click OK.

    The report template appears in the CommCell Browser under Reports > My Reports.

Generating a Report from a Template

You can generate a report from a template at any time.

  1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click General.

    The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.

  2. In the General tab, right-click the name of the report that you want to generate, and then select Run Immediately.

    The report opens in the format that is specified in the template.

Modifying a Report Template

  1. In the CommCell Browser, go to Reports | My Reports | General.

    The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.

  2. In the General tab, right-click the name of the report that you want to change, and then select Edit.

    The Saved Reports dialog box appears.

  3. Select the Report Details tab, and then make changes on any of the available tabs.

  4. Click OK to save your settings.

Cloning a Report Template

  1. In the CommCell Browser, go to Reports | My Reports | General.

    The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.

  2. In the General tab, right-click the name of the report that you want to clone, and then select Edit.

    The Saved Reports dialog box appears.

  3. Select the Job Initiation tab, and then select Saved Report.

  4. Select Clone this report as, and then enter a name in the box.

  5. Click OK.

    The cloned report appears in the General tab.

Deleting a Report Template

  1. In the CommCell Browser, go to Reports | My Reports | General.

    The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.

  2. In the General tab, right-click the name of the report that you want to delete, and then select Delete.

    A message appears that asks if you are sure that you want to delete the selected Report Template.

  3. Click Yes.

    The report is removed from the General tab.

Setting a Report Alert

This option allows users or user groups to get an automatic notification when a report is created. Follow the steps given below to set up the criteria to raise notifications/alerts:

  1. In the CommCell Console, select the Reports tab, and then on the ribbon, click the button for the report that you want to set alerts for.

    The Report Selection dialog box appears.

  2. Configure the report as needed

  3. At the bottom of the Report Selection dialog box, click Schedule.

    The Schedule Details dialog box appears.

  4. Configure the schedule as needed.

  5. Select the Notification tab, and then click Add Alert.

  6. From the Add Alert Wizard dialog box, select the types of notifications that you want to send, and then click Next.

  7. Add recipients to the selected list.

    • To add a recipient that is a user in the CommCell, from the Available list, select a user, and then click Add.

    • To add a recipient that is not a user in the CommCell, in the Email to Recipients box, type an e-mail address.

  8. Click Next, and then click Finish.

  9. Click OK.

Refer to Alerts.

Saving a Report as a Script

The Command Line Interface allows you to generate reports from the command line. The commands can be executed from the command line or can be integrated into scripts. You can generate command line scripts for specific operations in the CommCell Console by using the Save As Script option.

To create an XML script that generates a report:

  1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Reports > My Reports, and then click General.

    The General tab appears in the CommCell Console.

  2. In the General tab, right-click the name of the report that you want to save as a script, and then select Edit.

    The Saved Reports dialog box appears.

  3. Select the Job Initiation tab, and then click Save As Script

    The Save As Script dialog box appears.

  4. Enter the appropriate settings to generate a script file.

    1. From the Client list, select the name of the client where you want to save the script.

    2. In the Path box, enter the file path where you want to save the script, and then enter a name for the script file at the end of the path.

      Ensure that the name of the file contains the .xml extension

    3. Click OK to create the script.

      A message appears that says that the script saved successfully.

    4. Click OK.

    The Save As Script and the Saved Reports dialog boxes close.

Refer to Command Line Interface.

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