NetBackup IT Analytics Help
- Section I. Introducing NetBackup IT Analytics
- Section II. What's New
- Enhancements in NetBackup IT Analytics
- Enhancements in NetBackup IT Analytics
- Section III. Certified configurations
- Portal and database servers
- Data Collector server configurations
- Capacity Manager configurations
- Array/LUN performance Data Collection
- EMC Isilon array performance metrics
- NetApp Cluster-Mode performance metrics
- EMC Symmetrix enhanced performance metrics
- Host access privileges, sudo commands, ports, and WMI proxy requirements
- Cloud configurations
- Virtualization Manager configurations
- File Analytics configurations
- Fabric Manager configurations
- Backup Manager configurations
- ServiceNow configurations
- Internal TCP port requirements
- Section IV. End user
- Understand the portal
- About the Admin tab
- Explore your inventory
- Hierarchy toolbar to organize your data
- Show objects
- Use attributes to organize your data
- Pin reports - saving reports with inventory objects
- Assign attributes in the inventory list view
- Get acquainted with reports
- About badging
- Generate and maintain reports
- Select Report Scope
- Group hosts by attributes
- Search for hosts in the report Scope Selector
- Backup Manager advanced scope selector settings
- Solution reports scope selector settings
- Units of Measure in Reports
- Customize report filter logic
- Sort columns in reports
- Convert tabular report to chart
- Distribute, share, schedule, and alert
- Scheduling Exported Reports and Dashboards
- Organize reports
- Work with the dynamic template designer
- Dynamic Template Designer Quick Start
- Converting to a Homogeneous, Product-Specific Template
- Dynamic Template Function Configurations
- Create Fields with the Field Builder
- Scope Selector Component - Custom Filter
- Configure a Bar Chart Dynamic Template
- Steps to Create a Bar Chart Dynamic Template
- Configure an Area/Stacked Area Chart Dynamic Template
- Line Charts for Performance Metrics
- Line Chart Field Requirements
- One Object Per Line Chart, One or More Metrics Per Chart
- Multiple Objects Per Line Chart, One Metric Per Chart
- Example of a Stacked Bar Chart Dynamic Template
- Create a Sparkline Chart in a Tabular Dynamic Template
- Adding or Editing Methods
- Validate and Save a Method
- Work with the SQL template designer
- Configure SQL Template Scope Selector Components
- Sample SQL Queries
- Number, Size, Date, and Time Formatting
- Alignment, Aggregation, Bar Type, and Bar Type Color
- Pipelined functions for report query building
- APTlistOfDates
- aptStringConcat
- getServerAttributeValue
- getObjectAttributeValue
- getChildServerGroupContextById
- getServerGroupContextById
- secsToHoursMinSecs
- APTgetTapeDriveStatusName
- getFullPathname
- listJobSummaryAfterRestart
- listJobSummaryAfterRestartNBW
- listJobSummaryAfterRestart for NetWorker Backup Jobs
- listOfBackupWindowDates
- listChargebackCatByVOLSDetail
- listChargebackCatByNcVolDetail
- listChargebackCatByFSDetail (for HNAS)
- listChargebackCatByFSDetail (for EMC Isilon)
- listChargebackByLUNSummary
- listChargebackByLUNDetail
- listChargebackCatByLUNSummary
- listChargebackCatByLUNDetail
- Alert configuration
- Add/Edit an Alert Policy
- Manage hosts, backup servers, and host groups
- NetBackup Primary Servers
- Manage attributes and objects
- Provide Portal access and user privileges
- Setting / Resetting passwords
- Managing user group home pages (Administrator)
- Configure primary schedules and backup windows
- Add, edit, and move policies
- Add/Edit a threshold policy
- Capacity Chargeback policy types
- Solutions administration
- Manage and monitor data collection
- About data collection tasks
- Add/Edit Data Collectors
- Review collectors and collection status
- Upgrade Data Collectors
- Work with Capacity Manager host data collection
- Host access requirements
- Manage credentials
- Configure host discovery policies to populate the host discovery and collection view
- Validate host connectivity
- Search and export in host discovery and collection
- Propagate probe settings: Copy probes, paste probes
- Discovery policies for Veritas NetBackup
- View and manage system notifications
- Customize with advanced parameters
- Access control advanced parameters
- General Data Collection advanced parameters
- Cloud data collection advanced parameters
- Host discovery and collection advanced parameters
- Backup Manager advanced parameters
- Capacity Manager advanced parameters
- File Analytics advanced parameters
- Virtualization Manager advanced parameters
- Manage your Portal environment
- Manage ransomware scorecard
- Analyze files
- Troubleshoot the Portal
- Retrieving log files
- Debug
- Attribute inheritance overrides
- Understand report data caching
- Understand the portal
- Section V. Report Reference
- Introduction to NetBackup IT Analytics
- Alert Reports
- Ransomware reports
- Risk Mitigation Solution Reports
- Risk Mitigation Reports
- Storage Optimization Solution Reports
- System Administration Reports
- Oracle Job Overview
- Capacity Manager Reports
- Application Capacity Reports
- Array Capacity Utilization Reports
- Array Capacity & Utilization (Generic Data)
- Array Capacity & Utilization (IBM SVC View)
- Array Capacity and Utilization (IBM XIV View)
- Array Capacity and Utilization (NetApp View)
- Array Capacity and Utilization (NetApp Cluster)
- NetApp Storage System Detail
- Array Capacity and Utilization (OpenStack Swift)
- IBM Array Site Summary
- IBM Array Detail
- LUN Utilization Summary
- NetApp Aggregate Detail
- NetApp Cluster-Mode Aggregate Detail
- NetApp Plex Details
- NetApp Volume Details
- NetApp Cluster-Mode Volume Detail
- NetApp StorageGrid Tenant Summary
- Available/Reclaimable Capacity Reports
- Capacity at Risk Reports
- Capacity Chargeback Reports
- Host Capacity Utilization Reports
- SnapMirror Reports
- SnapVault Reports
- Capacity Forecasting Reports
- Storage Performance Reports
- Mission Control for Performance Analysis
- Thin Provisioning Reports
- Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning Pool Utilization
- File Analytics Reports
- Virtualization Manager Reports
- Understanding the Datastore
- VM Server Detail
- VM Snapshot Summary
- VM Detail
- Datastore Utilization Summary
- Datastore Detail
- Fabric Manager Reports
- Host to Storage Dashboard
- Backup Manager Management Reports
- Error Log Summary
- Job Duration Report
- Veeam Backup & Replication Job Summary Report (Homogeneous)
- Veeam and RMAN Job Details Report
- Adding a Note to a Job
- Job Volume Summary Report
- NetBackup deduplication to MSDP savings
- Backup Administration Reports
- Host Details
- IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) Storage Pools Dashboard
- Job Histogram
- EEBs on Primary server, Media server and Clients reports
- Backup Media Management Reports
- TSM Tape Media Detail Table
- Backup Service Level Agreement (SLA) Reports
- Determining and Improving Backup Start Time Performance
- Determining and Improving Backup Success Performance
- Determining and Improving Backup Duration Performance
- Backup Storage Utilization Reports
- Backup Manager Forecasting Reports
- Backup Billing and Usage Reports
- Backup Policies Reports
- HP Data Protector Backup Specification Detail
- Public Cloud Reports
- AWS Reports
- Microsoft Azure Reports
- Section VI. NetBackup IT Analytics Exporter Installation and Configuration
- Section VII. Data Collector Installation and Troubleshooting
- Installing the Data Collector Software
- Validating Data Collection
- Uninstalling the Data Collector
- Manually Starting the Data Collector
- Data Collector Troubleshooting
- Host resources: Check host connectivity using standard SSH
- Host resources: Generating host resource configuration files
- Configuring parameters for SSH
- CRON Expressions and Probe Schedules
- Clustering Data Collectors with VCS and Veritas NetBackup (RHEL 7)
- Clustering Data Collectors with VCS and Veritas NetBackup (Windows)
- Install and configure NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector on MSCS environment
- Maintenance Scenarios for Message Relay Server Certificate Generation
- Installing the Data Collector Software
- Section VIII. Data Collection for the Cloud
- Pre-Installation Setup for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Link AWS accounts for Collection of consolidated billing data
- Pre-Installation Setup for OpenStack Ceilometer
- Pre-Installation Setup for OpenStack Swift
- Pre-Installation Setup for Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Pre-Installation Setup for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Section IX. Data Collection for Data Protection (Backup)
- Introduction
- Pre-Installation setup for Commvault Simpana
- Open TCP/IP access to the Commvault database
- Set up a read-only user in the CommServe server
- Pre-Installation setup for Cohesity DataProtect
- Pre-Installation setup for EMC Avamar
- Import EMC Avamar server information
- Pre-Installation setup for EMC Data Domain Backup
- Pre-Installation setup for EMC NetWorker
- Architecture overview (EMC NetWorker)
- Pre-Installation setup for Dell EMC NetWorker Backup & Recovery
- Pre-Installation setup for generic backup
- CSV format specification
- Pre-Installation setup for HP Data Protector
- Architecture overview (HP Data Protector)
- Configure the Data Collector server in Cell Manager (HP Data Protector)
- Pre-Installation setup for IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM)
- Architecture overview (IBM Spectrum Protect -TSM)
- Import IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) information
- Pre-Installation setup for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
- Pre-Installation setup for NAKIVO Backup & Replication
- Pre-Installation setup for Veritas Backup Exec
- Pre-Installation setup for Veritas NetBackup
- Prerequisites to use SSH and WMI (Veritas NetBackup)
- Prerequisites for NetBackup collection over SSH (Kerberos option)
- Veritas NetBackup 8.1 (or later) requirements for centralized collection
- Configuring file analytics in NetBackup Data Collector policy
- Pre-Installation setup for Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)
- Pre-Installation setup for Rubrik Cloud Data Management
- Pre-Installation setup for Veeam Backup & Replication
- Discovery policies for Veritas NetBackup
- About Discovery types
- About SNMP probes
- Appendix B. Load Historic Events
- Load Veritas NetBackup events
- Section X. Data Collection for Fabrics
- Section XI. Data Collection for File Analytics
- Pre-Installation Setup for File Analytics
- Host Discovery and Collection File Analytics probe
- Adding a File Analytics Data Collector policy
- File Analytics Export Folder Size and Folder Depth
- Pre-Installation Setup for File Analytics
- Section XII. Data Collection for Replication
- Section XIII. Data Collection for Storage (Capacity)
- Data Collection for Capacity Overview
- Pre-Installation setup for Compute Resources
- Pre-Installation Setup for Dell Compellent
- Pre-Installation Setup for DELL EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS)
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC Data Domain Storage
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC Isilon
- Pre-Installation Setup EMC Symmetrix
- Pre-Installation Setup for Dell EMC Unity
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC VNX Celerra
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC VNX CLARiiON
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC VPLEX
- Pre-Installation Setup for EMC XtremIO
- Pre-Installation Setup for Hitachi Block
- Configuring a Hitachi Device manager user
- Pre-Installation Setup for Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)
- Hitachi content platform system management console
- Hitachi content platform tenant management console
- Pre-Installation Setup Hitachi NAS
- Pre-Installation Setup for Hitachi Vantara All-Flash and Hybrid Flash Storage
- Host Inventory Pre-Installation Setup
- Host Access Privileges, Sudo Commands, Ports, and WMI Proxy Requirements
- Configure host Discovery policies to populate the host Inventory
- Validate host connectivity
- Host Inventory search and host Inventory export
- Configure and edit host probes
- Propagate Probe Settings: Copy Probes, Paste Probes
- Pre-Installation Setup for HP 3PAR
- Pre-Installation Setup for HP EVA
- Pre-Installation setup for HPE Nimble Storage
- Pre-Installation Setup for IBM COS
- Pre-Installation Setup for IBM Enterprise
- Pre-Installation Setup for NetApp E-Series
- Pre-Installation Setup for IBM SVC
- Pre-Installation Setup for IBM XIV
- Pre-installation setup for FUJITSU Data Collector
- Pre-Installation Setup for NetApp-7
- Pre-Installation setup for NetApp StorageGRID
- Pre-Installation Setup for Microsoft Windows Server
- Pre-Installation Setup for NetApp Cluster
- Pre-Installation Setup for Pure Storage FlashArray
- Pre-installation setup for Veritas Flex Appliance
- Pre-Installation Setup for Veritas NetBackup Appliance
- Pre-Installation setup for NEC HYDRAstor
- Section XIV. Data Collection for Virtualization
- Pre-Installation setup for VMware
- Pre-Installation setup for IBM VIO
- Pre-Installation setup for Microsoft Hyper-V
- Section XV. System Administration
- Preparing for Updates
- Backing Up and Restoring Data
- Monitoring NetBackup IT Analytics
- Accessing NetBackup IT Analytics Reports with the REST API
- Defining NetBackup Estimated Tape Capacity
- Automating Host Group Management
- Categorize host operating systems by platform and version
- Load relationships between hosts and host group
- Automate NetBackup utilities
- Scheduling utilities to run automatically
- Attribute Management
- Importing Generic Backup Data
- Backup Job Overrides
- Managing Host Data Collection
- System Configuration in the Portal
- Custom parameters
- Performance Profile Schedule Customization
- Configuring AD/LDAP
- Configuring Single Sign On (SSO) Using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
- Changing Oracle Database User Passwords
- Integrating with CyberArk
- Tuning NetBackup IT Analytics
- Defining Report Metrics
- Working with Log Files
- Portal and data collector log files - reduce logging
- Data collector log file naming conventions
- Portal log files
- SNMP Trap Alerting
- SSL Certificate Configuration
- Configure virtual hosts for portal and / or data collection SSL
- Keystore on the portal server
- Portal Properties: Format and Portal Customizations
- Data Retention Periods for SDK Database Objects
- Data aggregation
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix C. Kerberos-based authentication for Oracle
- Appendix D. Configure TLS-enabled Oracle database on NetBackup IT Analytics Portal and data receiver
- Section XVI. Licensing
- License installation and guidelines
- License overview
- Verify the current license configuration
- Storage suite
- Protection suite
- Backup Manager
- Backup Manager
- Complete suite
- Managing licenses
- Configure the Data Collector policy to exclude the object
- License management from the command line
- Troubleshooting
- License installation and guidelines
- Section XVII. Inventory reports and operations
- Section XVIII. OpsCenter Transition
NetBackup IT Analytics reports search
NetBackup IT Analytics delivers unified backup and storage insights, enabling you to increase data reliability and reduce costs with consolidated reporting and automated alerts.
The NetBackup IT Analytics Report Reference guide describes the available out-of-the-box reports. It also defines the process of creating the reports.
Using the search functionality in the NetBackup IT Analytics, you can find the required out-of-the-box and / or OpsCenter reports.
For example:
Access the NetBackup IT Analytics portal.
In the Search bar, type Job Status Summary and press Enter. The portal displays the searched results.
Click the required report hyperlink and then click Details. The portal displays the detailed description of the reports at the bottom of the page as highlighted in the image below.
Below is the table listing OpsCenter reports which are the same or equivalent to NetBackup IT Analytics out-of-the-box reports.
Note:
There could be few NetBackup IT Analytics reports that require scope modifications of the reports. The scope can be modified in the Scope Selector dialog box to get the desired results.
Table: OpsCenter-NetBackup IT Analytics reports mapping
OpsCenter reports | NetBackup IT Analytics reports | Scope rule | Report location in NetBackup IT Analytics portal |
---|---|---|---|
Advanced Success Rate | Job Summary by Source | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
All Failed Backups | Job Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Audit Trails Report | NetBackup Audit Report | Not required | Backup Manager > Administration Reports |
Available Media Report | Tape Media Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Media Management Reports |
Backup Chargeback | Billing & Chargeback Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Billing and Usage Reports |
Backup Duration Variance | Risk Mitigation Analysis |
| Solutions > Risk Mitigation |
Backup Job Size Variance | Risk Mitigation Analysis | Solutions > Risk Mitigation | |
Backup Window Failures | Job Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Client Restore | Job Summary |
| Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Client Risk Analysis | Backup RTO RPO Compliance Report | Not required | Backup Manager > Administration Reports |
Cloud Metering Chargeback | Billing & Chargeback Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Billing and Usage Reports |
Consecutives Failures Report | Consecutive Errors | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Cost Tabular | Billing & Chargeback Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Billing and Usage Reports |
Current Disk Pool Usage | NetBackup Disk Pool Capacity & Usage | Not required | Backup Manager > Storage Utilization Reports |
Deduplication Chargeback | Billing & Chargeback Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Billing and Usage Reports |
Deduplication Rates by Master Server | NetBackup Deduplication to MSDP Savings - By Primary Servers | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Deduplication Rates by Policy Type | NetBackup Deduplication to MSDP Savings - By Policy Type | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Deduplication Size Factor | Storage Utilization Reports | Not required | Backup Manager > Storage Utilization Reports |
Disk Usage | NetBackup Storage Unit Usage | Not required | Backup Manager > Storage Utilization Reports |
Drives in Use | Real Time Library and Drive Status | Not required | Backup Manager > Storage Utilization Reports |
Failed Job Count | Job Status Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Forecasted Size | Host Capacity Forecast | Not required | Capacity Manager > Storage Capacity & Forecast |
Job Count | Job Type Count / Job Type Count (Not Windowed) | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Job Count within Backup Window | Backup Executive Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Job Details | Job Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Job Duration | Job Duration By Source Or Job Duration | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Job Size | Job Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Job Status | Job Status Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Job Throughput Workload Analyzer | Job Histogram | Not required | Backup Manager > Administration Reports |
Library Capacity Forecast | NetBackup Library Capacity Forecast | Not required | Backup Manager > Forecasting & Capacity Planning |
Master Server Job Throughput | Primary Server Job Throughput | Not required | Backup Manager > Administration Reports |
Media Server Job Throughput | NetBackup Media Server Job Throughput | Not required | Backup Manager > Administration Reports |
Media Utililzation | Current Media Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Media Management Reports |
NetBackup Disk Pool Capacity | NetBackup Disk Pool Capacity & Usage | Not required | Backup Manager > Storage Utilization Reports |
NetBackup Disk Pool Size vs. Percentage Full | NetBackup Disk Pool Summary by Server | Not required | Backup Manager > Storage Utilization Reports |
Partially Successful Job Count | Job Status Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Partially Successful Job Details | Job Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Pre vs. Post Deduplication Size | NetBackup Deduplication to MSDP Savings Trend Over Time | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Recovery Point Objective | Backup RTO RPO Compliance Report | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Restore Job Attempt Summary by Job Count | Job Type Count |
| Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Restore Job Attempt Summary by Volume Restored | Job Type Count | Backup Manager > Management Reports | |
Restore Job Details | Job Summary | Backup Manager > Management Reports | |
SLP Status | NetBackup SLP Status Or NetBackup SLP Status By SLP | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Storage Unit Usage | NetBackup Storage Unit Usage | Not required | Backup Manager > Storage Utilization Reports |
Success Rate - All Attempts | Job Summary by Source (Convert to Chart) | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Success Rate - All Jobs | Job Summary by Source (Convert to Chart) | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Success Rate Line | Job Summary by Source (Convert to Chart) | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Successful Job Count | Job Status Summary | Not required | Backup Manager > Management Reports |
Tape Drive Throughput | Drive Utilization & Performance | Not required | Backup Manager > Storage Utilization Reports |
Tape Drive Utiliziation | Drive Utilization & Performance | Not required | Backup Manager > Storage Utilization Reports |
Tape Library Summary | Real Time Library and Drive Status | Not required | Backup Manager > Storage Utilization Reports |
Top 10 Policies Using most Server Space | Backup Volume by NetBackup Policy Type Largest Backup Volume | Not required | Backup Manager > Backup Policies Backup Manager > Administration Reports |
Note:
In most cases, the reports are in the tabular format. However, once the report is rendered, you have the option to convert it to a chart. You can also Save the report so that during the subsequent execution of the report, it is displayed in chart format.
For more information, navigate to NetBackup IT Analytics User Guide > Generate and maintain reports > Convert tabular report to chart section.