Backup Report
Information about offsite backups can be sent as a report every day or weekly on a specified day. To set up the report, select Site Settings > Email Settings.
Enter an email address to receive Zerto Virtual Replication backup reports.
SMTP Server Address – The SMTP server address of the hypervisor manager. The Zerto Virtual Manager must be able to reach this address.
SMTP Server Port – The SMTP server port, if it was changed from the default, 25.
Sender Account– A valid email address for the email sender name.
To – A valid email address where that will receive the email containing the backup reports.
SEND TEST EMAIL button – Tests that the email notification is set up correctly. A test email is sent to the email address specified in the To field.
To configure backup reports:
1. Select Enable backup reports.
2. Specify whether you want a backup report sent daily or weekly.
Daily – Sends a daily backup report.
Weekly – Sends a weekly backup report. Select the day of the week from the dropdown list.
3. Specify the time of day to send the backup report.
The backup report is sent as HTML with the following information:
■ A summary listing every VPG for which an offsite backup job has run. The summary information includes the following:
■ An entry for each backup job that was run.
■ The result of the job: successful, partial successful, or failed.
A partially successful job means that some, but not all, of the virtual machines were successfully backed up.
■ The time the job started.
■ The time the job completed.
■ The duration of the job.
■ The size of the backup that was stored in the repository.
■ The type of the job: automatic, meaning a scheduled run, or manually initiated.
■ Summary details of the run.
■ Specific details about the job, including:
■ The name of the ZORG of the VPG.
■ The protected site.
■ The backup site where offsite backup can be restored.
■ The number of virtual machines backed up from the totally number in the VPG.
■ The number of virtual machines only partially backed up.
■ The start and end times of the run and the run duration.
■ The backup size.
■ Whether the backup was scheduled or initiated manually.
■ The repository name.
■ The next time a backup of the VPG is scheduled.
■ The previous run time.
