Working with reports : Generating a Backup Items Report
 
Generating a Backup Items Report
This report displays information about each backup set on a DS-Client.
To generate a Backup Items Report:
1. On the Reports menu, click Backup Items. The Backup Items dialog box appears.
F1 Help: "Print Report"
2. Select the information you want to see in the report.
3. If the Multi-Tenant feature is enabled and configured, you can select the customer for which you want to generate the report. The report will only display data for the backup sets associated with the customer.
4. To view a preview of the report, click OK.
5. To print the report, click the printer icon. To export the report to a file, click the Save icon, and select the export format (PDF, Word, Excel, etc.) and destination.
The report displays the following information:
 
Table 2 Backup Items Report
Report Header
Account No.
The customer account number.
Account Name
The name of the customer account.
DS-Client No.
The number of the DS-Client covered in this report.
Customer Name
If the Multi-Tenant feature is enabled, this field is displayed and indicates the customer that was specified when the report was generated. The report displays only information about backup sets associated with this specified customer.
Backup Items report selection
DS-Client Report (DS-User displays the DS-Client computer name in parenthesis)
Online
Statistical
Self contained
Local-Only
Local DS-VDR
Instant recovery
Shows the types of backup sets described in the report.
• Statistical backup sets allow you to estimate the potential storage those backup would occupy.
• Self contained and Local-Only backup sets perform backup and restore using only the local storage path (on the Setup menu, click Configuration, and then click Parameters).
• Local DS-VDR backup sets do not show any DS-System data storage or transmission amounts, since they do not apply.
Printing date
Day the report was printed.
Report Table
Columns
Description
Backup Set
The Backup Set Column lists the source server, backup set name, and backup set owner.
Set Type
Shows what type of backup set (Online, Statistical, Self Contained, etc.).
Backup Items
The Backup Items column lists the individual backup items specified in the backup set.
• A double-plus sign (++) indicates this backup item includes sub-directories.
• A single-plus sign (+) indicates this backup item does not include sub-directories.
• A minus-sign (-) indicates that this is an “Exclude” backup item.