Troubleshooting guide

Chapter 3, Using the Logs and Reports 61
Reports
Reports
NetBackup provides a set of standard reports that gives you most of the status and error
information you need. To run these reports, use the NetBackup administration interface
(see the NetBackup System Administrator’s Guide for instructions). The following table
provides a brief description of the reports.
Table 2. NetBackup Reports
Report Description
Backup Status Status and error information on backups and archives completed
within the specified time period. Environment variables allow
modification of character lengths of some fields.
Media Reports Provides the following reports about the media:
◆ Media Lists - Shows information about volumes that
NetBackup has used for backups or archives. This report
does not show information for disk storage units.
◆ Media Contents - Lists the backup IDs that are on a single
volume. The information is read directly from the media.
This report does not show information for disk storage units.
◆ Images on Media - Shows the contents of media as recorded
in the NetBackup file database. This report shows
information for any type of storage unit, including disk.
◆ Media Log Entries - Lists the media errors that have been
recorded. This information is a subset of the All Log Entries
report.
◆ Media Summary - Summarizes active and nonactive volumes
and groups them according to expiration date. The report
shows the expiration date and the number of volumes that
are at each retention level.
◆ Media Written - Identifies volumes that have been used for
backups or archives within the specified time period. This
report does not show media used for image duplication if the
original image was created prior to the specified time period.
Client Backups Detailed information on backups and archives completed within
the specified time period.
Problems Problems that the server has logged during the specified time
period. This information is a subset of the information in the All
Log Entries report.
All Log Entries All log entries for the specified time period.