This report provides an indication of how a backup size varies from the average size. You can detect any anomalies if the variation is too high.
This report calculates the backup size variation of the last good backup with the average backup size per a client, policy, and schedule type. If any variation
calculation is greater than the selected value of variance when the report is run, the client, policy and schedule type combination is shown with the actual variation.
Size variance is calculated using the following formula: (the last backup size - the average backup size) / the average backup size x 100.
Consider the following points before running a Backup Job Size Variance report:
■ This report considers only full schedules.
■ This report does not consider deduplication jobs.
■ This report does not consider failed jobs. The report considers jobs with status code like 0, 1 etc.
■ If you ran multiple jobs for the same client in the given time frame like 10 jobs per the master server, client, policy, and schedule combination then the report calculates the difference between the last job and the average of the remaining 9 jobs.
■ In case of multi-stream jobs, the report considers each stream as a different job.
The Client Name column of the report provides a drilldown link to back up job details for the specified time frame.
Figure 2-7shows a sample view of theBackup Job Size Variancereport.
Figure 2-7 Backup Job Size Variance report
The following are the details that are associated with theBackup Job Size Variancereport:
Backup Job Size Variance Report Name
Backup Report Category
Report > Report Templates > Backup > Job Activity > Variance
> Backup Job Size Variance Where to Locate
This report shows job size variance.
Report Purpose
Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec NetBackup, Symantec NetBackup Master Appliance, Symantec NetBackup PureDisk Supported products
See“Client backup jobs”on page 75.
Drill down report
Yes Can be scheduled
PDF, CSV, TSV, XML, HTML Supported formats
Reporting > All Reports > Standard Reports > Jobs > Backup Job Size Variance
Mapping with NOM report
The following table lists the filters forBackup Job Size Variancereport and how you can use these filters to view specific data in the report.
Description Column
Filter
Select a view to show data for the selected view in the report.
By default All My Views is selected.
View
Select one or more master servers to view data for the selected master servers in the report. All master servers that are added to the OpsCenter console are shown in the Value drop-down list .
Master Server Master
Server
Select an appropriate value of variance percentage. By default, all the variance percentages that are greater than 1 are displayed in the Variance (%) column in the report.
Percentage Percentage
Example of filter usage: You may run theBackup Job Size Variancereport for a specific master server to view details only for the specific master server.
The following report enhancements have been made for theBackup Job Size Variancereport:
■ The unit Years has been added for Relative Timeframe selection.
You can now view data for the last x years.
■ The option Next has been removed from the drop-down menu for Relative Timeframe. You now cannot enter a relative timeframe like Next 2 weeks. This is because the report does not support any futuristic data.
Client backup jobs
TheClient Backup Jobsreport shows details of the jobs run for a selected client.
This tabular report shows information like Job ID, Policy Name, Schedule Name, Status Code, Number of files, Throughput (KB/Sec) etc.
Figure 2-8shows a sample view of theClient Backup Jobsreport.
Figure 2-8 Client backup jobs report
The following are the details that are associated with theClient Backup Jobs report:
Client backup jobs Report Name
Backup Report Category
Report > Report Templates > Backup > Job Activity > Variance
> Backup Job Size Variance (drill down on Client Name)
> Client backup jobs Where to Locate
This report shows details of the jobs run for a selected client.
Report Purpose
Symantec NetBackup, Symantec NetBackup Master Appliance
PDF, CSV, TSV, XML, HTML Supported formats
Reporting > All Reports > Standard Reports > Jobs > Backup Job Size Variance> Client Backup Job
Mapping with NOM report
The following table shows the filters forClient Backup Jobsreport and how you can use these filters to view specific data in the report.
Description Column
Filter
Select a view to show data for the selected view in the report. By default All My Views is selected.
View
Select one or more master servers to view data for the virtual clients that are backed up by the selected master servers in the report. All master servers that are added to the OpsCenter console are shown in the Value drop-down list .
Master Server Master
Server
Select Yes to view only Active Clients or No to view all the clients in the report. By default, only Active Clients are shown in the report.
Select one or more clients to view data for the selected clients in the report. All clients that are protected by the master servers in the OpsCenter console are listed.
Client is Active Client Name Client
Example of filter usage: You may run theClient Backup Jobsreport for more than one master server. Select Master Server and then select specific master servers to view details for all the clients.
The following report enhancements have been made for the Backup Job Size Variance report:
■ The unit Years has been added for Relative Timeframe selection.
You can now view data for the last x years.
■ The option Next has been removed from the drop-down menu for Relative Timeframe. You now cannot enter a relative timeframe like Next 2 weeks. This is because the report does not support any futuristic data.