Backup Copy - Cold Targets report

The Backup Copy - Cold Targets report summarizes information about each asset's backups that have been copied to cold storage within the selected date range for the selected appliance(s). Cold targets include: third-party cloud storage, attached disk storage, NAS and SAN storage, tape devices, eSATA devices, and USB devices.

After generating the report, you can view the details of a specific job by clicking it in the grid. This opens the Backup Copy Cold Targets Status Report Entry dialog.

When finished, click Report Categories in the upper left to return to the Available Reports page.

An example report is given here. Refer to the table below for a description of the available report columns. Not all columns display by default. To customize your output, click the icon to the right of the column header.

Report Field

Field Description

Appliance Name

The name of the backup appliance.

App Name

Application type:

• For file-level backups, contains File Level.
• For Windows image-level backups, contains Image Level.
• For host-level backups, contains the virtual host type. Examples: VMware, XenServer, Hyper-V 2012 R2.
• For application backups, contains the application type. Examples: SQL Server 2012, Oracle 11, Exchange 2013.
• For system metadata backups, contains System Metadata. System metadata backups contain system information, such as job schedules and appliance configuration settings, that are used in the event of a disaster to recover the appliance. They are automatically created and copied to the target.

Backup Copy Time

The date and time when the backup copy job started.

Elapsed Time

The duration of the backup copy job, in hh:mm:ss format.

Protected Asset

The name of the asset protected by the backup.

Instance

Protected instance:

• For file-level backups, contains File-level.
• For Windows image-level backups, contains Image-level.
• For application backups, contains the database instance name and database name.
• For host-level backups, contains one of the following:
– The virtual machine name and guid/uuid.
– The ESXi host name if that host is being managed by a vCenter.
• For system metadata backups, this column is empty.

Backup Date

The date and time the original backup job started.

Type

The type of backup that was copied: Full, Incremental, Differential, Synthetic Full, Selective, Bare Metal, Transaction (SQL only), or System Metadata.

Compressed?

Indicates whether the data is compressed: True (yes) or False (no).

Job

The name of the job.

Target

The name of the target on which the backup copy is stored.

Deduplicated?

Indicates whether the backup copy data has been deduplicated: True (yes) or False (no).

Serials

For tape, eSATA and USB devices, shows the serial numbers of the tapes or drives where the backup copy was written.

Label

For tape, eSATA and USB devices, shows the label assigned to the tapes or drives where the backup copy was written.

Barcodes

Barcodes of the tapes where the backup copy was written. (Applicable to tapes with barcode labels only.)

Retention Days

Minimum length of time the backup copy must be retained before it can be overwritten, in days.