Reporting provides the management server administrator with detailed and well-structured information concerning the enterprise data protection operations. Reports can be used as an instrument for profound analysis of the whole backup infrastructure within a corporate network.
The management server generates reports using statistics and logs, which are collected from registered machines and are stored in the dedicated databases.
Report templates
Reports are generated based on report templates. The templates define the information to be included in the report and the way the information is represented.
Acronis Backup Management Server offers report templates for:
Reports about machines, backup plans, tasks, archives and backups contain information as of the current time.
Reports about vault statistics and task activities are interval-based and provide historical information for the specified time interval that can last from days to years, depending on the amount of data kept in the databases.
Configuring and generating reports
There are two types of report templates: customizable and predefined.
In a customizable report template, by using filters, you can specify which entries to include in the report, how to group and sort them. To configure a report, select a report template in the Reports view, click Configure on the toolbar, and then set Filters and Report view. Click OK to generate the report.
A predefined report template is preset so that you can generate a report with one click. To start generating a report, select a report template in the Reports view, and then click Generate on the toolbar.
The report will contain the information selected, grouped and sorted according to the template settings. Select whether to preview the report in the default browser or to save it to the .xml file. If previewed, the report appears in a separate interactive window that enables expanding and collapsing the tables. To open the saved .xml file use Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Access.