Workload Analyzer report template options
The Workload Analyzer report template is a pre-fixed 168 hour reporting template. The template makes extensive use of color to display the analyzed data through the heat map technology. You can configure the color range. Report categories that include attributes such as backup server, media server, client, policy, provide a good means to understand the basics of workload and performance. All the reports that comprise the workload analyzer report template are based on time. The following figure is a sample report template.
The highlights of the workload analyzer report template are as follows:
You can hover the mouse on each cell in the report to get details such as date, time, hour, and actual value of the hour.
You can configure the range for each color. The color depicts the density of the jobs running at that hour. It also displays the number of minutes of queue time, the amount of data transferred, and the throughput rate. The deeper the color of the cell, the higher is the value in the cell.
You can use the feature to select entities for which, you require the data. For example, if you select for a master server, the second column in the report displays data for the master server only. The entities include Backup Server, Media Server, Backup Client, Policy, Policy Type, Schedule, Job Type, Job Level, Job Error Code, Exit Status, Job Exit Code, Job Transport Type, Schedule\Level Type, and Storage Unit.
You can drill down to the next level in the report. The second column is hyper linked and provides the drill-down option. For example, from the master server you can drill down to client. A drill-down report is launched. You can drill down to clients from the media server, policy, policy schedule, schedule, job type, job error code, job status, job level, transport type. Other drill-down options are policy type to policy, job status to job error code, view to next level down the view hierarchy.
The last row on the report shows the total values of all the rows for the entire time span. The first column shows data for the entire week, whereas the hour column shows data for that particular hour for all entities.
You can use various filters in the report. The filters include:
Filter type
Description
Time Filter
Filter on Absolute or Relative time filter
View
Filter on any view.
Master Server, media server
Filter on available master servers and media servers.
Client
Filter on available client.
Policy
Filter on name and type of policy.
Schedule
Filter on schedules
Job
Filter on status, status code, transport type, type, and schedule or level type.
Storage unit
Filter on the name.
Workload
Filter on duration threshold and time basis.
You can use the Report on feature for different variables. The variables include Backup Server, Media Server, Backup Client, Policy, Policy Type, Schedule, Job Type, Job Level, Job Error Code, and Storage Unit.
You can drill down on any cell to know the details about the data.
The following drill-down options are available for all the Workload Analyzer reports.
Master Server to Client
Media server to Client
Policy Type to Policy
Policy to Client
Policy ScheduletoClient
Schedule to Client
Job Type to Client
Job Error Code to Client
Job Status to Client (when Job Status <> Failure)
Job Status to Job Error Code (when Job Status = Failure)
Job Level to Client
Transport Type to Client
View to Next level down the view hierarchy
The colors in the report represent different data values, the information is available in the following table.
Table: Color range values
Color range | Value |
|---|---|
Idle | Displays the cells that are gray, which means there are no active jobs assigned. |
1 - 10 | Displays value for the data that has the color range between 1 - 10, the light yellow cells represent these values. |
11 - 50 | Displays value for the data that has the color range between 11 - 50, the dark yellow cells represent these values. |
51 - 100 | Displays value for the data that has the color range between 51 - 100, the orange cells represent these values. |
More than 100 | Displays the value for data that has the color range that is greater than 100, the red cells represent these values. |