Using the Veritas NetBackup plug-in for backup reporting

The following procedures explain how to find VM backup status in the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5).

The information that appears in the Veritas NetBackup tab applies only to the vSphere object that you select.

To find backup status for a single VM

To find backup status for multiple VMs

Select the appropriate object in vSphere Client (such as datacenter or ESXi host).
On the Monitor tab, click Veritas NetBackup.
The Summary display shows the backup success rate for the VMs overall.
See Summary display.
For the backup status of particular VMs, click Virtual Machines and find the VMs in the Name column. Or click Events to list all the backup attempts.
You can click on a column header to reorder the entries in that column, or to move or widen the column.
You can use Filter to limit the type of information that appears.
Under Events, click Backup Successful, Backup Failed, or Snapshot Delete Failed to filter the events by backup status.
See Virtual Machines display.
See Events display.

To determine which VMs are not backed up

Select the appropriate object in vSphere Client (such as datacenter or ESXi host).
On the Monitor tab, click Veritas NetBackup.
Click Events, then click Backup Failed.
To save the report, click on the save-file icon in the lower right and select an output type.

To determine the age of existing backups

Select the appropriate object in vSphere Client (such as datacenter or ESXi host).
On the Monitor tab, click Veritas NetBackup.
Click Summary.
Virtual Machines By Backup Age shows the age of the backups (up to one day, 7 days, 30 days, and so forth).
For information on backup age per VM, click Virtual Machines and look at the Backup Age (days) column.
To save the report, click the copy icon or export icon:
The copy icon copies the information to the Clipboard. The export icon exports the rows to a comma-separated text (CSV) file.