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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
  3. Appendix B. Attributes of NetBackup data
  4. Backup data attributes
Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

Backup data attributes

This section lists all attributes pertaining to data that OpsCenter collects from NetBackup. You can select these attributes while generating custom reports.

The following tables list all NetBackup attributes that OpsCenter collects.

  • Table: Backup Job Attributes

  • Table: Backup Image Attributes

  • Table: Backup Attempt Attributes

  • Table: Backup Policy Attributes

  • Table: File System Attributes

  • Table: Host Attributes

  • Table: Backup Media Attributes

  • Table: Tape Library Attributes

  • Table: Tape Drive Attributes

  • Table: Tape Usage Attributes

  • Table: Backup Log Attributes

  • Table: Agent Monitoring Attributes

Table: Backup Job Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Agent Server

host.veritas.com

The name of the server where a OpsCenter data collection agent is installed

Backup job Comment

Host cannot be reached

Filled in by the user in the Job Reconciliation page to indicate why a job failed so others can see.

Backup job File Count Deduplication Factor

321

The deduplication file factor for each PureDisk backup job. Meaning that for every 321 files that were backed up only one file was actually stored. (321 to 1 file deduplication rate)

Backup job File Count Deduplication Savings

456

The number of files not needing to be backed up for every backup job in PureDisk because they were already stored with deduplication. Meaning that if 500 files were targeted for backup, only 44 were stored since the saving was 456.

Backup job Is Ignored

Yes/No

Within OpsCenter there is the ability to mark a job as ignored (yes/no). If it is ignored it does not count towards things like success rate or time since last successful backup. This marking of a job as ignored is done in the "Reports > Explorers" section.

Backup job Protected File Count

400 files

The number of files that are processed in a PureDisk backup. Note that this number is not actually stored since it is before deduplication.

Backup job Protected Size

200GB

The size in byes of a PureDisk backup job before deduplication.

Backup job Size Deduplication Factor

567

The deduplication size factor for each PureDisk backup job. Meaning that for every 567KB that were backed up only 1KB was stored.

Backup job Size Deduplication Savings

345

The number of KB's not needing to be backed up for every backup job in PureDisk because they were already stored with deduplication. Meaning that if 346KB were backed up, the savings of 345KB means only 1 KB was needed to be stored.

Backup job Sub Type

Catalog, File System, MS Exchange, NDMP, Sybase

Each directory under a job and it's type of backup.

Backup job Transport Type

LAN, SAN

The transport that was used to move the backup from backup client to media server

Job Attempt Count

4

The number of times a backup job had to be attempted before being successful or reaching the maximum allowable number of retries

Job Client

backup-client.veritas.com

The name of a host being backed up as seen by a backup job

Job Directory

C:\, /var, ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES

The file system directory being backed up as seen by a backup job

Job Duration

300 seconds

The amount of time in seconds for a backup to start and finish as seen by a backup job

Job End Time

Tues 3/23/2008 03:34:43

The date and time that a backup ended

Job Error Code

0,1,2,3…

The exit code, status code, or error code for a particular job

Job Expiration Time

Aug 01, 2008 22:03:48

The time at which this job (the image that the job generates) will expire.

Job File Count

300

The number of files a backed up during a backup job

Job Group ID

6114

The group ID that the product group specifies.

Note:The secondary ID and the Group ID are intended for the same purpose. These IDs group the jobs in some way that is useful in reporting.

Job Level

Full, Differential Incremental, User Backup

The Schedule Type for the backup job, Full, Incremental, Cumulative, User etc.

Job Primary ID

5,234,234

A unique number for each backup job in a backup domain that identifies a backup job

Job Secondary ID

5,234,235

When a unique job number is not enough to distinguish a job, a secondary ID may be used. For NBU, this field is the job Process ID

Job Size

2048

The amount in KB that a backup job transferred from client to media server for backing up

Job Start Time

Tues 3/23/2008 02:34:43

The date and time that a backup started

Job Success Rate (Complete and partial)

98

A percent number that is calculated based on the number of jobs that were successful (NetBackup status 0) and partially successful (NetBackup status 1) divided by the total number of jobs ran in that period of time. Example: 98 successful jobs / 100 total jobs (2 failures) = 98%

Job Success Rate (Complete only)

99

A percent number that is calculated based on the number of jobs that were successful (NetBackup status 0) divided by the total number of jobs ran in that period of time. Example: 98 successful jobs / 100 total

Job Throughput (Kbytes/sec)

3,234

The speed of a backup job in Kbytes/sec. This is the speed of the overall job which takes in to account transfer time from client to media server and media server to disk or tape storage. It is not just the speed of a tape drive.

Job Type

Backup, Restore, duplication, archive, label, erase

The type of operation done by the backup product

Level Type

Full, Differential Incremental, User Backup

The Schedule Type for the backup job grouped into just two options. Full vs. Other

Master Server

nbu-master.example.com

The name of the master server that executed the backup job

Media Server

nbu-media.example.com

The name of the media server that performed the backup job

Policy

Oracle Backup Policy, User Backup Policy, File System Backup Policy

The name of the backup policy as seen by a backup job

Policy Description

'This policy is for doing Oracle backups'

The user-defined description of a policy as seen by a backup job

Policy Domain Name

NetBackup Policy Domain, PureDisk Policy Domain

The backup product that a backup policy executed a job from

Policy Type

Standard, NT, Oracle, Exchange

The type of policy as seen by a backup job

Product

NetBackup, PureDisk

The backup product that performs backup, from which OpsCenter collects data

Schedule

(user-defined), ex: Weekly-Fulls, Daily-Incrementals

The name of a schedule which resides within a policy as seen by a backup job

Status

Success, Partial, Failure

A word description for each job that coorelates status codes to their english meaning. All failures are mapped to the word 'Failure'

Storage Unit Name

(user-defined), ex: tld0-hcart-0

The name of a storage unit, which is chosen by a policy to receive and store backups. Storage Units are usually groupings of tape drives within a library or multiple disk locations that are grouped together in pools. This is the storage unit name that was used by a backup job.

Storage Unit Type

Disk, Media Manager (tape)

The type of storage unit used and seen by a backup job

Table: Backup Image Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Backup Image Compression State

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if a backup image stored in the catalog was compressed or not.

Backup Image Copy Expiration Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date/time that a backup image copy is set to expire

Backup Image Copy Is Currently Expired

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if a backup image is expired or not. If it is expired it can no longer be restored and that space may be rewritten to by the backup application. If it is not expired it is available for restore.

Backup Image Copy Is Primary

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if a backup image is the primary copy. If the image is a 2nd or greater copy this value would be 'no'.

Backup Image Copy Media Server

backup-server.veritas.com

The name of the backup server that performed the copy of a backup to a second location.

Backup Image Copy Multiplexed State

True/False

A true/false property as to if the backup image copy was written using multiplexing or not (multiple clients/jobs streamed to one image)

Backup Image Copy Storage Unit Type

Media Manager (tape), Disk

The type of storage unit that the backup image was copied to. This could be disk, tape etc.

Backup Image Copy Unexpired Fragment Count

30

The number of fragments that make up a complete unexpired backup. A single backup can have 1 or a multiple of fragments which are blocks of data seperated by tape marks on tape or seperated in to separate files on the file system if written to disk.

Backup Image Copy Unique ID

backupclient_23423

A unique ID or key for every backup stored in the catalog. This key or ID can be used to look up an image in the catalog for restore or other activity

Backup Image Encryption State

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if a backup image was encrypted between the backup client and backup media server. This value does NOT represent if tape drive or other encryption was used or not.

Backup Image Expiration Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date and time that a backup image will expire. When a backup image expires it is no longer available for restore and the space that the backup occupied can be reused for additional backups (overwritten)

Backup Image File Count

432

The actual number of files that are stored within a backup image.

Backup Image Fragment Expiration Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date/time that the backup image fragment is set to expire

Backup Image Fragment Is Currently Expired

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the backup image fragment is expired or not. Even if a backup fragment is expired, that space can not be reused until the whole backup image is expired (disk) or the whole backup tape media is expired (tape)

Backup Image Fragment Is TIR

TIR Info on Disk, TIR Rsv Synthetic Info on Disk

The true image restore status for a backup image fragment. True image restores allow a restore to take place at the directory level without overwriting files that weren't backed up but are still in the directory. For this to be possible a 'true image restore' backup image must exist.

Backup Image Fragment Size

2048

The size of the backup image fragment. By default NetBackup uses 1TB fragments (ie no fragments) but this can be configured to different values

Backup Image Fragment Unique ID

backupimagefragment_124

A unique ID associated with every backup image fragment

Backup Image Is Currently Expired

Yes/No

A yes/no property as to if the backup image is expired or not

Backup Image TIR Status

TIR Info on Disk, TIR Rsv Synthetic Info on Disk

The true image restore status for a backup image. True image restores allow a restore to take place at the directory level without overwriting files that weren't backed up but are still in the directory. For this to be possible a "true image restore" backup image must exist.

Backup Image Type

Regular, Catalog

The type of backup image. Catalog being a NBU catalog image for disaster recovery

Backup Image Unexpired Copy Count

1, 2, 3 etc.

The number of copies that exist for a primary backup image. These are copies that are unexpired and can be used for a restore.

Backup Image Unique ID

backupclient_23423

A unique ID or key for every backup stored in the catalog. This key or ID can be used to look up an image in the catalog for restore or other activity

Backup Image Write End Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date and time that the backup image was finished writing.

Backup Image Write Start Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date and time that the backup image began to be written.

Data Classification Master Server

master-server.veritas.com

The name of the server that classified the backup image in some sort of ranking (gold, silver, bronze etc)

Data Classification Name

Gold, Silver, Bronze, Non-DataClassification-Name

The name of the classification of data

Data Classification Rank

1,2,3,etc

The number ranking that corresponds with the name of data classification. A 1 would mean the data is more important than a 2 for example.

Table: Backup Attempt Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Attempt Duration

3500

The number in seconds that a backup was attempted

Attempt End Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date and time that a backup attempt ended (each attempt is unique)

Attempt Error Code

0, 1, 2, 3 etc.

The error code that the backup attempt finished with

Attempt File Count

0, 1, 2, 3 etc.

The number of files the backup attempted to process

Attempt Size

2048

The number in KB for the amount an attempted backup tried to process

Attempt Start Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The start time that a backup attempt began

Attempt Status

Success, Partial, Failure

A named status that maps to the error code numbers in the backup application (for example a status 0 in NetBackup is a success, a status 1 is partial and all other numbers are failures)

Attempt Success Rate

98%

The average success rate across all attempts in all backups. Example would be the average of 2 backups were each was attempted 3 times. The success rate would be the success rate average of the 3 attempts within each backup job. (Note that this is different than the success rate across all jobs which does not take in to account attempts)

Attempt Throughput

2048Kbytes/sec

The speed of a backup attempt in Kbytes/sec. This is different than the overall KB/sec for a job which would take in to account all attempts.

Backup Attempt Partial Success Rate

98%

The average success rate across all attempts in all backups but also including partial successes (status 1 in NetBackup). Example would be the average of 2 backups were each was attempted 3 times. The success rate would be the success rate average of the 3 attempts within each backup job. (Note that this is different than the success rate across all jobs which does not take in to account attempts)

Backup Attempt Sequence

1, 2, 3

The attempt number in a sequence. 1 would represent the first attempt, 2 would represent the second attempt etc.

Backup Skipped File Time

Mon 4/23/2008 4:32:34

The date and time that a particular file was skipped over during a backup

Skipped File Code

1

The status code for why that file was skipped (usually a status 1)

Skipped File Reason

File is open by another process

The reason a file was skipped. (Usually because file was in use)

Skipped File Name

C:\Windows\an_open_file.dll

The actual file name that was skipped over during a backup.

Table: Backup Policy Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Backup Policy Domain Master Server

nbu-master.example.com

The host name of the backup application host that contains the backup policy. In the case of NetBackup this is the master server.

Backup Policy Name

Oracle Backup Policy, User Backup Policy, File System Backup Policy

The name of a backup policy that exists in the backup application. Note that this is similar and can be the same as the 'backup job Attribute: Policy' which shows what policy the backup job was executed from. It is different though since this Policy Name simply means that this Policy exists not that anything was executed from it yet.

Backup Policy Type

Standard (UNIX), MS-Windows, Oracle, Exchange

The type of backup policy that exists in the backup application. Note that this is different than the 'backup job Attribute: Policy Type'

Table: File System Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Business Classification

'Business Critical'

User defined field. Can be one of 'Mission Critical', 'Business Critical' or 'Business Support'

File System: OID

asset123 etc.

A user defined field for an object ID of the file system. Typically used as a pairing with an asset management database

Filesystem Name

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\

The file system directory being backed up.

Filesystem Type

NTFS, UFS, ZFS, EXT3

A user-defined field (this is not collected automatically) of what type of file system was backed up.

Table: Host Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Host Architecture

SPARC, x86

User defined field (this is not automatically collected) for filling in architecture type such as x86, x86-64, SPARC, POWER, PA-RISC, IA64 etc

Host: Misc Info

Pete's server

A user defined field for inserting any extra information regarding a host

Host: OID

asset123, etc.

A user defined field for inserting an object ID from an asset management database

Hostname

hostname.example.com

The name of the host object that contains file systems.

O.S. Version

10

The version of the operating system. Usually grouped with Operating System name since this will have values like '10' (that is Solaris 10)

Operating System

Windows, Solaris

The operating system name of the host

Table: Backup Media Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Agent Server

ops-agent.example.com

The name of the OpsCenter agent that collected the media information.

Backup Media Allocation Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that a piece of media was first allocated or had it's first backup written to it. Once the media expires it will have a new allocation date/time when it is reused

Backup Media Available Free Capacity

500,000 KB

How much is left on tape in KB. Value here per sample is either the free capacity if the media is active, or 0 otherwise.

Backup Media Available Total Capacity

19,000,000KB

Total capacity of the tape in KB. Value here per sample is either the total capacity if the media is active, or 0 otherwise.

Backup Media Barcode

JFP000L2

The full barcode as ready by the physical robot. This can be longer than the 6 characters used by a NetBackup Media.

Backup Media Expiration Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that a backup media is set to expire

Backup Media Free Capacity

500,000 KB

How much is left on tape in KB. This number may be estimated using an algorithm.

Backup Media Is Active

Yes/No

A yes/no property of a particular tape indicating whether the tape has been sampled in the last two collections.

Backup Media Is Available

Yes/No

A yes/no property of a particular tape indicating whether it can still be written to.

Backup Media Is Current

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the backup media exists in the current configuration (and not historical)

Backup Media Is Data Expired

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the backup media has expired data on it or not

Backup Media Is Full

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the backup media is marked as full (no more backups can be written to it)

Backup Media Is Imported

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the backup media was imported. Imported media simply means that this paticular backup domain did not originally write the data to the media. This could be due to disaster recovery where the catalog could not be moved from an existing domain so the tapes were read individually to determine what data was on them. It also is commonly used to import Backup Exec media to NetBackup.

Backup Media Is Physically Expired

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if the physical media is expired or not. Once all the backup images (data) has been expired on a tape that entire cartridge is marked as Physically Expired=Yes and it can be overwritten or used by future backups.

Backup Media Is Total Capacity Estimated

Yes/No

Since capacity of a tape is often estimated using an algorithm. This specifies whether it was actually calculated, or provided exactly by the DP product.

Backup Media Last Read Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

A date/time that the backup media was last used to be read (restored)

Backup Media Last Write Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

A date/time that the backup media was last used to be written to (duplicates, backups)

Backup Media Library Slot Number

1, 2, 3 etc.

The physical slot number that a given piece of media resides in

Backup Media Multiple Retention Levels Allowed

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if a given piece of tape media will allow for multiple expiration dates. Multiple expiration dates means that the whole tape can not be reused until the last backup has expired on the media.

Backup Media Multiplexing Allowed

Yes/No

A yes/no property of if multiplexing is allowed on a piece of tape media. Multiplexing means that multiple clients were multiple clients or jobs were backed up to one image so that particular image could have more than one client inside it.

Backup Media Percent Available Free Capacity

0-100%

Calculated value representing (available free capacity /available total capacity ) in percentage

Backup Media Percent Free Capacity

0-100%

Calculated value representing (free capacity total capacity ) in percentage

Backup Media Percent Used Capacity

0-100%

Calculated value representing (used capacity / total capacity) in percentage

Backup Media Physical Expiration Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that a piece of media will physically expire (all images on the media) and be able to be reused

Backup Media Retention Level

63072000.00, 31536000.00, 1209600.00

The retention level of the media in number of seconds. Divide by 86400 to get the retention level in days

Backup Media Snapshot Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that all the media information was collected from the backup application to OpsCenter. History is kept so a history of the state of all media can be determined.

Backup Media Storage Type

Disk, Tape

The type of storage for a given piece of media (disk or tape)

Backup Media Total Capacity

19,000,000 KB

Total capacity of the tape in KB. This number may be estimated using an algorithm.

Backup Media Type

HCART, DLT, 8MM etc.

The density or type of media. This is used to match what drives the media can go in for a mixed media environment.

Backup Media Unexpired Image Count

1, 2, 3 etc.

The number of images that are unexpired on a given piece of media

Backup Media Used Capacity

500,000 KB

Amount in KB used up in the tape. This value is provided by the DP product and is NOT estimated.

Backup Media Volume Group Name

User defined but defaults to things like '000_00002_TLD'

A user defined field for grouping volumes. By default NetBackup assigns the robot number and type so that TLD(2) would read '000_00002_TLD'

Backup Media Volume Path

/disk_staging_file_system/, C:\disk_staging\

The path on disk where backup images are stored.

Disk Pool High Water Mark

95%

This is the high water mark that is set for a Flexible Disk pool, OpenStorage disk pool or PureDisk backend storage pools. When this threshold is reached by the file system on the disk pools backups will not be attempted to that disk location since it will be considered 'full'.

Disk Pool Low Water Mark

80%

This is the low water mark that is set for a Flexible Disk pool, OpenStorage disk pool or PureDisk backend storage pools. When this threshold is reached by the file system on the disk pools backups will not be sent to the location as often

Disk Pool Master Server

nbu-master.example.com

The name of the NetBackup master server that the disk pool belongs to

Disk Pool Name

netappfi::fas3050-1a, DDPool, etc.

The name of the disk pool which defaults to the disk array string or a user defined value

Disk Pool Raw Size

69,990.40

The raw size is the size of the disk volume(s) in a disk pool. Raw size does not mean you can actually write to that amount (that's what usable size is) but just tells you there is more possible disk space that could be allocated from raw to usable.

Disk Pool Server Type

AdvancedDisk, SharedDisk

The type of flexible disk that the pool is

Disk Pool Snapshot Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that a snapshot was taken to produce the backup image that exists in the disk pool

Disk Pool Status

UP, DOWN

Similar to tape drive status, this tells if the disk pool is UP meaning it is usable and can be used or DOWN meaning it is not usable. When in the DOWN state jobs will not attempt to use the disk pool.

Disk Pool Usable Size

1,208,893.44

The usable size is the size of the formatted file system and tells you how much data can be written to the disk pool

Disk Pool Volume Count

4

The number of disk volumes that make up the disk pool

Media Density

HCART, DLT, 8MM etc.

The type of tape media as defined by the backup application. For NetBackup this is also called the 'density' and specifies what types of drive the tape can go in.

Media Hsize

1024

Optical media header size of a backup image

Media ID

JFP000

The Media ID for a given piece of media, usually a subset of the barcode. For NetBackup this is a 6-digit ID.

Media Image Count

54

The number of backup images on a given piece of tape media or disk pool

Media L Offset

2048

Logical block address of the beginning of the block that a backup image exists

Media Restore Count

0, 1, 2, 3, etc.

The number of times a given piece of backup media has been used for restores.

Media Ssize

1024

Optical media sector size of a backup image.

Partner

A/B

The ID of the opposite side of a optical platter. If on side A of a platter this would show Side B

Product

NetBackup

The backup product that this piece of media belongs to

Status

Active, Non-active, Suspended, Frozen

The status of a given piece of media. Active meaning it is being used at a given point in time, Frozen meaning errors have occurred on the tape media and it is no longer being used for backups, etc.

Volume Pool ID

1, 2, 3, 4 etc.

The volume pool ID which automatically starts at 1 for the default pool "NetBackup". Things like Scratch Pools or onsite/offsite pools are typically also used and these all have unique volume pool ID's. Many encryption solutions such as Decru and IBM use the volume pool ID to determine what backups to encrypt or not

Volume Pool Name

NetBackup, Scratch, CatalogBackup, MSEO, WORM, etc.

This user defined field is the name of the volume pool that media is placed in to. The default is NetBackup but many others are typically created to segment tapes in to groups

Volume/EMM Database Server

nbu-master.example.com

The name of the EMM server. This is the NetBackup master server.

Table: Tape Library Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Tape Library Agent Product

NetBackup

The backup application that controls the tape drive

Tape Library Agent Server

ops-agent.example.com

The server host name that the OpsCenter agent is installed on that is used to collect tape drive information.

Tape Library Device Database Server

NBU-device-host.example.com

The device database server that is controlling the particular library. This is the Enterprise Media Manager server (EMM).

Tape Library Manufacturer

STK, Quantum, IBM etc.

The manufacturer as determined by the SCSI inquiry string in the backup application.

Tape Library Serial Number

ADIC203100468_LL0

The serial number, unique, to each tape library

Tape Library Slot Count

40, 120, 360

The total number of slots that exist in a tape library

Tape Library Type

Tape Library DLT, Tape Library 8MM, Tape Library ACS

The type of tape library (TLD, ACS, 8MM, 4MM, TLM, TLH etc)

Tape Library Unique ID

0, 1, 2 etc.

The unique number given to each tape library in the EMM database. This ID is put together with the library type in the NBU GUI to show TLD(0), TLD(1) etc.

Table: Tape Drive Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Name

IBM.ULTRIUM-TD2.000

The name of a tape drive as given by the backup application, usually default names are based on SCSI inquiry strings that contain the manufacturer name and model number

Number

0, 1, 2, 3 etc.

The number of a tape drive as given by the backup application which is unique for each physical drive (a number could be shared between media servers though)

Shared

true/false

A simple true/false on weather the tape drive is shared across backup servers or not

Tape Drive Device Host

NBU-device-host.example.com

The device host (Media Server) that the tape drive is connected to.

Tape Drive Is Current

true/ false

A simple true/false on weather the tape drive exists in the current configuration (true) or if it is historical and no longer exists (false)

Tape Drive Serial Number

768ZD03034

The unique serial number for a physical tape drive

Tape Drive Storage Unit Name

dcdell214-dlt-robot-tld-0

The storage unit that the tape drive is assigned to

Tape Drive Type

hcart, hcart2, dlt, 8mm etc.

The type of tape drive as defined by the backup application. For NetBackup this is also called the 'density' and specifies what types of tape can go in the drive.

Tape Drive Unique ID for Library

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 etc.

The tape drive number inside the library

Table: Tape Usage Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Storage Unit Group Name

Storage Unit Tape Group

The storage unit group that the storage unit that the tape drive belongs to

Tape Drive Assigned

nbu-host.example.com

The host (Media Server) that the tape drive is assigned to for use at time of tape drive information collection

Tape Drive Control

TLD, ACS, DOWN-TLD, DOWN-ACS etc.

The robot type that is controlling the tape drive and it's associated status of up or down at time of tape drive information collection

Tape Drive Enabled

true / false

A true / false for if the tape drive was enabled at the time of tape drive information collection

Tape Drive In Use

true / false

A true / false for if the tape drive was in use at the time of tape drive information collection

Tape Drive Recorded Media ID

VT0036

The tape that was in the drive at the time of tape drive information collection

Tape Drive Snapshot Time

Apr 05, 2008 22:57:17

The date and time that the tape drive information was collected when snapshot was taken

Table: Backup Log Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Backup Log Agent Server

ops-server.example.com

The host name of the OpsCenter server where the database and web interface resides

Backup Log Message

backup of client dcdell211 exited with status 71 (none of the files in the file list exist)

The detailed status messages for each job

Backup Log Source Host

nbu-host.example.com

The host server with the backup application that logged the error message

Backup Log Client

nbu-client.example.com

The backup client that was associated with the logged error message

Backup Log Daemon Name

bptm, ndmpagent, nbpem, bpbrm

The process or daemon name that wrote the error message

Backup Log Job Group ID

5980

The group ID that can be specified by the backup product to group them in a certain way. Note:The secondary ID and the Group ID are basically intended for the same purpose, that is to group the jobs in some way that is useful in reporting.

Log Primary ID

6021

A unique number for each backup job in a backup domain that identifies what backup job caused the error message to be logged

Log Time

Mon 3/4/2008 3:34:34

The date/time that the error message or log was written to

Product

NetBackup

The backup application name that caused the error message to be created

Severity Code

1, 2, 3, 4 etc.

The severity code of the error message

Type Code

1, 2, 3, 4 etc.

The code representing the type of the log and error message

Version

1, 2, 3, 4 etc.

The version of the log/error message

Table: Agent Monitoring Attributes

Data Attributes

Sample Data

Explanation

Agent Configuration ID

1, 2, 3, 4 etc.

A unique number for each data collection agent under the OpsCenter server

Agent Host

ops-agent.example.com

The host name of the OpsCenter data collection agent

Last Heartbeat

May 04, 2008 10:52:28

The date and time of the last heartbeat from the data collection agent to the OpsCenter server

Server

ops-server.example.com

The host name of the OpsCenter server where the database and web interface resides

Time Since Agent Last Heartbeat

44

The number of seconds since the last heartbeat from the data collection agent to the OpsCenter server

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