NetBackup Host Certificates
There may be a number of services certificates used in your backup environment. This report shows the status of all the host certificates in your environment to help you evaluate the risk of their expiration.
To view the report, navigate to Backup Manager > Administration Reports > NetBackup Host Certificates.
This generated report is based on clients of Backup Server(s). Select one or more clients in the Report Scope to filter the report data.
Currently, the following parameters are available in the Report Scope dialog box.
Table: Report Scope parameters
Parameters | Description | Remark |
|---|---|---|
Host Group | The report can be generated for one or more Host Groups. | For more details on the Report Scope dialog box, see NetBackup IT Analytics User Guide > Generate and maintain reports > Report Scope section. |
All Hosts | This report can be generated for all the Backup Hosts or any of its sub-set. | |
For Host = All Backup Servers | One or more Backup Servers can be selected from the scope to run the report for all clients corresponding to the Backup Server. | For example: Click Modify. Expand Hosts >All Backup Servers > Primary Servers(if any) > Policies or Clients. Select any node. |
Servers = All Data Domain Servers | Not valid for this report. | |
Attributes | This report can be filtered on specific Host Attributes associated with the Backup Host(s). |
Note:
If multiple conditions are selected in the Report Scope, NetBackup IT Analytics displays collective data with the selected criteria from the database using the AND condition.
Based on the parameters selected in the Report Scope, the following are the scenarios in which the data for the report will be displayed .
Scenario 1 - All Hosts: If any one Host is selected from parent All Hosts, the data is displayed for the selected Host in the node.
Scenario 2 - All-Client-Backup-Server-Host-Group: You have a host group named as All-Client-Backup-Server-Host-Groupwhich is the parent node. Further, this All-Client-Backup-Server-Host-Groupnode has Two Backup Servers asServer1andServer2. If you have selectedAll-Client-Backup-Server-Host-Group, which is the parent node, then the data in the report will be displayed for theclients of Server1 and Server2.
Scenario 3 - All Backup Servers:
If All Backup Server node is selected, the data is displayed of the clients.
If any one or more than one Clients from All Backup Server node is selected, the data is displayed of the selected Client(s).
If any one or more than one Policies from All Backup Server node is selected, the data is displayed of the selected Policy(s).
Scenario 4 - Attributes: If any one or more than one Attributes is selected from the Report Scope dialog box, the data is displayed of all Backup Hosts for the selected Attribute.
Scenario 5 All Data Domain: This is invalid selection as this report is generated only based on Backup Host(s).
Table: NetBackup Host Certificates report columns
Column name | Description |
|---|---|
Server | Host or server on which the certificate is installed. |
Issued To | Alias name to which the certificate is issued. |
Serial | Serial number of the certificate installed. |
Key Size | Certificate encryption key size. |
Valid From | The date from which the certificate was deemed valid. |
Valid To | The date of certificate expiry. |
Days Left | Number of days remaining for certificate expiry. |
Last Used | Last date when the certificate was used. |
Active | Indicates whether the certificate is still active. |