Examples of attributes and values
See About attributes .
See Understanding the attribute management view.
Table: Table 1 Example Attributes and Attribute Values
| Attribute Name | Possible Values | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
|
Application |
SAP Exchange |
Data based on the software application running on the host. |
|
Asset_Tag |
0001234 0001235 |
For asset management purposes, perhaps you want to report on backup servers by asset tag. |
|
Backup_Server |
BackupServer1 BackupServer2 |
You will certainly want to report on backup servers/clients based on the backup server that backs up the backup server/clients' user data. Backup Server is the most common attribute, which is why the Portal creates a default group to represent this characteristic. |
|
Business_Unit |
Marketing Accounting |
Backup servers/hosts often contain backups of data owned by users from specific business groups (for example, Marketing). |
|
CPU |
Opteron UltraSPARC |
If you need to know how your backups are performing on your backup servers with specific CPUs, simply run reports based on this attribute. |
|
Location |
Americas Asia |
If you are responsible for hosts in a region, you can select a scope for your region. It may make sense to set up host groups by geographical location or, as an alternative, create an attribute to group hosts by location. |
|
Country_Code |
004 248 |
You can be very specific about the location of hosts that you have spread throughout the world. |
|
Host_Type |
Production Test Server |
This attribute can represent production vs. test machines. Data on production systems is critical to your business. Test data is important, too, but you might want to know how data is being produced on your production systems particularly. |
|
SysAdmin |
Alix Emily |
Hosts are managed by this person. |
|
OS |
Linux Windows Mac |
If you need to roll out patches for a particular operating system, you can quickly determine when the user data on those hosts will be backed up. Your values can be general or specific (for example, Windows 10). |