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Server Dashboard

Overview

The Server dashboard has four sections

  1. Snapshot of recent 5 successful/failed backups.
  2. Client Activity - status of clients currently connected to the server.
  3. Disk space utilization for the server with Alert Settings.
  4. Licensing and MCAL details.
How to get here in the Web Console?
 In the top menu, select: "Reports->Server Dashboard"

Snapshot of recent backups

This table gives snapshot of 5 last successful/failed backups. The table has the following details:

  • Group Name - The Group from which this backup schedule's client is backing up from.

  • Client Name - This is the client from which this backup schedule is backing up from.

  • Backup Name - The name of the backup schedule.

  • Start Time - The time at which the backup schedule started to backup.

  • End Time - The time at which the backup completed.

  • Files - The total number of files available for backup in this backup schedule.

  • Skipped Files - The number of files that could not be backed up. Some of the reasons a file may not be backed up are:

    1. The file is being modified.

    2. The file did not have appropriate permissions and hence could not be read.

  • Skipped Folders - The number of folders that could not be backed up. Some of the reasons why a folder may not be backed up are:

    1. The folder did not have appropriate permissions for to read.

    2. The folder may have been modified while is trying to backup it up.

    3. The folder may have temporarily available when listed the files/folders to backup but was later not available when tried to backup.

    Clicking on the 'View' link will take you to a page which lists the folders that were skipped and the reason skipped the folders.

  • No. Of Full backups - This total number of full backup that has been taken.

  • Remarks - The final result of the backup operation. Whether successful, failure, or incomplete etc.

    The More Details page lists all the successful/failed backups with Start time, End time, Number of files, Number of full backups, Skipped files, Skipped folders and any remarks from the backup report. Also, there is an option to view successful/failed backups in the last 1 day, 1 week, 1 month etc.

Select Columns' Icon - This will list all the available columns. User can choose the columns to be displayed.

Current Client Activity

This table provides details on the clients connected to the server currently. The table has the following details :

  • Group Name - The Group from which this backup schedule's client is backing up from.

  • Client Name - This is the client from which this backup schedule is backing up from.

  • Backup Name - The name of the backup schedule detailed in this row.

  • Status - This shows the status of the client activity. And the six icons in this column represent the current status of backup, restore, delete, replication operations and moving backup data from one location to other location for this backup schedule. The following describes the different icons:

    Backup : Triangle icon
    Restore : Inverted triangle icon
    Delete : Cross icon
    Replication : Play Triangle icon
    Move Backup : Double Triangle icon
    Running Retention Cleanup : Rotating arrows icon
    Server Disaster Recovery : Angular green pointer with a red spark
    Export Backup : Dotted green arrow icon.

Storage

Disk space used on / by this server :

  • Graphical chart - This provides information about disk space used by all the clients backing up to this server. This chart shows the cumulative total disk space allotted and used by all the clients backing up to this server.

  • Alert Settings - can alert you whenever the used space on the server goes beyond certain level. By default it will be set to 75%, so that an alert message will be displayed if the usage goes over 75% of allocated storage in server. You can set this to your desired level. To change this, enter the numeric value inside the text box and click "Ok" to save the settings.

Licensing

These fields are applicable to Backup Server only:

  • MCALs needed for existing clients - This shows the number of MCALs needed by the existing clients in the server for the current month. This value is only applicable in running in Backup Server mode

  • MCALs Available in Global Pool - This is the total number of available/unutilized MCAL licenses in the backup server's global pool.

  • MCAL status message - MCAL status message is displayed at the bottom of the MCAL table. This is to notify whether the MCAL balance in the server is healthy enough or there is shortage of MCALs. The status can be one of the following:

    Healthy - If enough MCALs are available in the backup server for the next 2 months for the existing clients, it is considered a Healthy Balance.
    Low - If enough MCALs are available in the backup server for the next 1 month for the existing clients, it is considered a Low balance.
    Very Low - If there aren't enough MCALs in the backup server for the next 1 month for the existing clients, it is considered a VERY LOW balance

  • View MCAL Details link - Using this link you can go to the MCAL Utilization History page under the License management.

  • Generate MCAL License link - This link redirects you to the Partner Zone page from where you can generate MCAL License.
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