Backup Profiles
A backup profile defines filtering rules to be matched by a backup
job to be selected (ie: displayed to the user). Backup profiles are
managed by Arkeia Network Backup users, which means that the users are
responsible of creating, modifying and removing profiles. Obviously,
pre-configured profiles are embedded in Arkeia Network Backup to achieve
most common backup reporting needs.
A number of filters is supported by backup profiles. A filter can be
enabled or disabled within a profile: all filters are disabled by
default. To be selected by a profile, a backup job must match ALL
enabled filters. If at least one of the enabled filters is not matched,
then the job is not selected (and thus not displayed to the user).
In next part, the supported backup profile filters are described.
Backup profile filters
Here is the list of supported filters for backup profiles:
- By default, only restorable backups are selected. A specific
filter makes it possible to view all backups, including recycled
one
- A filter defines the maximum number of backups to show: the most
recent jobs matching all other enabled filters will be
selected.
- Some filters are based on time or date related criteria. This
makes it possible to only select backups which were executed
within a specific date range.
- Specific filters make it possible to select backups of some given
savepacks or client machines.
- Filters based on the retention date of the backups can be setup:
this can be used to identify backups which are about to
expire.
- Filters based on the target media storage (disk or tape) can be
setup, to distinguish backups done to disk from backups done to
physical tape.
- A filter can be set to only view backups which have been aborted
by a user.
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- Filters against specific backup properties can be setup. Here is
the list of such properties:
- the scheduled backup name and level
- the backed up savepack name
- the drivepack used by the backup
- the pool used by the backup
- the number of warnings triggered during the backup
- the number of errors triggered during the backup
- the number of backed up files
- the average data throughput of a backup
- the data compression ratio of a backup
- the amount of backed up data
- the duration of a backup
- the backup type: total, incremental or differential
So, backup profiles defining very accurate criteria can be created,
so that finely tuned backup reports can be generated.
Columns setup
A backup profile also specifies which backup property should be
displayed in the main backup reports screen table. The column number is
defined too.