Viewing the Activity Log
The Activity Log displays the activities that occurred on the DS-System.
To view the Activity Log:
1. On the Logs menu, click Activity Log.
2. To filter the results, under Filter, do the following:
a) To specify a different start date and time, beside the From box, click [...]. No activities before this date and time will be displayed.
b) To specify a different end date and time, beside the To box, click [...]. No activities after this date and time will be displayed.
c) To filter by a specific activity, from the Activity Type box, select the activity.
d) To filter by a specific customer account number, select Customer, click [...], and then select the customer account number for which you want to view the Activity Log.
e) To filter by a specific DS-Client account number, select DS-Client, click [...], and then select the DS-Client account number for which you want to view the Activity Log.
f) To filter by a specific backup, in the Backup Set box, type the backup ID number or click [...], select the backup for which you want to view the Activity Log, and then click OK. By default, this field is empty and displays the Activity Log for all backups.
g) To view the Activity Log for a particular node of the N+1 configuration, under System ID, select the node.
3. Click Find. The following information is displayed:
Table 1 Activity Log details
Column | Description |
|---|
Account # | Customer account number associated with the activity. |
DS-Client # | DS-Client number associated with the activity. |
Type | Type of activity. |
Description | Backup set associated with the activity. |
Errors | Number of errors that occurred during the activity. |
Warnings | Number of warnings that occurred during the activity. |
Session Start | Date and time the activity was started. |
Session End | Date and time the activity was completed. |
Duration | Length of time between the start and end time. |
Completion | How the activity finished: Premature – the activity was stopped before the process could complete normally. Successful – the activity completed normally. With errors # – activity completed normally, but with errors. |
Files | Number of files that were transferred or processed. |
Online Inc (Bytes) | Online incremental – net addition or reduction of data to the online storage after completion of the listed transfer session. |
Online Amt (Bytes) | Total amount of regular (non-delta generation or library) files after completion of the session. |
Transit Amt (Bytes) | Total amount of data transferred/processed between the DS-Client and DS-System (including compression & encryption). |
Delta Amt (Bytes) | Total amount of data transferred or processed that are delta generation files, excluding master files. |
Library Amt (Bytes) | Total amount of data transferred that was saved to the common files libraries. |
ID | ID number of the activity. |
Set ID | Backup set ID number for the corresponding activity. |
Note | Additional information for the activity. |
DS-Client Status | Reason why the DS-Client stopped the activity. |
4. To view the Event Log for an activity, select an activity, and then click Event Log
5. To view the DS-Client Event Log, select an activity, and then click DS-Client Event Log.
NOTE: Some logs for the last activity of a DS-Client will not be available until the next activity connects from that DS-Client.
6. Click Close.