Backup storage utilization reports

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IBM Storage® Protect Plus provides backup storage utilization reports that display the storage utilization and status of your backup storage, such as vSnap servers.

To view backup storage utilization reports, complete the following steps:
  1. In the navigation panel, click Reports and Logs > Reports.
  2. Click on the Reports tab.
  3. Select Backup Storage Utilization in the Filter by category drop-down menu.
  4. Run the report by clicking the Run Report (run report button) icon beside the desired report.
The following reports are available:
VM Backup Utilization report

Virtual machines can be filtered by using the Hypervisor type, Hypervisor, and VM tags checkboxes. The default value is All, which shows data for all VM backups. To specify the method to use for total size calculations, you can select the Use storage utilization as base backup value checkbox. When this option is selected, the total size specified in the report is calculated as the sum of the base size as reported by VMware plus any data that is transferred during incremental jobs. When this option is not selected, the total size in the report is the sum of the amount of data transferred to storage during a base backup plus any data that is transferred during incremental jobs. By default, this option is disabled.

The VM Backup Utilization report includes the VM name, its location, the hypervisor type, the SLA policy that is used to protect the VM, and the location of the backup storage used. This back storage may be the host name or IP address of a disk, the name of the cloud server, or the name of the repository server. The backup size of each VM, and the number of recovery points that are available for each VM that is displayed. Finally, the total number of virtual machines protected appears at the bottom of the report. The Search box may be used to further filter report results.

vSnap Storage Utilization report

Use the report options to filter specific vSnap servers to display through the vSnap Storage selection box. To filter out replica destination volumes, select Exclude Replica Destination Volumes. For a detailed view of the individual virtual machines and databases that are protected on each vSnap server, select Show Resources protected per vSnap Storage. This area of the report displays the names of the virtual machines, associated hypervisor, location, and the compression and deduplication ratio of the vSnap server.

The vSnap Storage Utilization report displays the vSnap servers, the site, status, total space, free space, and used space. When expanded, the deduplication and compression ratios, if applicable, are displayed for each vSnap server. The vSnap Storage Utilization report displays both an overview of your vSnap servers and a detailed view of the individual virtual machines and databases that are protected on each vSnap server. The Search box may be used to further filter report results.
Note: Storage capacity and usage values that are displayed by IBM Storage Protect Plus might vary between those that appear on the dashboard versus those that appear on the vSnap Storage Utilization report. The dashboard displays live information, while the report reflects data from the last inventory job run. Variations are also due to differing rounding algorithms.