Backup History

The Management Console features tracking of backup and restore activities of your users with a significant level of detailing. This provides a basis for analysis and cost optimizing.

This chapter covers the following topics:

Customize and View Backup History
Monitor Plans
History Details on a Particular Computer

Customize and View Backup History

To view Backup History

In the Reporting menu, select the Backup History item.

The backup history page has a table view and formed on a monthly basis. The table contains the following data:

Operating system of a computer
Computer name.
A list of backup and restore plans grouped to a computer of origin.

Backup History table columns are displayed in a calendar view.

Icon	Description
	The plan is completed successfully
	The plan is failed or closed unexpectedly
	The plan is finished with warnings or interrupted by user
	The plan is not started
	The plan is scheduled
	The plan is running
	The plan is deleted by user

If Restore Verification is enabled for the backup plan, an additional row appears for the plan to visualize restore verification result.

Worst and Last Filters

You always can see only one result for the date:

In case you select Last filter, the last result is displayed.
In case of you select the Worst filter, the priority is the following:
- Deleted: Plan was removed
- Failed: Plan was completed with Failed status
- Unexpectedly Closed: Backup Agent does not report about plan finishing before the next plan run. This status has the same icon as Failed.
- Missed Run: Plan did not start at the expected time (next run) and is not running currently
- Interrupted: Plan report about interruption. This status has the same icon as Warning.
- Warning: Plan was completed with warning(s).
- Running: Plan is currently running and not completed.
- Success: Plan completed with successfully
- Scheduled: Status for future runs, based on the schedule

By default you see the last result. To view the worst result per day select Worst filter.

Customize Backup History

If you need to view the backup history of a particular company, select it in the Company drop-down list
To view the backup history of all companies, clear the filter by clicking All
Use search to find a particular computer or backup/restore plan
To display the plans that finished with errors or warning or have not started, click Issue Only filter. To clear the filter, click All
By default you see the last result. To view the worst result per day select Worst filter.
To switch to another month of backup history, select the required period in the drop-down menu or use arrows.

You can switch to the Monitoring tab to view current status of all your computers and plans. Use Show Monitoring button for that. To learn more about monitoring, refer to the Monitoring chapter.

Detailing Plans

To View the Plan Details

On the Backup History grid, click on a particular cell of a plan result.
The plan details side panel has two tabs:
- Plan View. The plan view contains basic information on a backup plan:
  - Status of the last run
  - Number of files uploaded
  - Number of files failed to back up
  - Size of backup
  - Plan duration

 * **Files View**. The files view contains information of files backed up during the backup plan run.

History Details on a Particular Computer

To View the Detailed History on a Particular Computer

In the Reporting menu, select the Backup History item.
Click on a particular cell of a plan result, click History icon on the side panel.

The history tab is opened:
Customize the view of the backup history. The following paremeters are available:

Search (field)
View (drop-down list)
Operation Type (drop-down list)
The List of Plans (drow-down list)
Period (drop-down list)

Once you specified the parameters, click Apply.

The backup history on a particular computer has a table view and contains the following data: