Viewing Unit Backup Activity

You can view backups for Top Agents and Top File Extensions for a system. These files are drillable. You can also Click Backup Details to go directly to a Detail report.

Viewing the Top Agents Report

The Top Agents report lists the name of the agent, backup size, size of the compressed disk file in KB, and policy. The agents are displayed on a pie chart.

To view the Top Agents report, complete the following steps:

1	Click the CDP tab.

2	Click the Reports tab on the top of the screen.

3	Click on the entry for the desired SonicwALL appliance.

4	Click on Backup Activity > Top Agents.

 

Drilling down takes you to the Detail level report, listing the backed up appliance and listing its backed up files and folders. The Detail report also provides status on whether the backup operation was successful. You can shortcut to an unfiltered version of the Detail report by clicking Backup Details.

Top File Extensions

The Top File Extensions report lists the extension, backup size, size of the compressed disk file in KB, and number of backed up files.

1	Click the CDP tab.

2	Click the Reports tab on the top of the screen.

3	Click on the entry for the desired SonicWALL appliance.

4	Click on Top File Extensions on the Reports tab.

 

Drilling down takes you to the Detail level report, listing the backed up appliance and its files and folders.

Viewing the Detail View Report

SonicWALL GMS provides a shortcut to the Detail view of CDP reports. The Detail view includes: what appliances were backed up and when, whether the operation was successful, the agent for the appliance, and the file and folder names backed up, with respective sizes of both original files and folders and backed up files and folders.

To see the Detail view:

1	Click the CDP tab.

2	Click the Reports tab on the top of the screen.

3	Click on the entry for the desired SonicwALL appliance.

4	Click on Backup Details on the Reports tab.

A detail view, similar to what you might see in the Log Analyzer, comes up. The CDP detail view is not organized into graph and grid view sections like the Firewall and SRA views. However, by clicking on links, you can filter results.

 

 

If desired, the Detail view of backup activity can be saved. It then appears under Custom Reports, and in the Manage Reports list.

For more information on Custom reports, refer to Custom Reports .

Viewing the User Backup Report

Viewing User Backup Reports takes you to the Detail view of the Backup report. The Detail view includes: what appliances were backed up and when, whether the operation was successful, the agent for the appliance, and the file and folder names backed up, with respective sizes of both original files and folders and backed up files and folders.

To see the Detail view:

1	Click the CDP tab.

2	Click the Reports tab on the top of the screen.

3	Click on the entry for the desired SonicwALL appliance.

4	Click on Backup > User Backups on the Reports tab.

You can save the User Backup Report as a Custom report, for later viewing. For more information on Custom reports, refer to Custom Reports .