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E_T's avatar
E_T
Level 2
10 years ago

Generating a Report

Good Day

 

Need assistance with generating a report for backup database sizes, but listing each database.

I want to see the data growth for these databases in our backups. Is this possible from backup exec or is there a process we need to configure to do this?

 

Kind Regards,

Evan Thompson

2012
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    10 years ago

    E.T: You'd need to get hold of Symantec directly to assist you with this. They don't publish details on the tables, and won't support you going through it yourself. This is your best option in my opinion.

    Otherwise find a third party application that integrates into BE and offers better reporting, or more customisable reporting. See the link below...not guaranteed it will help:

    https://docs.labtechsoftware.com/LabTech2013/Content/AddOnSolutions/BackupAndRecovery/SymantecBackupExec/Reporting/ReportingOnSymantecBackups.htm+&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=za

  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    Do you mean the production databases you have backed up or the Backup Exec Database itself?

    If the Backup Exec database itself do you mean including the catalog information (which is outside of SQL but should be considered as part of the overall 'database')

     

     

  • E_T's avatar
    E_T
    Level 2
    10 years ago

    Hi There,

     

    This would be the production databases, we have a backup which selects multiple databases on an instance and i want to generate a report for the month and see how each database has grown in size and not just the total backup size.

     

    Kind Regards,

    Evan Thompson

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    10 years ago
    There is no such report. You would have to manually extract the information you want from the joblog.
  • E_T's avatar
    E_T
    Level 2
    10 years ago

    Good Day

     

    Just another option not available with BE......

     

    Thank you so much for your feedback and have a pleseant day.

     

    Kind Regards,

    Evan Thompson

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    10 years ago
    In case you have forgotten, BE is a backup tool. It is not a capacity management tool. Why do you expect the report that you want to be provided by BE?
  • E_T's avatar
    E_T
    Level 2
    10 years ago

    Clearly i havent forgotten its a backup tool since i'm in a forum called Backup exec..... Kind of insulting.

    With Backup exec i can already generate a report with most of this information and a size of the total for all these databases, is it too far fetched for one more shred of information to be included?

     

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    10 years ago
    Wouldn't it be better to also know which table is causing the database size to increase?
  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    E.T: You'd need to get hold of Symantec directly to assist you with this. They don't publish details on the tables, and won't support you going through it yourself. This is your best option in my opinion.

    Otherwise find a third party application that integrates into BE and offers better reporting, or more customisable reporting. See the link below...not guaranteed it will help:

    https://docs.labtechsoftware.com/LabTech2013/Content/AddOnSolutions/BackupAndRecovery/SymantecBackupExec/Reporting/ReportingOnSymantecBackups.htm+&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=za