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E_T's avatar
E_T
Level 2
9 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 f...
2012
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    9 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
9 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')