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Backup Job Size Variance

Explore your data center using customizable report templates or by using parts of your IT infrastructure as entry points. Use Search to find reports, templates and dashboards across the portal.

Use the Reports tab to examine the catalog of templates, dashboards and reports - organized by products along with user-created, and system folders. This report is located here:

Solutions > Risk Mitigation > Risk Mitigation Analysis

Click the Backup Job Size Variance sector.

Use this report to identify aberrations in backup job sizes, period over period, which may be an indicator of backup issues.

Table: Backup Job Size Variance

Column name

Description

Client

Client of the backup job.

Average Job Size for Prior Period

Average size for backup jobs in the previous period. The period for comparison is defined in the risk mitigation rule.

Prior Time Period

Prior time period of the selected period over period. The period for comparison is defined in the risk mitigation rule.

Average Job Size for Current Period

Average size for backup jobs in the current period. The period for comparison is defined in the risk mitigation rule.

Current Time Period

Current time period of the selected period over period. The period for comparison is defined in the risk mitigation rule.

Job Size Variance %

The difference in the average job size, expressed as a percentage, for the period over period. The period for comparison is defined in the risk mitigation rule.

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