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  2. IT Analytics Help
  3. Section V. Report Reference
  4. Backup Administration Reports
  5. NetBackup Audit Report

NetBackup Audit Report

In NetBackup, the audit report provides extensive audit details of Policies, Jobs, storage unit changes and so on.

The reports module in IT Analytics is enhanced with a new report NetBackup Audit report to fetch these audit details.

This report is located here: Reports > Backup Manager > Administration Reports > NetBackup Audit Report

Note:

This report is available only to System Administrator users.

NetBackup compatibility and pre-requisites
  • IT Analytics supports NetBackup version 8.1.2 and above.

  • Audit feature should be enabled on NetBackup.

  • IT Analytics uses SSH/WMI Based collection method for the report.

  • Configure Audit Events under Veritas NetBackup Data Collector policy screen.

    Note:

    For more information, see IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for Backup Manager >> Pre-Installation setup for Veritas NetBackup >> Adding a Veritas NetBackup Data Collector policy section.

NetBackup Audit Report scope selector

Using the scope selector, a system administrator user can define the scope of the report.

The following are the parameters available for the reports.

  • Time Period

  • Select report scope

  • User

  • Event category

  • Cascade into sub-groups

  • Filter by common attributes

NetBackup Audit Report

Table: NetBackup Audit report

Column name

Description

Server Name

The NetBackup Server name that has been updated or modified.

Event Category

Event category of the logged event. Some of the examples are - LOGIN, LICENSING, and POLICY.

Description

A summary of the type of event that occurred.

User

Username of the user who performed the audited action.

Action

The type of action taken by the user that generated the event. Some of the actions are - ACCESS, MODIFY, CREATE, and DELETE.

Date

Timestamp of event logged.

Reason

The reason for the generated event.

Changed Attributes

The number of changed attributes for the generated event. It redirects to "NetBackup Audit Details" report for providing more details about Changed Attributes.

NetBackup Audit drill down details report

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