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List of VMs protected in DP Report

Thakursa

Currently there is no way to track the progress of the VM's backed up in a Backup Specification. Also we need to know if there are any issues during backup for a specific VM which is also not available currently. Need some reporting capabilities to understand…
- 11 months ago
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centralized monitoring of Data Protector (by API)

Thomas Reichardt

it is requested to provide a centralized monitoring of DP environment that can be accessed by 3rd party tools through API requirement is to have the relevant data in one place and to get back meaningful values for the parameters plus proper documentation…
- over 1 year ago
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Improve notification NotEnoughFreeMedia e.g. for Free Pools

Ulrich Windl

When using Free Pools and the notification NotEnoughFreeMedia , the only reasonable option (besides setting the "number of Free Media" to zero) is to configure one notification for every media pool that does not use a free pool. Otherwise you get warnings…
- over 1 year ago
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Include Sender Email ID authentication to use environment specific SMTP port (Ex-587) instead of default smtp port 25. This is to enhance the SMTP email security. This is one of the key requirements in customer environment.

Pavithra Alugodu

Include Sender Email ID authentication to use environment specific SMTP port (Ex-587) instead of default smtp port 25. This is to enhance the SMTP email security. This is one of the key requirements in customer environment.
- over 1 year ago
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SNMP Configuration

ltor

Poor documentation about configure snmp traps in Data Protector Windows and Linux servers, also how works, amount of questions without answer in DP documentation. - MIB File reference - SNMP version DP uses and how do change it. - Port and how do…
- over 1 year ago
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list of files backed up

dp_tech

We run backup of several file servers via DP, and we would like to have a list of files that were backed up for that day/session. Currently DP/Reporting server does have provision to pull out such report. The maximum i can pull out is the tree path or…
- over 1 year ago
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Sort clients in pull-down list(s)

Ulrich Windl

In the Reporting Server many pull-down lists seems to present the items in random order, which is just terrible usability. For example in "Compliance Reports" (RTO or RPO) the "Clients" pull-.down list is in non-obvious order. Here is an example …
- over 1 year ago
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Allow more than five Custom Reports

Ulrich Windl

In Reporting Server you can (AFAIR) add only five custom reports. I had asked support about it and they said it's not a bug, it's a feature. I don't see any reason for this arbitrary restriction! This makes me feel like limiting the alternatives in…
- over 1 year ago
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Request to add GUI option, command or report to know if clients are using encrypted communication.

Francisco García

In the past we had "omnicc -encryption -status [-all]" for ECC. However, it was deprecated after secure communication option was introduced in DP10.x and encryption enabled by default if secure communication command run between Client and Cell Manager…
- over 1 year ago
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Reporting Server doesn't support SMTPS connections with STARTTLS - Client was not authenticated to send anonymous mail

Gerd Kehrbusch

DP 11.03 extracted from Reporting.log: The server response was: 5.7. 57 SMTP; Client was not authenticated to send anonymous mail during MAIL FROM . Lab explaination (not officially documented): Reporting Server doesn't support SMTPS connections…
- over 1 year ago
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Clear event log with specific parameters.

peki_ob

It is possible to delete the whole event log only. It would be nice to clear the log by a specfic time range e.g. entries older than x days.
- over 2 years ago
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backup validation

dp_tech

System should have an option for user to test validity of the data that is backed up without actually restoring the data. Something like sandboxing and checking if the data is valid.
- over 2 years ago
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sending emails to a large number of recipients in DP Notifications

sancho

Currently, reports can be sent via smtp to only one recipient. The ability to specify multiple recipients is required. https://community.microfocus.com/img/bandr/f/itrc-251/21331/email-notification-for-more-then-one-mail-id
- over 2 years ago
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need integration and support for Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus

Pavel_S

need native integration (out-of-the-box) with Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus.
- over 2 years ago
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Allow coexistence of Reporting Server and Data Protector Client

Ulrich Windl

For DP 10.91 it seems you cannot add a DA (disk agent) and a Reporting Server to a "client": You can install the DA via GUI, and it verifies OK, but after you've installed the Reporting Server also, "Check Installation" fails in the GUI (and the RS…
- over 3 years ago
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Support Reporting Server on SLES15 SP3

Ulrich Windl

Reporting Server is not supported on SLES 15 yet. SLES12 is supported, but it still uses LSB scripts to manage services, even though SLES12 uses systemd exclusively. Using LSB scripts with systemd requires installation of deprecated compatibility…
- over 3 years ago
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Store Information on Last Successful VMware Backup in VM Attribute or Tag

Sebastian.Koehler

Brief description: Data Protector should allow to store information about last successful backup in a VM attribute or VM tag. It should include date and time, type and backup spec name. Allow the user to configure the name of the VM attribute or VM…
- over 3 years ago
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Track rejected session in IDB when MaxBSessions is hit

Sebastian.Koehler

Brief description: We should change how the Cell Manager handles new backup sessions if the upper limit of MaxBSessions is hit. If more backup sessions are started than allowed by MaxBSessions the backup sessions is simply rejected with this message…
- over 3 years ago
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Dashboard Improvement: Datastore/Device/Gateway Usage

Markus Pernek

2021-04-02 10_23_06-Window.png It would be very informative if there would be a summary of the used Datastores/Devices/Gatewy on the Home Dashboard with shows the following informations within one view: Name; Size; Used; Usage % and Estimated Full (how…
- over 3 years ago
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New Session Type for "List of Sessions" Report

Markus Pernek

2020-12-09 12_15_34-Window.png Hi, we would need a new Session Type to chose for reports in "Session in Timeframe Reports" For auditing-purposes we need "Restore" too, besides Backup, Copy. etc...(see screenshot) Best regards Markus
- over 3 years ago
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Reporting server - Saving Report Configurations

Chid

In a given pre-configured report such as Session Statistics, we routinely exclude metrics Media Count, Object Count, Running Count, Data Written. This leaves only Successful Count, Failed Count, and Partially Successful Count displayed in the graph. Yet…
- over 4 years ago
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Reporting server - tape drive and media stats

Chid

We need reports on tape drive and media statistics, such as: Which tape drives are being over-utilized? Which tape drives are rarely used? Which tape drives are reporting the highest number of errors? What are the high mileage tapes that need to be removed…
- over 4 years ago
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Reporting server - MA gateway metrics

Chid

We need reports on media agent gateway usage. For example; Do I have my stream count equitably split across all of my MA gateways? Am I violating any design specs by running too many concurrent streams through a single gateway based on its CPU core count…
- over 4 years ago
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Integration with security auditing systems (e.g. MicroFocus Arcsight) and auditing export features

marakshin

Hello! MF Data Protector has ability to generate audit logs that can be viewed via GUI (Internal Database - Auditing). But in enterprise environment, security department usually require to export these logs to special auditing and security systems. Data…
- over 4 years ago
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Anonymous login should be avoided

nmpt

Hi, In the report section, while sending reports using Email (SMTP) send method, anonymous login should not be allowed in mail server while using SMTPs port (465).
- over 4 years ago
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List of VMs protected in DP Report

centralized monitoring of Data Protector (by API)

Improve notification NotEnoughFreeMedia e.g. for Free Pools

Include Sender Email ID authentication to use environment specific SMTP port (Ex-587) instead of default smtp port 25. This is to enhance the SMTP email security. This is one of the key requirements in customer environment.

SNMP Configuration

list of files backed up

Sort clients in pull-down list(s)

Allow more than five Custom Reports

Request to add GUI option, command or report to know if clients are using encrypted communication.

Reporting Server doesn't support SMTPS connections with STARTTLS - Client was not authenticated to send anonymous mail

Clear event log with specific parameters.

backup validation

sending emails to a large number of recipients in DP Notifications

need integration and support for Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus

Allow coexistence of Reporting Server and Data Protector Client

Support Reporting Server on SLES15 SP3

Store Information on Last Successful VMware Backup in VM Attribute or Tag

Track rejected session in IDB when MaxBSessions is hit

Dashboard Improvement: Datastore/Device/Gateway Usage

New Session Type for "List of Sessions" Report

Reporting server - Saving Report Configurations

Reporting server - tape drive and media stats

Reporting server - MA gateway metrics

Integration with security auditing systems (e.g. MicroFocus Arcsight) and auditing export features

Anonymous login should be avoided

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