Performance History for Repositories

The report aggregates historical data and shows performance statistics for selected backup repositories across a time range.

Description

The report is based on the free space, concurrent tasks and stored VMs performance counters. The object picker control for the report scope has a predefined filter which limits selection to Objects of the Veeam Backup Repository class and Groups that include objects of the Veeam Backup Repository class.

Note

To run the Performance History for Repositories report, you must have Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center installed.

Parameters

Data Aggregation: defines the aggregation period (Hourly or Daily).

Date/time Selection: defines the time period to analyze in the report.

Histogram: defines the type of values shown on the x-axis of the chart.

Split into sections by: defines whether the sections will be split by Windows computers, selected groups/objects or by counters.

One chart for: defines the type of an object for which a separate chart will be displayed. The list of available options depends on the Split into sections by value.

Scope: defines a list of Groups or Objects to analyze in the report (by default, the Veeam Backup Repository Group is selected). The Add Group option returns a Group and all objects that a group contains (with all performance counter instances). The Add Object option returns only the selected object.

Counters: defines collection rules for performance counters to analyze in the report.

Note

If you select the Concurrent Tasks or Stored VMs rule, the report chart will display maximum counter values for the selected aggregation period. If you select the Free Space % or Free Space GB rule, the report chart will display minimum counter values for the selected aggregation period.

Sample Usage

Report on the amount of free space for all backup repositories during this week.

Instructions

Open the Performance History for Repositories report.
From the Data Aggregation list, select Daily.
From the From list, select This Week > Monday. From the To list, select This Week > Friday.
From the Histogram list, select No.
In the Split into sections by list, select Windows Computer.
Leave the Scope section without changes.
From the One chart for list, select Counter.
In the Counters list, select Veeam Backup Repository\Free Space % (Veeam Backup Repository FreeSpace Pct).
Click Run to view the report.

Report Output

The report will show how the percentage of free space has been changing for the selected repositories during the week. The table will detail daily values for free space (sample count, average, minimum and maximum and standard deviation values).

You can click the Instance: _Total link in the output table to drill down to the Veeam Performance Details Report.