Viewing Backup and Recovery History :: SAS(R) Environment Manager 2.5 Administration: User's Guide

View the History List

To view a list of backups or recoveries that have been run, are currently running, or are waiting to run:

Select History from the drop-down menu.
At the top of the History page, select Backup details or Recovery details.

The list includes all backups or recoveries that are recorded in backup history, including backups that have been purged due to the retention policy. It also includes backups or recoveries that are currently running or that are waiting to run. By default, they are listed in descending order by Backup ID or Recovery ID. The following information is listed for each operation:

Status

contains one of the following icons, indicating the status of the backup or recovery operation:

Status Icons Used in SAS Backup Manager
Icon	Meaning
	The backup or recovery has not yet started.
	The backup or recovery is currently running (in progress).
	The backup or recovery completed without errors or warnings.
	The backup or recovery completed with warnings.
	The backup or recovery completed with errors.
	The backup or recovery encountered a fatal error.
	The backup or recovery was canceled.
	The status of the backup or recovery cannot be determined.

Tip

Refresh your browser to see the latest status.

Backup ID or Recovery ID

the unique identifier of the backup or recovery, based on the date and time that the backup or recovery started (for example, 2015-02-01T03_13_01). For backups, the ID is also the name of corresponding backup directory.

User ID

the user ID of the user that ran the backup or recovery.

Size

the total size of the files that were backed up. This column does not appear when you display recoveries.

Start Time

the date and time that the backup or recovery started running.

Tip

You can also use the command sas-list-backups to display a list of backups or recoveries. See “Deployment Backup Command Reference” in the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide.

Sort the History List

By default, the backups or recoveries are listed in descending order by Backup ID or Recovery ID. To sort the list in a different order:

Right-click a column heading, and select SortSort (ascending) or SortSort (descending).
To specify a secondary sort field, right-click a different column heading and select SortAdd to sort (ascending) or SortAdd to sort (descending).

Repeat this step to add more sort fields as needed.

Prevent Column Scrolling

You can prevent one or more columns from scrolling horizontally. Right-click the heading of the column that you want to remain stationary, and select Freeze. The column that you selected, as well as all of the columns to the left of the selected column, will not scroll when you move the scroll bar to the right or to the left.

To allow scrolling, right-click the column heading and select Unfreeze.

View Backup or Recovery Operation Details

To view details for a particular backup or recovery operation, select the operation by clicking any of its columns. The following details appear in the right panel:

the backup ID or recovery ID.
the backup name, if one was assigned.
the status of the backup or recovery. See Status Icons Used in SAS Backup Manager.
the total size of the files that were backed up. This information does not appear for recoveries.
any comments that were specified when the backup or recovery was run.
the user ID of the user that ran the backup or recovery.
the start and end date and time for the backup or recovery.

Tip

You can also use the command sas-display-backup to display details about a particular backup. See “Deployment Backup Command Reference” in the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide.

View Backup or Recovery Sources

View the List of Sources

The sources for the currently selected backup or recovery are listed in the right pane, below the operation details. If you are viewing details for a recovery, only the sources that were recovered are listed.

The status icon next to each source indicates the status of its backup or recovery. For explanations, see Status Icons Used in SAS Backup Manager.

By default, the backup sources include the following:

Metadata Server

the SAS Metadata Server, including all registered metadata repositories, the repository manager, and the server’s configuration directory.

Content Server

the SAS Content Server repository.

Config Directories

the contents of the Data directories, SASEnvironment directories, and server configuration directories for each server on the SAS server tier. (If symbolic links in these directories point to other locations, the referenced locations are not backed up.)

Database

the databases that are managed by the SAS Web Infrastructure Platform Data Server. By default, all of the databases are backed up. You can modify the backup configuration so that only selected databases are backed up.

Note: If you are using a third-party vendor database (instead of the SAS Web Infrastructure Platform Data Server) for the SharedServices database, the Deployment Backup and Recovery Tool cannot back it up.

Note: Custom might also be listed. This means additional directories under SAS-configuration-directoryn/Levn, as specified by the administrator, were backed up or recovered.

View Details about a Source

To view details about a particular backup or recovery source, click the Collapsed arrow

to the left of the source name. The following details are displayed:

the host name of the machine where the source is located
the status of the source’s backup or recovery
the directory location of the source’s local backup files on the host machine
the total size of the backup files for this source
the directory location of the source’s configuration files
the operating system of the source’s host machine

To collapse the source so that the details are not displayed, click the Expanded arrow

to the left of the source name.

View a Diagram of Backup or Recovery Sources

To view a tree diagram of the sources for a particular backup or recovery, click View Diagram at the bottom right of the History page. The diagram includes the following:

The root node specifies the ID of the backup or recovery, which is based on the date and time that the backup or recovery started (for example, 2015-02-01T03_13_01). For backups, the ID is also the name of corresponding backup directory.
Under the root node, a child node is displayed for each backup source that was included in the backup or recovery.
Under each source node, a child node is displayed for each host machine for that source.

In the diagram, you can do the following:

Zoom in or out by clicking the diagram to select it and then pressing Ctrl while scrolling the mouse wheel.
If parts of the diagram are not visible, drag the entire diagram right, left, upward, or downward.
Hold the mouse pointer on a node to see the size of the files that were baked up or recovered. (For recoveries, size information is not available on the root node.)
View the status icons on each node to determine the status of the backup or recovery. For explanations, see Status Icons Used in SAS Backup Manager.
Click a node to collapse its child nodes.
Click the node again to expand it so that its child nodes reappear.
Click Close to close the diagram.