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Available Objects to Generate Reports

When you register the EMC Data DeDupe devices in the CA SRM, the following objects display in the object tree view. CA SRM collects information about these objects. Based on these objects, you can generate reports on backup compression.

Data Domains

Objects representing the EMC Data Domain that is used as the virtual tape library (VTL) for backup servers and performs data de-duplication over the data that is received from backup servers.

File Systems

Objects representing the different file system exist on the device such as metadata, index, and actual data.

Snapshots

Objects representing the read-only copy of the data domain file system from the top directory. Snapshots are useful for avoiding version skew when backing up volatile data sets, such as tables in a busy database. Snapshots are useful for retrieving earlier versions of a directory or file that was deleted.

Enclosures

Objects representing a chassis which contains fan modules, power supply module, temperature sensors, and so on.

Storage Disks

Objects representing a storage unit where actual data is stored. The disk can be a local disk or a remote disk from the disk array.

Virtual Tape Libraries

Objects representing the data domain virtual tape libraries that allow backup applications to connect and manage a data domain system. These VTL makes the data domains systems represent as a stand-alone tape library.

VTL Tapes

Objects representing the virtual tapes, which appear as physical tape to the backup software.

VTL Drives

Objects representing the virtual tape drives that are accessible to backup software similar to as physical tape devices.

VTL Access Groups

Objects representing a collection of initiator WWPNs or aliases and the devices they are allowed to access.

The Data Domain VTL Access Groups allow you to access only selected LUNs (devices, which are media changers or virtual tape drives) on a Data Domain System.

VTL Pools

Objects representing the data domain pool for VTL that allows replication by groups of the virtual tapes. The virtual pools allow the replication of virtual tapes from multiple replication originators to a single replication destination.

VTL HBA Ports

Objects representing the fiber channel ports, which are connected to backup servers through fiber channel topology.

VTL Initiators

Objects representing any data domain system clients' HBA World-Wide Port Name (WWPN). An initiator-name is an alias that maps to a clients' world-wide port name.

VTL LUNs

Objects representing the LUNs (devices, which are media changers or virtual tape drives) assigned to client through initiators WWNS.

Mtrees

Objects representing a unit of storage that allows finer management of space usage, snapshots, and retention locking. The set of files in an Mtree is a directory structure, and the files can span the active and archive tiers in a Data Domain Archiver system.

CIFS Shares

Objects representing the Common Internet File System (CIFS) clients that have access to the system directories on the Data Domain system. The /data/col1 directory is the destination directory for compressed backup server data. The /ddvar directory contains Data Domain system core and log files.

NFS Shares

Objects representing the Network File System (NFS) clients that have access to the system directories or MTrees on the Data Domain system.

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