Amanda Amanda@Work.Group/DOS, Administrator'S Manual

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Chapter 8:
Generating Reports
Overview
You can create, view, and print customized reports about Amanda. You can
also save the report as a text file, which can be imported into other
applications, such as word processors and spreadsheet applications. There
you can add other information to the report, reformat it, and so forth. Here
are some examples of how to use reports.
• To find out who is storing vast numbers of messages, create a report
that lists mailboxes and their message statistics.
• To review the contents of the employee directory, you can create a
report that lists mailboxes and the directory names associated with
them.
• To monitor use of the Amanda system, create a report that lists mail-
boxes and their numbers of calls, logons, notifications, and transfers.
• When doing a lot of token programming, create a report that lists
mailboxes and the contents of their Extension fields.
For reports that you routinely generate, you can create report templates to be
used whenever you want to regenerate the reports they define.
A report consists of rows and columns of mailbox information and statistics.
There is one row for each mailbox on your Amanda system and a column for
each field of information that you decide to include in the report. The rows
are sorted numerically based on the mailbox.
In the upper left corner of the printed report is the page number. The
Example Report consists of only one page, which is labeled page 1. If there