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As of [[SEP_sesam_Release_Versions|5.0.0 ''Jaglion'']], SEP sesam Web UI has been significantly enhanced with a more detailed overview of jobs and tasks, improved monitoring of the SEP sesam environment, and the ability to perform various operations such as starting or locking backups, restarting failed jobs, etc.
As of [[SEP_sesam_Release_Versions|5.0.0 ''Jaglion'']], SEP sesam Web UI has been significantly improved to provide a more detailed overview of jobs and tasks, improved monitoring of the SEP sesam environment, and the ability to perform various operations such as starting or locking backups, restarting failed jobs, etc.


Web UI is a modern web client with several components, including the web dashboard and the restore assistant. It allows you to conveniently check status (for data store, client, next events, etc.), monitor SEP sesam operations (backups, restores, etc.), perform various operations, access check logs and reports, and start online restores using the restore assistant. The web UI supports the latest versions of the main web browsers: Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.
Web UI is a modern web client with several components, including the web dashboard and Restore Assistant. It allows you to conveniently check status (for data store, client, next events, etc.), monitor SEP sesam operations (backups, restores, etc.), perform various operations, access check logs and reports, and start online restores via the restore assistant. The web UI supports the latest versions of major web browsers: Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.
 
Note that the operations and options available after login may differ depending on the user type. Other Web UI display restrictions may depend on the custom roles with specific permissions and the [[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#UI_mode|''UI mode'']]. For details, see [[Special:MyLanguage/5_0_0:User_Roles_and_Permissions|User Roles and Permissions]].  


==={{anchor|access}}Web UI (dashboard) access===  
==={{anchor|access}}Web UI (dashboard) access===  
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{{note|If you cannot access the Web UI, check the authentication settings. For details, see [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Grolar:About_Authentication_and_Authorization|About Authentication and Authorization]].}}   
{{note|If you cannot access the Web UI, check the authentication settings. For details, see [[Special:MyLanguage/5_0_0:About_Authentication_and_Authorization|About Authentication and Authorization]].}}   


The Web UI (dashboard) is also available in the GUI under ''menu bar'' -> '''Activities''' -> '''Dashboard''', at '''Main Selection''' -> '''Monitoring''' -> '''Dashboard''', or by clicking the '''dashboard icon''' on the toolbar.</translate>  
The Web UI (dashboard) is also available in the GUI under ''menu bar'' -> '''Activities''' -> '''Dashboard''', at '''Main Selection''' -> '''Monitoring''' -> '''Dashboard''', or by clicking the '''dashboard icon''' on the toolbar.</translate>  
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<translate>==={{anchor|navigate}}Navigating Web UI===  
<translate>==={{anchor|navigate}}Navigating Web UI===  


Use the SEP sesam Web UI menu to navigate directly to a specific view: '''Status''', '''Dashboard''', '''Monitoring''', '''System Logs''', '''Current Messages''', '''Notifications''', '''Reports''', and '''Restore Assistant'''. You can easily access information about the [https://www.sep.de/solutions/sep-caps/ SEP CAPS solution], check the latest [[Special:MyLanguage/Release_Notes|Release notes]], and configure settings (by clicking ''View'', ''Settings'' opens).
Use the SEP sesam Web UI menu to navigate directly to a specific view: '''Status''', '''Dashboard''', '''Monitoring''', '''System Logs''', '''Current Messages''', '''Notifications''', '''Reports''', and '''Restore Assistant'''. You can easily access information about the [https://www.sep.de/solutions/sep-caps/ SEP CAPS solution], check the latest [[Special:MyLanguage/Release_Notes|Release Notes]], and configure settings (by clicking ''View'', ''Settings'' opens).


{{Note|For licensing and data storage issues, the associated alerts are displayed at the top. You can review the details of the alert by clicking the '''Check details''' button on the right.}}
{{Note|For licensing and data storage issues, the associated alerts are displayed at the top. You can review the details of the alert by clicking the '''Check details''' button on the right.}}


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===={{anchor|icons}}Help, language, theme & account====  
===={{anchor|icons}}Notifications, help, language, theme & account====  
 
In the upper right corner are some icons: '''Notifications''', '''Help''', '''Language''', '''Theme''' and '''Account'''. These icons are always present and allow you to quickly access notifications and online help, choose or change the display language, select the light/dark theme for displaying Web UI and change the settings of Web UI (found under ''Account'').
 
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In the upper right corner are some icons: '''Help''', '''Language''', '''Theme''' and '''Account'''. These icons are always present and allow you to quickly access the online help, choose or change the display language, select the light/dark theme for displaying Web UI and change the settings of Web UI (found under ''Account'').
;<translate>Notifications: The ''Notifications'' provide information about the latest available issues and patches (sent via RSS feeds), information about license violations and unconfigured interfaces, announcements of new releases, etc. See the [[Special:MyLanguage/5_0_0:SEP_sesam_Web_UI#notifications|Notifications section]].


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:'''''Web UI help'''''</translate>
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:*<translate>The ''Dashboard'' link leads to description of all dashboard reports and functions.</translate>
:*<translate>The ''Web UI'' link leads to description of all dashboard reports and functions.</translate>
:*<translate>The ''Restore Assistant'' leads to a description of the online recovery assistant features.</translate>
:*<translate>The ''Restore Assistant'' leads to a description of the online recovery assistant features.</translate>
:*<translate>The ''Sesam REST API'' reference guide provides information on SEP sesam features and services.
:*<translate>The ''Sesam REST API'' reference guide provides information on SEP sesam features and services.


:'''''SEP sesam Help'''''</translate>
:'''''SEP sesam Help'''''</translate>
:*<translate>''Release Notes and Known Issues'' provide release related enhancements, known issues and fixes.</translate>
:*<translate>''Release Notes and Known Issues'' provide release-related enhancements, known issues and fixes.</translate>
:*<translate>''Error messages'' and ''Troubleshooting'' guides provide known issues with associated solutions.</translate>
:*<translate>''SEP sesam Wiki'' (you are currently using it) is a collection of wiki topics documenting SEP sesam concepts, procedures and tasks.</translate>
:*<translate>''SEP sesam Wiki'' (you are currently using it) is a collection of wiki topics documenting SEP sesam concepts, procedures and tasks.</translate>
:*<translate>''SEP sesam Forum'' is a place to find helpful solutions and workarounds from SEP sesam users.</translate>
:*<translate>''RSS Feeds'' inform you about new releases and features. You can subscribe to a SEP sesam RSS feeds by using your email application or web browser.</translate>
:*<translate>''Video tutorials'' provide step-by-step tutorials and screencasts on a variety of topics, from basic configuration to backup setup to recovery in different environments.</translate>
:*<translate>''SEP news, events, training, videos'' takes you to the SEP page with the latest news, events, etc.</translate>
:*<translate>''SEP Support'' takes you to ''SEP Support Portal'', where various support options are available.
:*<translate>''SEP Support'' takes you to ''SEP Support Portal'', where various support options are available.


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;<translate>{{anchor|account}}Account: Use the ''Account'' menu to log out of Web UI and modify various settings; among four new tabs, you can select [[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#UI_mode|UI mode]] (''Basic'', ''Advanced'', or ''Expert''), change the theme of your Web UI display (light or dark), select the data prefix (binary or decimal), change the date and time format, set options for data tables, enable text wrapping and/or automatic refreshing of Web UI, and set the visibility of dashboard widgets. You can reset your settings to the defaults at any time by clicking the '''Reset to defaults button'''.  
;<translate>{{anchor|account}}Account: Use the ''Account'' menu to log out of Web UI and modify various settings; among four new tabs, you can change the UI mode as a ''superuser'' (''Simple'' or ''Advanced''), change the theme of your Web UI display (light or dark), select the data prefix (binary or decimal), change the date and time format, set options for data tables, enable text wrapping and/or automatic refreshing of Web UI, and set the visibility of dashboard widgets. You can reset your settings to the defaults at any time by selecting the ''Reset to defaults''.  


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<translate>{{Note|For ''backup'', ''restore'' and ''operator'' users, the UI mode is automatically set to ''Advanced'' and cannot be changed by these users (only ''superuser'' or ''admin'' can change it).}}


<translate>===={{anchor|date}}Date range selector ====  
===={{anchor|date}}Date range selector ====  


The date range selector allows you to specify the '''date range''' of the report. By selecting ''start'' and ''end'' dates from the calendar, you can specify a '''custom date range'''. You can view reports for any time period (days, weeks, months, and years). To select only a specific day, click it twice and click ''Apply''. SEP sesam Web UI '''refreshes every time you log''' in and '''reloads the data every few seconds''' if auto-refresh is set to on.
The date range selector allows you to specify the '''date range''' of the report. By selecting ''start'' and ''end'' dates from the calendar, you can specify a '''custom date range'''. You can view reports for any time period (days, weeks, months, and years). To select only a specific day, click it twice and click ''Apply''. SEP sesam Web UI '''refreshes every time you log''' in and '''reloads the data every few seconds''' if auto-refresh is set to on.
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<translate>In addition, new enhancements (described in the following sections) allow you to immediately start a specific backup, lock the backup, restart failed backups, migrations, replications, or restores, and review data store relationship details.
<translate>In addition, new enhancements (described in the following sections) allow you to immediately start a specific backup, lock the backup, restart failed backups, migrations, replications, or restores, and review data store relationships details.


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*You can start the backups immediately by clicking on the respective backup task and selecting the '''Immediate Start''' option below. In this case, you need to set additional options such as select backup level, media pool, etc.
*You can start the backups immediately by clicking on the respective backup task and selecting the '''Immediate Start''' option below. In this case, you need to set additional options such as select backup level, media pool, etc.
*You can lock the backup (chain) to prevent it from being deleted after its [[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#retention_time|retention time]] expires by clicking the specific ''backup task'' and selecting the '''Lock this backup''' option below.
*You can lock the backup (chain) to prevent it from being deleted after its [[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#retention_time|retention time]] expires by clicking the specific ''backup task'' and selecting the '''Lock this backup''' option below.
*You can restore the specific backup by clicking on the backup task and selecting the appropriate restore option from the '''Restore''' drop-down list below. Selecting this option will take you to the task-based restore procedure in [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Beefalo:Restore_Assistant|SEP sesam Restore Assistant]].
*You can restore the specific backup by clicking on the backup task and selecting the appropriate restore option from the '''Restore''' drop-down list below. Selecting this option will take you to the task-based restore procedure in [[Special:MyLanguage/5_0_0:Restore_Assistant|SEP sesam Restore Assistant]].


For more details on the options, see the section [[Special:MyLanguage/5_0_0:SEP_sesam_Web_UI#bck_options|Monitoring backups]].
For more details on the options, see the section [[Special:MyLanguage/5_0_0:SEP_sesam_Web_UI#bck_options|Monitoring backups]].
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SEP sesam Server sends different types of messages – notifications. They are intended to notify users when there are important messages they should know about, such as information about the latest available issues and patches (sent via RSS feeds), information about license violations and non-configured interfaces, announcements of new releases, etc. They can be accessed from the left menu of Web UI.  
SEP sesam Server sends different types of messages – notifications. They are intended to notify users when there are important messages they should know about, such as information about the latest available issues and patches (sent via RSS feeds), information about license violations and non-configured interfaces, announcements of new releases, etc. They can be accessed from the left menu of Web UI.  


The status of the notifications can be '''open''' or '''acknowledged'''. If there are open (unacknowledged) notifications, the flag icon turns yellow and the number of open notifications is shown next to it. The notification will remain open until it is acknowledged via the ''Notification Center'' in the GUI. You can review all listed notofications, but you cannot change their status in the Web UI. (To change their status, use SEP sesam GUI -> ''menu bar'' -> '''Window''' -> '''Show Notification Center'''. For details, see [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Beefalo:Notification_Center|Notification Center]]).
The status of the notifications can be '''open''' or '''acknowledged'''. If there are open (unacknowledged) notifications, the flag icon turns yellow and the number of open notifications is shown next to it. The notification will remain open until it is acknowledged via the ''Notification Center'' in the GUI. You can review all listed notifications, but you cannot change their status in the Web UI. (To change their status, use SEP sesam GUI -> ''menu bar'' -> '''Window''' -> '''Show Notification Center'''. For details, see [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Beefalo:Notification_Center|Notification Center]]).


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You can check the license reports for ''MSP Unit License'' and ''Volume FrontSide License''.  
You can check the license reports for ''MSP Unit License'' and ''Volume FrontSide License''.  
*The ''MSP Unit License Report'' shows the number of clients within the location with the individual MSP Unit License (Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus).  
*The ''MSP Unit License Report'' shows the number of clients within the location with the individual MSP Unit License (Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus).  
*The ''Volume FrontSide License Report'' shows the details on the front-side data volume size. It shows information on backup tasks, related media pools and the size of the backup task.
*The ''Volume FrontSide License Report'' shows the details on the front-side data volume size. It shows the information on backup tasks, related media pools and the size of the backup task.


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<translate>==={{anchor|restore_assistant}}Restore Assistant===


You can use ''Restore Assistant'' to restore and recover files, virtual machines, and Kopano emails online if you have been given the appropriate permissions. The ''Restore Assistant'' options differ depending on the UI mode you select (''Basic'' or ''Advanced''). For details, see [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Beefalo:Restore_Assistant|Restore Assistant]].
You can use ''Restore Assistant'' to restore and recover files, virtual machines, and Kopano emails online if you have been given the appropriate permissions. The ''Restore Assistant'' options differ depending on the UI mode you select (''Basic'' or ''Advanced''). For details, see [[Special:MyLanguage/5_0_0:Restore_Assistant|Restore Assistant]].


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Docs latest icon.png Welcome to the latest SEP sesam documentation version 5.0.0 Jaglion. For previous documentation version(s), check SEP sesam Web UI in Beefalo V2.


Overview

As of 5.0.0 Jaglion, SEP sesam Web UI has been significantly improved to provide a more detailed overview of jobs and tasks, improved monitoring of the SEP sesam environment, and the ability to perform various operations such as starting or locking backups, restarting failed jobs, etc.

Web UI is a modern web client with several components, including the web dashboard and Restore Assistant. It allows you to conveniently check status (for data store, client, next events, etc.), monitor SEP sesam operations (backups, restores, etc.), perform various operations, access check logs and reports, and start online restores via the restore assistant. The web UI supports the latest versions of major web browsers: Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.

Note that the operations and options available after login may differ depending on the user type. Other Web UI display restrictions may depend on the custom roles with specific permissions and the UI mode. For details, see User Roles and Permissions.

Web UI (dashboard) access

You can access the Web UI by entering the following information in the address bar of your browser:
http://[servername]:11401/sep/ui
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https://[servername]:11401/sep/ui.

Example: On the SEP sesam Server the following 'localhost' link will open the Web UI: http://localhost:11401/sep/ui

Information sign.png Note
If you cannot access the Web UI, check the authentication settings. For details, see About Authentication and Authorization.

The Web UI (dashboard) is also available in the GUI under menu bar -> Activities -> Dashboard, at Main Selection -> Monitoring -> Dashboard, or by clicking the dashboard icon on the toolbar.

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When you run the SEP sesam GUI as an administrator, the new SEP sesam Web UI landing page opens by default (with access to the Web UI, links to documentation, etc). You can prevent it from opening automatically on startup: in the GUI menu bar -> Configuration -> Defaults -> General tab, deselect the check box Show SEP sesam web client landing page on startup.

Navigating Web UI

Use the SEP sesam Web UI menu to navigate directly to a specific view: Status, Dashboard, Monitoring, System Logs, Current Messages, Notifications, Reports, and Restore Assistant. You can easily access information about the SEP CAPS solution, check the latest Release Notes, and configure settings (by clicking View, Settings opens).

Information sign.png Note
For licensing and data storage issues, the associated alerts are displayed at the top. You can review the details of the alert by clicking the Check details button on the right.

Web UI menu Jaglion.jpg

Notifications, help, language, theme & account

In the upper right corner are some icons: Notifications, Help, Language, Theme and Account. These icons are always present and allow you to quickly access notifications and online help, choose or change the display language, select the light/dark theme for displaying Web UI and change the settings of Web UI (found under Account).

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Notifications
The Notifications provide information about the latest available issues and patches (sent via RSS feeds), information about license violations and unconfigured interfaces, announcements of new releases, etc. See the Notifications section.
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Help
A Help icon provides access to various types of user support:
Web UI help
  • The Web UI link leads to description of all dashboard reports and functions.
  • The Restore Assistant leads to a description of the online recovery assistant features.
  • The Sesam REST API reference guide provides information on SEP sesam features and services.
SEP sesam Help
  • Release Notes and Known Issues provide release-related enhancements, known issues and fixes.
  • Error messages and Troubleshooting guides provide known issues with associated solutions.
  • SEP sesam Wiki (you are currently using it) is a collection of wiki topics documenting SEP sesam concepts, procedures and tasks.
  • RSS Feeds inform you about new releases and features. You can subscribe to a SEP sesam RSS feeds by using your email application or web browser.
  • SEP news, events, training, videos takes you to the SEP page with the latest news, events, etc.
  • SEP Support takes you to SEP Support Portal, where various support options are available.
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Language and Theme
By clicking on the language icon, you can switch between English and German. Clicking the next theme icon toggles between the light and dark themes of your Web UI display.
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Account
Use the Account menu to log out of Web UI and modify various settings; among four new tabs, you can change the UI mode as a superuser (Simple or Advanced), change the theme of your Web UI display (light or dark), select the data prefix (binary or decimal), change the date and time format, set options for data tables, enable text wrapping and/or automatic refreshing of Web UI, and set the visibility of dashboard widgets. You can reset your settings to the defaults at any time by selecting the Reset to defaults.
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For backup, restore and operator users, the UI mode is automatically set to Advanced and cannot be changed by these users (only superuser or admin can change it).

Date range selector

The date range selector allows you to specify the date range of the report. By selecting start and end dates from the calendar, you can specify a custom date range. You can view reports for any time period (days, weeks, months, and years). To select only a specific day, click it twice and click Apply. SEP sesam Web UI refreshes every time you log in and reloads the data every few seconds if auto-refresh is set to on.

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Common buttons and menus

SEP sesam Web UI has the following buttons and menus:

  • setting date range: Use the date range selector to display a report for a predefined time period, such as today (default), 2 days (2D), 3 days (3D), or 1 week (1W), or define your own date range for the reports (see Date range selector).
  • toggle report (the first button), refresh (the second button), open help wiki (the third button), expand/collapse widget (the fourth button): Use these buttons to expand or collapse the reports, hide the reports, refresh them, open the SEP sesam wiki documentation, or expand the widget to display the item in a new window.
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  • automatic refresh: Use the refresh button to refresh the window immediately or set the auto-refresh time interval (e.g., every 30 seconds). SEP sesam web UI will be refreshed every time you log in and will reload the data every few seconds if auto refresh is turned on.
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Status

Status is the default start page of the SEP sesam Web UI. It provides a status overview of your jobs, data stores, events, clients, etc. You can define the date range for the status overview and set the refresh option for your status window.

Clickable links in the tables open the associated item status in a new window, e.g., clicking on Backups in the Job status table opens the Backups monitoring window where you can check the details of all backups performed; for more information, see the Monitoring section.

Each table has a variety of clickable details, for example, the Job status table displays the number of failed, successful, and total backups, migrations, replications, and restores for a specific date range; clicking the displayed numbers opens a new window with the associated details.

By clicking the info icon (i), you can check the details of the next events (start, priority, etc.) and the SEP sesam Server details (license, available software updates, etc).

The status overview consists of the following reports:

  • Job status: Shows the status of all jobs (backups, restores, migrations and replications). Next to it is the Active jobs table, which shows the number of jobs currently running.
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  • Data stores: Displays the status of your data stores. In the event of a problem with a data store, the associated error is displayed. If you click Data Stores, all configured data stores are displayed with their status.
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  • Next events: Displays the details of the next events, such as the event start time, event type, related task, and schedule.
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  • Clients: Displays the total number of clients, followed by the numbers of inaccessible, disabled (Backup execution off), and updatable (New version available) clients.
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    When clickable items are selected, all associated clients are listed. You can check the access or update state of clients under new tabs. You can filter the results by backup execution (on/off), access state (accessible/inaccessible), access mode (SMSSH, PROXY, etc.), update state (new version available or up to date), or client type (client, server, or RDS). Web UI clients details Jaglion.jpg
    When you click on an individual client, the new client window opens with more details about the selected client (location, OS, SEP sesam version, etc.). Under the other tabs, you can check if software updates are available and enabled (Software Update), view a chart showing the data size of backup jobs for a client (Backup data size), and check server-related drives, if any (Drives). Hovering over a chart displays the details of the selected item. Web UI client data size.jpg
  • Server: Displays SEP sesam Server details (status, license, release, package, and software update details). Clicking the info icon displays its properties; you can examine and download the configuration file sm_ini and the process log.
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Dashboard

With SEP sesam web dashboard, you can check if all your backups and restores completed successfully and view statistics about the total size of backed up and restored data. You can set the date range for your reports and set the time interval or the dashboard reports to refresh automatically. You can also search for saveset, restore, migration, replication, or media results by specifying the full ID in the Search field. If it is found in the database, its details are displayed.

The dashboard contains the following reports:

Application-based backup state

The application-based backup report provides an overview of all backups by application type that were performed during a specified time period. The information includes: the number of successful backups, the number of failed backups (error), the number of backups that completed with a warning, and the number of aborted backups. You can filter the results by date.

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To filter the results by application, click the View backup state by application over time link (or click the table row). A report with backup graphs for each application will be displayed. If you want to check the details for a specific application only, enter its name in the Filter by application name field. Use the legend buttons above the graph – successful, with warning, cancelled, error, or use the Sort drop-down list to filter the information to be displayed in a graph. You can remove all filters by clicking the Remove filters icon.

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Backup state over time

This report provides an overview of all backups that have taken place during a specified time period in the form of a bar chart. Each bar represents the results of a sesam backup day (depending on the newday event). The information includes: the number of successful backups, failed backups (errors), backups that completed with warning, and aborted backups. Hovering the mouse pointer over the report displays additional details.

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You can filter the results by date, by state, or by client.

  • To filter the results by job state, click the status you want to exclude from the report.
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  • To filter the results by client, click the View backup state by client link. A report with backup graphs for each client will be displayed. If you want to check the details for a specific client only, enter its name in the Filter by client name field.
    Use the legend buttons above the graph – successful, warning, cancelled, error - or use the Sort drop-down list to filter information to be displayed in a graph. You can remove all filters by clicking the Remove filters icon.
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Total backup data size over time

This report provides information about the total and average size of data backed up during a specified time period in the form of a line chart for all clients and tasks. The size chart can help administrators analyze and predict growth trends for the SEP sesam environment. This report can also be useful to estimate the amount of data to restore.

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Restore state over time

This report provides an overview of all restores that have occurred during a specified time period in the form of a bar graph. Each bar represents the results of a sesam backup day (depending on the newday event). The information includes: the number of successful restores, failed restores (errors), restores that completed with a warning, cancelled restores. Hovering the mouse cursor over the report displays additional details.

You can filter the results by date, by state or by client.

  • To filter the results by job state, click the status you want to exclude from the report.
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  • To filter the results by client, click the View restore state by client link. A report with restore graphs for each client will be displayed. If you want to check the details for a specific client only, enter its name in the Filter by client name field.
    Use the legend buttons above the graph – successful, warning, cancelled, error - or use the Sort drop-down list to filter the information to be displayed in a graph. You can remove all filters by clicking the Remove filters icon.
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Total restore data size over time

This report provides information about the total and average size of data restored during a specified time period in the form of a line graph.

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Monitoring

With 5.0.0 Jaglion, you can not only check the details of all events, the latest backup status, all active jobs, the next events, and various states (e.g., data store status, backups, migrations, etc.) in the Web UI, but also perform various operations, such as running or locking the backups, restarting failed jobs, etc.

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You can filter the results by clients, states (active, successful, with warning, etc.), backup levels (FULL, INCR, DIFF, COPY), and tasks (backups without active tasks, tasks without backups, etc.).

If you want more details about a task, job, or event, click it or the message in the Message column to open a pop-up information window. Clicking the arrow next to the task name displays the task-related history.

Now you can also select different actions when monitoring your jobs by clicking the Available actions icon next to the backup, migration, replication, restore, or media action task. The options may differ depending on the task (backup, migration, etc.), but in general, you can review job and task properties, use various filters, and download your logs as a ZIP file.

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In addition, new enhancements (described in the following sections) allow you to immediately start a specific backup, lock the backup, restart failed backups, migrations, replications, or restores, and review data store relationships details.

Last backup state

This report displays the last run of each backup task configured on the server. New tabs are now available that allow you to quickly check which backup tasks are active, get the list of backups with no active tasks, check unscheduled tasks, and list tasks with no backups or backups with no tasks.

If you want to prevent older tasks from showing, click the Show all backup tasks (default) option in the upper left and filter tasks older than 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, or 2 years. The buttons in the top right corner allow you to easily filter the results by state, by backup level, by task and by client.

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Backup jobs are displayed in a table format with each row representing a specific backup task and its information: clickable backup task with its details, backup state, backups level, task type, last run status, last backup start time, last successful run start time, last full backup start time, duration, clickable SEP sesam message about the backup, a clickable backup client with its properties, associated media pool, and total backup size.

Clicking the arrow next to the backup task name displays task-related history: the status of all previous jobs for the selected task (in queue, active, successful, with warning, cancelled, error, without backups), backup level (COPY, FULL, DIFF, INCR), start and stop time, and data size.

By clicking the Available actions symbol, you can select different actions for your backup job described in the section above.

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When monitoring your backups, the following options are also available:

  • You can start the backup immediately by clicking on the relevant backup task and selecting the Immediate Start option below .
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    If selected, a new Immediate Start wizard appears, where you have to select a backup level, media pool, and optionally, drive and interface. In the next step, you can configure the system to check the execution time and cancel the job after a certain number of days if necessary. Web UI immediate start wizard.jpg
  • You can restart one or more failed backups by selecting the check box(es) next to the backup task(s) and clicking the Restart failed backups option above. If you want to restart a single backup, click on the failed task and select the Restart Backup option. Then set an event priority and restart the backup(s).
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  • You can lock the backup (chain) to prevent it from being deleted after its retention time expires; click the specific backup task and select the Lock this backup option below.
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    In SEP sesam v. (< 5.0.0 Jaglion), the backup locked state is applied only to the selected backup, so you need to manually lock all backups in a backup chain. Now the lock state is automatically applied to all backups in the backup chain.

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  • If you want to restore a specific backup, click the backup task and select the appropriate restore option from the Restore drop-down list below. The options may differ depending on the task type, but generally Restore, Restore as path and Restore in dump file are available. Once selected, you will be redirected to the task-specific restore procedure in SEP sesam Restore Assistant.
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Active jobs

This report displays all active jobs (backups, media events, migrations, etc.) on the server. The jobs are displayed in a table format, with each row representing a specific job/event and its information: clickable task (event) type with its details, object, start time of the active job, duration, task and client name, and clickable SEP sesam message about the job.

You can filter the results by task types and/or backup level, by tasks and by clients.

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Next events

This report shows an overview of all scheduled events (backups, restores, migrations, etc.) for the current day, sorted by date & time in ascending order. Upcoming scheduled events are displayed in a table format, with each row representing a specific event.

Clicking on the arrow next to the event start time will display the event details. Clicking on a task name displays the task properties. You can search for a specific event by typing the task name or event type in the Search field. You can also filter the upcoming events by using the filter Event Types filter.

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Data store status

The data store status provides information about configured data stores (Path, SEP Si3 Deduplication Store, HPE StoreOnce, HPE Cloud Bank, and NetApp Snap Store) and their status, capacity, utilization, size of actual used (filled) space, free space, stored space, Si3 repair area, and deduplication ratio (if applicable).

If the size of the actually used (filled) storage space is larger than the configured capacity on the data store (data store size overflow), the utilization color changes to red.

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  • The data store status is displayed with associated icons. To check the meaning, click on the legend Data store status icons above the table.
  • If there are problems with the data store, the associated alarms are displayed above. To check the alarm details, click the Check details button in the upper right corner.

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By clicking on the name of a data store, you can review its properties. Also, you can review the dependencies between datastores, media pools, drive groups, and drives by clicking the Dependencies tab or selecting the checkbox(es) next to the datastore(s) and clicking the Dependencies option above. You can review all the dependencies of the datastore(s) or the RDS diagram for data store-related drives. Hovering the mouse cursor over a diagram will display the details of the selected item, i.e. datastore, drive, etc.

Other tabs show an overview of savesets (Saveset tab), configured media pools/media (Media tab), media-related events (Actions tab) and data store utilization (Storage utilization tab).

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All results: Job status reports

Under Monitoring, you can review the details of all jobs (All results) or select specific jobs (Backups, Migrations, Replications, Restores, and Media actions). Jobs are listed with the following details: clickable event type with its properties, status, start time, duration, task name, client, clickable message, etc.

You can filter the results by date by using the date range picker or selector. You can easily filter the results by state, by task (event) type (including save levels), by object, by task, and by client using the buttons in the upper right corner. Note that the filters may differ depending on the job being monitored.

To view more details about the job, click the task, event type, or message in the Message column to open a pop-up information window.

The following example displays backups with their status.

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When monitoring your backups, you can switch from a simple table view to a backup group view at the top of the window.

Depending on the job, the following options might be available:

  • You can restart one or more failed backups, migrations or replications by selecting the check box(es) in front of the task(s) and clicking the Restart failed... option above. If you want to restart a failed restore or a single backup task, click on the task to open its details, and then select the Restart Restore/Backup option below.
  • You can start the backups immediately by clicking on the respective backup task and selecting the Immediate Start option below. In this case, you need to set additional options such as select backup level, media pool, etc.
  • You can lock the backup (chain) to prevent it from being deleted after its retention time expires by clicking the specific backup task and selecting the Lock this backup option below.
  • You can restore the specific backup by clicking on the backup task and selecting the appropriate restore option from the Restore drop-down list below. Selecting this option will take you to the task-based restore procedure in SEP sesam Restore Assistant.

For more details on the options, see the section Monitoring backups.

System logs

SEP sesam creates different logs for each backup day. They are available under the System logs.

The System logs contain the following reports:

  • State log: Displays the status for the SEP sesam backup day in chronological order, for example, Backup completed successfully.
  • Day log: Displays a log for each backup day. The daily logs are the first and most important starting point for problem analysis.
  • Error log: Shows critical errors that occurred during the backup day. It is the subset of the entire day log, but only the error messages are recorded.
  • Alarm log: When the alarm interface is enabled, the alarm log shows functional errors and other messages, such as the license violation information and various alarm messages for start, backup, etc., modules, e.g., Connection denied.
  • Disaster log: The SEP sesam disaster interface must be properly configured to perform the disaster recovery process. Then it provides the necessary information for SEP sesam disaster recovery.
  • Notify log: Displays completed events, such as backup, restore, migration, etc.
  • Message log: Shows the details of SEP sesam processes, such as start and end times of backups, restores, etc; what drives were used...

You can wrap text and then download the logs. Use the refresh button to refresh the window immediately or set the time interval for automatic refresh (e.g. every 30 seconds).

The following example shows the day log.

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Current messages

The Current Messages displays drives, associated current sessions, and drive status.

You can wrap text and then download your messages. Use the refresh button to refresh the window immediately or set the time interval for automatic refresh (e.g., every 30 seconds).

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Notifications

SEP sesam Server sends different types of messages – notifications. They are intended to notify users when there are important messages they should know about, such as information about the latest available issues and patches (sent via RSS feeds), information about license violations and non-configured interfaces, announcements of new releases, etc. They can be accessed from the left menu of Web UI.

The status of the notifications can be open or acknowledged. If there are open (unacknowledged) notifications, the flag icon turns yellow and the number of open notifications is shown next to it. The notification will remain open until it is acknowledged via the Notification Center in the GUI. You can review all listed notifications, but you cannot change their status in the Web UI. (To change their status, use SEP sesam GUI -> menu bar -> Window -> Show Notification Center. For details, see Notification Center).

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Reports

SEP sesam Web UI provides several reports that can help you identify problems in your backup environment and prevent possible data loss or other negative effects on business operations.

The following reports are available as a drop-down list in the upper left corner: Media Report, Backup Storage Report, Clients Report, Failed Jobs Report (by Media Pools), Jobs Overview Report, Readcheck Report, Used Media Report, and License Report.

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You can filter the reports by date using the date range picker or selector, by sesam_date, start_time, stop_time or by location.

You can select English or German language for your report.

Jobs overview report

The jobs overview report is open by default. It shows the status of your jobs, that is, backup tasks, task groups, migrations, and replications.

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Media-related reports

You can view the reports about the available media, used media and media readability check. The reports show information about the media pool, media label, media status, barcode, library ID, and so on.

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Backup storage report

Displays the details of your backup storage, such as backup task, backup, status, saveset, pools, etc.

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Clients report

Displays the details of client backup tasks, media pools and data size. You can filter the Client report by clients or by locations.

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Failed jobs report

Displays an overview of failed jobs (backups, migrations, etc.) and failed jobs by media pools. Clicking on the task or task group opens a new window with the job details.

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Restore Assistant

You can use Restore Assistant to restore and recover files, virtual machines, and Kopano emails online if you have been given the appropriate permissions. The Restore Assistant options differ depending on the UI mode you select (Basic or Advanced). For details, see Restore Assistant.