ReportsWatcher

[tchristy]

It seems the only way I can get ReportsWatcher to work correctly is if it resides on a different machine than the one which Retrospect 5.15 is installed. If I run ReportsWatcher from the Retrospect machine I get an error that the "never backed up" report can't be created then all of the resulting html files contain no backup information. Does anyone have a fix for this?

[Guest]

sorry i don't have a fix but would love to know the answer to this as i'm running into the same thing. i haven't try'd it on another box.

[Guest]

First, determine where you want the Retrospect

 

Backup Reports and HTML output to be stored.

 

These locations can be different folders or the

 

same folder. The most simple location is on a

 

network volume that all your backup computers

 

and workstations can access.

 

At each backup computer, open Retrospect and

 

go to SpecialPreferences. Select the Logging

 

preferences from the Notification category.

 

Turn on the option to export the Backup Report

 

and provide the path to your previously deter-mined

 

location.

 

Each backup computer should export its Back-up

 

Report to that same location, but should use

 

a unique file name. This name will identify the

 

original Backup Report in the larger, consoli-dated

 

HTML report.

 

 

 

To configure ReportsWatcher:

 

Open ReportsWatcher. Click the Reports button

 

and select the location where the Retrospect

 

Backup Reports are stored. Click the Save In

 

button and select the folder in which to save the

 

HTML summaries.

 

Leave ReportsWatcher open in order for it to

 

continuously monitor reports.

 

 

 

Click the Options button to change Reports-Watcher’s

 

update time interval or other

 

options.

 

 

 

Click the Edit HTML button to change Reports-Watcher’s

 

HTML code. You can edit the HTML

 

for each of the five different report types.

 

 

 

You can view the report on any computer with

 

a web browser. Open the index.htm file in the

 

HTML summaries folder. The index summariz-es

 

available reports. It has a variety of report

 

formats. To view details of a particular backup

 

computer’s report, click the report name. To

 

view details of successful backups, failed back-ups,

 

or volumes never backed up, click the

 

numbers in the appropriate table cells.

 

 

 

ReportsWatcher is a Visual Basic application

 

and its source code is included in the Reports-Watcher

 

folder. You may customize it for your

 

own personal use.