Download audit reports for backup jobs - Cloud Backup - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Tracking and audit of backup activities and policy execution help audit enterprise compliance and collect evidences to meet security and compliance requirements for enterprises. This topic describes the audit report feature of Cloud Backup. You can use the feature to check the execution status of backup jobs in different regions.

What is an audit report?

Cloud Backup provides the audit report feature to generate reports for backup jobs. You can specify the start time of backup jobs and specify the data source type, data source ID, job status, backup policy ID, and backup account. Cloud Backup generates the corresponding reports for you to download. You are not charged for using this feature.

A report records details such as the backup job ID, status, start time, end time, number of backup files, and backup policy ID for each data source.

Important

Reports are valid for 90 days. If a report expires, you must regenerate the report.
A report contains the details about all backup jobs that belong to the logon account and the accounts managed by the logon account. You can export a backup job report that contains all backup data sources.
Real-time backup jobs and statistical charts support only the following data sources: Elastic Compute Service (ECS) files, Object Storage Service (OSS) buckets, Alibaba Cloud NAS, on-premises files, local NAS, Cloud Parallel File Storage (CPFS), Tablestore, Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) clusters, and ECS instances.
Backup jobs of the following data sources are not displayed: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, virtual machines (VMs), and SAP HANA. To export related data, you can select the corresponding data source in the Export Backup Job Report dialog box.
The real-time status of backup jobs is displayed in distribution charts and pie charts.
You can download only the reports in the current region. If you want to download reports in another region, switch to the region in the top navigation bar.

Download audit reports

Log on to the Cloud Backup console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose Alerting and Auditing > Audit Report.
In the top navigation bar of the Audit Report page, select the region where the reports are stored, such as China (Hangzhou).

On the Backup Jobs tab, specify the start time of backup jobs. Then, specify the data source type, data source ID, job status, backup policy ID, or backup account and click Search to filter backup jobs. If you do not specify filter conditions, all records are queried.

The following table describes the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Backup Start Time	You can query backup jobs within one day, one week, one month, three months, six months, or one year. You can also specify a custom time range within one year.
Source Type	Select a data source type. Backup jobs of the following data sources are supported: ECS files, OSS buckets, Alibaba Cloud NAS, on-premises files, local NAS, CPFS, Tablestore, ACK clusters, and ECS instances.
Data Source ID	This parameter is valid only after you select a single data source type and enter the data source ID. Note If Source Type is not specified or two or more data source types are selected, the value entered in Data Source ID does not take effect.
Job Status	Select a job status. Job statuses include Completed, Partially Completed, Failed, Canceled, Running, and Expired.
Backup Policy ID	Select a backup policy ID. You can obtain backup policy IDs on the Policy Center page.
Backup Account	Specify a backup account.

On the Backup Jobs tab, click Export Backup Job Report, and confirm the operation as prompted.
Important
- Backup jobs of the following data sources are not displayed: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, VMs, and SAP HANA. To export related data, you can select the corresponding data source types from the More Data Source Types drop-down list in the Export Backup Job Report dialog box.
- If the previous backup job report is still being exported, you cannot create a new report export job. Wait until the previous export job is completed.
Go to the Report Management tab. Click the link of the report file name or click Download in the Actions column to download the report.

Fields in an audit report

Sheet name	Data source type of backup jobs	Field	Description
Jobs	ECS files, OSS buckets, Alibaba Cloud NAS, on-premises files, local NAS, CPFS, Tablestore, ACK clusters, and ECS instances	User ID	The Alibaba Cloud account ID.
		Cross User ID	The cross-account ID.
		Data Source	The data source.
		Vault Id	The backup vault ID.
		Job ID	The backup job ID.
		Job Status	The backup job status.
		Start Time	The time when the backup job starts. The time zone is the same as the time zone where you create the report job.
		Finish Time	The time when the backup job is completed. The time zone is the same as the time zone where you create the report job.
		Bytes Done	The size of the files that are backed up successfully in this backup job. If the data is less than the total amount of data scanned on the source, some files are not backed up successfully. In this case, you can view the specific reasons in the Status column. Unit: bytes. Note If the value is a hyphen (`-`), this field does not apply to the current data source type.
		Bytes Total	The total size of the source files scanned in this backup job. Unit: bytes. Note If the value is a hyphen (`-`), this field does not apply to the current data source type.
		Actual Written Bytes	The amount of data to be written to the backup vault for this backup job. Unit: bytes. Note If the value is a hyphen (`-`), this field does not apply to the current data source type.
		File Count Done	The number of files that have been backed up. Note If the value is a hyphen (`-`), this field does not apply to the current data source type.
		File Count Total	The total number of source files. Note If the value is a hyphen (`-`), this field does not apply to the current data source type.
		Actual Written File Count	The number of files written to the backup vault. Note If the value is a hyphen (`-`), this field does not apply to the current data source type.
		Plan/Policy ID	The backup plan ID or the backup policy ID.
		Data Source ID	The data source name.
		Error Info	The error message.
MYSQL Jobs, ORACLE Jobs, and MSSQL Jobs	MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server databases	User ID	The Alibaba Cloud account ID.
		Cross User ID	The cross-account ID.
		Job Status	The backup job status.
		Start Time	The time when the backup job starts. The time zone is the same as the time zone where you create the report job.
		Finish Time	The time when the backup job is completed. The time zone is the same as the time zone where you create the report job.
		Backup Bytes	The amount of backup data. Unit: bytes.
		Plan Name	The backup plan name.
		Data Source ID	The data source name.
		Error Info	The error message.
HANA Jobs	SAP HANA databases	User ID	The Alibaba Cloud account ID.
		Cross User ID	The cross-account ID.
		Backup ID	The backup ID.
		Cluster ID	The cluster ID.
		DataBase Name	The database name.
		Job Status	The backup job status.
		Start Time	The time when the backup job starts. The time zone is the same as the time zone where you create the report job.
		Finish Time	The time when the backup job is completed. The time zone is the same as the time zone where you create the report job.
		Backup Bytes	The amount of backup data. Unit: bytes.
		Service Name	The service name.
		Entry Type Name	The backup type. Full backup, incremental backup, and log backup are supported.
VM Jobs	VMware VM	User ID	The Alibaba Cloud account ID.
		Cross User ID	The cross-account ID.
		Vault ID	The backup vault ID.
		Execution ID	The job execution ID.
		Job Status	The backup job status.
		Start Time	The time when the backup job starts. The time zone is the same as the time zone where you create the report job.
		Finish Time	The time when the backup job is completed. The time zone is the same as the time zone where you create the report job.
		Plan/Policy ID	The backup plan ID or the backup policy ID.
		Task Error Info	The error message that is returned for the backup job.
		VM Name	The VM name.
		vCenter ID	The vCenter server ID.
		Client ID	The client ID.
		Snapshot ID	The snapshot ID.
		Snapshot Status	The snapshot status.
		Bytes Done	The size of the files that are backed up successfully in this backup job. If the data is less than the total amount of data scanned on the source, some files are not backed up successfully. In this case, you can check the error message returned for the backup job. Unit: bytes.
		Bytes Total	The total size of the source files scanned in this backup job. Unit: bytes.
		Actual Written Bytes	The amount of data to be written to the backup vault for this backup job. Unit: bytes.
		VM Error Message	The error message that is returned for the VM.
DistributionByStatus	Backup job status distribution	COMPLETE	The number of completed backup jobs.
		CANCELED	The number of canceled backup jobs.
		CANCELING	The number of backup jobs being canceled.
		CREATED	The number of created backup jobs.
		EXPIRED	The number of expired backup jobs.
		FAILED	The number of failed backup jobs.
		PARTIAL_COMPLETE	The number of partially completed backup jobs.
		QUEUED	The number of queued backup jobs
		RUNNING	The number of running backup jobs
		SKIPPED	The number of skipped backup jobs.