13.2 Viewing the Policy Execution History for a Pair

The Policy Execution History tab in a pair’s Statistics dialog box provides information about the most-recent 16 runs of policies on the pair. You can examine which policies were run and when. For each policy run, you can view lists of which files were moved and which files should have moved but did not move. This helps you to understand if policies are moving the files you expect to be moved.

When policies are run at the same time, the policies are grouped and run together by direction: Primary to Secondary and Secondary to Primary. Statistics for a policy run are aggregated based on the two direction categories, not by individual policies.

To view and explore the policy execution history for a pair:

  1. In the Management Console, connect to the DynamicFS server that you want to manage.

  2. In the left panel, select the Pairs folder to view a list of pairs in the right panel.

  3. Double-click the pair name to open its Statistics dialog box, then select the Pair execution history tab.

  4. In the Date and Time area at the bottom of the page, use the left-arrow and right-arrow to select the run you want to explore.

    The selected run is highlighted with a red disk at the top of its bar in the graph.

  5. View the summary on the left that shows the policies that were run and the number of files that were moved or not moved.

    Statistic

    Description

    History of bytes moved

    The History of bytes moved area graphically displays the statistics for the last policy run, highlighted in red at the top of the bar. The bar charts display the number of megabytes moved from Primary to Secondary and Secondary to Primary by the policies being enforced in each policy run.

    Date and time

    The Date and time area shows when the policy run occurred. Use the left-arrow and right-arrow to navigate between the runs. Information about the currently selected policy run is displayed in the left panel.

    Policies executed

    The Policies executed area lists the policies that were enforced in that run.

    Primary to secondary

    The Primary to secondary area shows information about the files moved from the primary path to the secondary path for the specified policies. This area is dimmed if no policies in that run were configured to move data in that direction.

    Secondary to primary

    The Secondary to primary area shows information about the files moved from the secondary path to the primary path for the specified policies. This area is dimmed if no policies in that run were configured to move data in that direction.

    Total files moved

    The Total files moved field provides a link that opens the Run History dialog box if the value is non-zero. The run history lists each file that was moved in the specified direction. It provides the full path of the file name, the file extension, the file size, and any error messages for each file.

    For information, see Section 13.3, Viewing a Policy Run History of Files Moved.

    Total files failed to move

    The Total files failed to move field provides a link that opens the Run History dialog box if the value is non-zero. The run history lists each file that should have moved in the specified direction, but did not move. It provides the full path of the file name, the file extension, the file size, and any error messages for each file.

    For information, see Section 13.4, Viewing a Policy Run History of Files that Failed to Move.

  6. (Optional) Save the graphic display by right-clicking anywhere in a graphical area and selecting any of the following options:

    • Copy: Copies the selected graph as an image to the clipboard. Open a graphics editor, paste the image, and save the file.

    • Save Image As: Opens a Windows Save As dialog box where you can specify a location and file name for the image, select a file format, then save the file.

    • Page Setup: Set up the page orientation (portrait or landscape) and printer information for printing the graph.

    • Print: Print the selected graph.

  7. (Optional) Click the link for Total files moved to open the Run History dialog box where you can view a list of the files moved in a particular direction.

    For information, see Section 13.3, Viewing a Policy Run History of Files Moved.

  8. (Optional) Click the link for Total files failed to move to open the Run History dialog box where you can view a list of the files that should have moved in a particular direction, but that failed to move.

    For information, see Section 13.4, Viewing a Policy Run History of Files that Failed to Move.