Understanding the report¶
The report is a monthly audit of the devices Cove is protecting, organized so you can see what is backed up and which company owns each device.
Structure¶
- Summary — the report month, total devices, total companies, total protected size, and counts of completed vs failed backups and stale devices.
- Per-company sections — each company gets a table of its devices (this is the "what company has them" view).
- Exceptions — a focused list of the audit red flags: failed backups, backups completed with errors, and devices with no successful backup in the last several days.
- Attachment — the full device table as an
.xlsx.
Device columns¶
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Device name / Computer name | The device's identifiers in Cove. |
| Company | The customer that owns the device. |
| Device type | Workstation or Server. |
| Data sources | What's protected (Files, System State, Microsoft 365 Exchange/OneDrive/SharePoint, SQL, etc.). |
| Selected / Used size | How much data is selected and stored, in GB. |
| Status | Result of the most recent backup. |
| Errors | Number of errors in the last session. |
| Last successful session | When the device last backed up successfully. |
| Product / Retention / Profile | The Cove plan and backup policy. |
Backup statuses¶
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Completed | The backup finished successfully. |
| Completed with errors | The backup finished but some items failed. |
| Failed | The backup did not succeed — investigate. |
Warning
A device that hasn't had a last successful session recently is flagged in the Exceptions section even if its latest status looks fine. That usually means backups have quietly stopped running.
Statuses are shown with an icon and label as well as color, so they're readable without relying on color alone.