Customizing the status reporting of a drive (or file and folder backups)

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
You can configure how Veritas System Recovery reports the status of a particular drive (or all backups of files and folders).
For example, suppose that drive D contains unimportant data and you have chosen not to include it in a drive-based backup. The status on the Home page continues to report that your computer is at risk. You can configure Veritas System Recovery to ignore drive D. By ignoring it, you ensure that it does not calculate the status of drive D in the Backup Status panel on the Home page.
Or, you can specify that only errors, such as missed or failed backups, are included in the status report.
Note: The backup status of each drive is reported throughout the product, wherever the drive is listed. When you customize status reporting for a drive, the status is reflected anywhere that the drive is listed in Veritas System Recovery.
You should first determine the importance of the data that is on a particular drive. Or, the importance of data you have included in a backup of files and folders. Then you can decide on the level of status reporting to assign to it.
To customize the status reporting of a drive (or file and folder backups)
  1. On the Status page, click a drive (or File and folders) to select it.
You can also click Customize status reporting from the Home page.
  1. Click Customize status reporting.
  2. Select a status reporting option.
    Full status reporting Shows the current status of the selected drive or file and folder backups on the Home and Status pages.
    Select this option if the data is critical.
    Errors only status reporting Shows the current status of the selected drive or file and folder backups only when errors occur.
    Select this option if the data is important, but you only want the status to report errors, whenever they occur.
    No status reporting Does not show any status for the selected drive or file and folder backups.
    Select this option if the data is unimportant and missed or failed backups do not need to be reported.
  3. Click OK.