About Reports on a SmartVision appliance

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You can generate and download reports as needed, or you can configure them to be generated on a schedule and delivered automatically through email.

Naming convention for generated Reports

The file name of a generated report has the following format:

<reportName>_<applianceName>_<yyyy><mm><dd>_<hh><mm><ss><pppppppppppp>.<ext>

<reportName>

The name of the report: smart_vision, alert_details, callback_server, executive_summary, infected_hosts, or malware_activity.

<applianceName>

The appliance hostname.

Example: FE-NS-NX900-2

<yyyy><mm><dd>

The date (year, month, and day) the report was generated.

Example: 20180722

<hh><mm><ss><pppppppppppp>

The time (hour, minute, second, and picoseconds) the report was generated.

Example: 212724536710164000

<ext>

Filename extension: csv, json, pdf, text, or xml.

Storage of generated reports

The SmartVision appliance saves a copy of each report in the /data/reports directory, and you can download reports from the appliance to your local machine. The reports are removed automatically when the size of the reports directory exceeds 100 MB.