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name: backup-recovery-protectedUnprotectObjsReportMc
title: Protected or unprotected VMs
description: The Protected or unprotected VMs report provides lists of VMs protected and not protected by IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery.
last-updated: 2025-12-12
---

> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/backup-recovery?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Protected or unprotected VMs
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The Protected or unprotected VMs report provides lists of VMs protected and not protected by IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery.

- [Filter Report Data](#report_protected_unprotected_vm_filter_mc)
- [Summary](#report_protected_unprotected_vm_summary_mc)





## Filter Report Data
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The report supports filters to narrow down the data for Unprotected VMs or Protected VMs that you want to see.




## Summary
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The report includes the following details:

- Sources Registered: Total number of sources.
- Total VMs: Total number of virtual machines.
- Protected VMs: Total number of protected virtual machines.
- Unprotected VMs: Total number of unprotected virtual machines.
- Unprotected Size: The total amount of unprotected data, in bytes.