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Monitoring running archive jobs

To view and manage queued and running archive jobs

1 Select the backup system, client, or navigation group in the Navigation pane and click Status.

Selecting the client or navigation group displays only jobs run for that client or group. Selecting the backup system displays all queued and running jobs.

2 On the side of the Status page, click the Present blind.

On the Present page, all queued and running jobs for the selected system, client, or group display.

The following information is given for each archive job. Other running jobs display here as well. For details, see Monitoring running backup jobs and Monitoring running restore jobs.

Field

Description

ID

Archive ID

Client

The client for which the job is executing.

DB/VM

Shows the virtual machine or application instance, if applicable.

Job Type

The type of job.

Status

The real-time status of a task is displayed in the Status column, such as Active.

Job Comment

Archive performance and progress can be monitored in the Job Comment column.

 

When the status is Active (an archive is running), you see the following messages in the Job Comment field:

Processing archive job
Checking archive media
Compiling backup list
Wrote #/# archives, #MB written
For example: Wrote 2/19 archives, 4MB written.
Since multiple backups can be processed simultaneously, the numbers you see may not be consecutive. For example, you may see Wrote 2/19 archives followed by Wrote 5/19 archives.
Successful

This signifies that all the files have been archived successfully.

Important!  This may signify an incomplete archive. (If less than 0.01% of the total number of files fail to archive, the status is reported as successful.)

Failed

This signifies that the archive failed for some reason. Click Detail for more information. If more than 0.01% of the total number of files fail to backup, the job fails.

Proc Aborted

This signifies an unexpected abort of the backup process. Click Detail for more information.

Cancelled

This status displays when you terminate a backup process.

When a row is selected in the table, details concerning that job display near the bottom of the page. Details include the name of the job, the job ID, the job type, the client, the device, the status of the job, and the comment.

At the bottom of the page are a set of controls:

Control

Description

Auto Refresh

Check this box to refresh the page every n seconds, where n is the number entered.

Refresh Interval

The number of seconds between automatic refreshes if the Auto Refresh box is checked.

Advanced Options > Stop Tasker/Start Tasker

This button toggles starting and stopping the Tasker process, which manages jobs. If there are any modifications to the backup system’s configuration settings, Tasker must be stopped and re-started for changes to take effect. To access Tasker, click the Advanced Options checkbox.

Refresh Now

Click to manually refresh the page.

Suspend/
Resume

Select a job in the list and click this button to suspend an active job(s) or to resume a suspended job(s).

Terminate

Click this button to terminate a selected job(s).

Close

Click to close this view and return to the Past page.

Multi-job selection

Use Shift + Click to select contiguous rows. Use Ctrl + Click to select non-contiguous row. For best results, disable auto-refresh before acting on multiple jobs. Once the action is complete, click Refresh Now or check Auto-Refresh to see job statuses.