The Job Queue tab on the right panel displays information about all jobs. Every time you run or schedule a job with the Arcserve Backup Manager, you submit it to the Job Queue. Arcserve Backup continuously scans the Job Queue for jobs that are waiting to execute. Select a job and right-click for the following options:
- READY/HOLD--Changes the job’s status to HOLD or to READY (if it is currently on hold). HOLD signifies that the job is not scheduled to be executed, while READY means that the job can be executed.
- Add Job--You can quickly submit a job to the queue by using a previously saved script. (A script is a job that you saved to a file. It contains the original source, destination, option, and schedule information for the job.)
- Modify Job--Modifies a job. Allows you to add options or additional sources to an existing job, without having to create a new job.
- Reschedule Job--Quickly change a job’s execution date, time, or status. It also allows you to resubmit a Done job that is still in the Job Queue. You may want to do this if your job was not successful when it first ran.
- Run Now--Available for jobs that have a Ready or Done status. This option is useful in the following scenarios:
- You want to run a job earlier than the time it is scheduled to run
- A scheduled job did not run because of a hardware problem and you want to run it immediately after the problem is fixed
If a device group is available, this option runs the job immediately. If you select Run Now and a device group is not available, the job stays in the queue and waits for a group to become available.
If you select the Run Now option for a repeating, rotation, or GFS rotation job, the following conditions apply:
- The job runs immediately and the existing schedule is not affected unless the time it takes to run the job overlaps with the next scheduled run. In this scenario, the scheduled run is skipped for that day. For example, if you have a job scheduled to run Monday through Friday at 9:00 p.m., you select Run Now at 6:00 p.m. and it does not finish till 10:00 p.m., the 9:00 p.m. scheduled run for that day is skipped.
- The backup method used for the job is the same backup method that will be used for the scheduled run that day. For example, if you have an incremental backup job scheduled for 9:00 p.m. and select Run Now at 6:00 p.m., the job that runs at 6:00 p.m. will be an incremental backup. If you select Run Now on a day that does not have a scheduled run, the backup method of the next scheduled job will be used. For example, if you have an incremental job scheduled to run Monday and you select Run Now on Saturday, the job that runs on Saturday will be an incremental backup.
- Stop Job--Cancels an active job from the Arcserve Backup queue and reschedules it for its next regular interval.
Note: If you stop a job, the Last Result field displays “Canceled.”
- Delete Job--Cancels the job and deletes it from the Arcserve Backup queue completely.
You cannot use the Delete Job option on an active job. Use the Stop Job option if you want to delete an active job that repeats at intervals (determined when you create the job). Selecting the Delete Job button will interrupt and remove the job completely from the queue, and it will not be rescheduled. You will have to recreate the job if you did not save it to a script file.
Note: Arcserve Backup lets you re-create the Arcserve Backup database protection job and the database pruning job in the event they are deleted intentionally or unintentionally. For more information, see Re-create the Arcserve Backup Database Protection Job and Re-create the Arcserve Backup Database Pruning Job.
- Modify User Name--Modify the user name and password for server and source nodes.
- Modify Encryption Password--Modify the encryption password that was previously specified for a job.
- Preflight Check--Runs vital checks on the Arcserve Backup server and agents to detect conditions that may cause backup jobs to fail.
- Sort By--Jobs in the queue are listed in order of execution time. This option changes the order in which jobs are listed in the queue. Sorting the Job Queue is for informational purposes only. It does not affect the order in which jobs are processed. To sort jobs, click any of the following fields: Status, Execution Time, Job Type, Server, Last Result, Owner, Total Files, and Description.
Note: You can resize these columns by using the “drag and drop” method with the mouse. Place the cursor on the divider between columns, click and hold down the left mouse button, and then move the divider in either direction until the column is the size you want.
- Properties--Double-click to call up the Job Properties dialog when the job is processing.
