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Job Status Types

When a job is in the Arcserve Backup queue, it is listed with a status. The status can be one of the following:

• Done--A no repeating job that was successfully executed and completed.
• Ready--A new one-time or repeating job (a backup job that runs every Friday, for example) waiting to be executed.
• Active--A job that is currently being executed.
• Hold--A job that is in the queue and was placed in a hold status.

  Note: A job with a hold status will not execute until you remove the hold status.

• Waiting for Target--A job that is ready to execute and is waiting for the target device, media, or both to become available. A device or media may not be available, for example, because it is busy with another job. To determine the specific reason why a job is waiting for a device, click the Waiting for Target hyperlink to open the Target Group Status dialog.

  The Target Group Status dialog represents stream-based backups or device-based backups.

  

  The Target Group Status dialog describes the information that follows:

  • Title bar--Displays the name of the backup server, the job number, and the job ID of the job that you clicked in the Job Status Manager.
  • The reason the job is waiting (for the device or media)
  • Backup Server--The name of the backup server using the listed device.
  • Job No.--The job number that is using the listed device, if available.
  • Job ID--The job ID that is using the listed device, if available.
  • Media Name--The name of the media in the listed device, if available.
  • Drive Serial No.--The serial number of the listed device.
  • Status--The status of the job that is using the listed device.
• Waiting for source group--A migration job is waiting for a source group to be available.
• Waiting for source tape--A migration job is waiting for the source tape to be available.
• Waiting for target tape--A job that should be active, but it is not because it is waiting for the target device or media.
• Positioning source tape--A migration job is waiting for the source tape to be positioned in the drive.
• Positioning target tape--A migration job is waiting for the target tape to be positioned in the drive.
• Copying--A migration job (copy to final destination media) is in progress.

Note: Completed jobs remain listed in the Job Queue for a specified number of hours. This period of time is set up through the Arcserve Backup Server Admin. For more information, see Job Engine Configuration.