Convert Jobs Submitted Using the Classic View to the Group View

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Convert Jobs Submitted Using the Classic View to the Group View

Arcserve Backup lets you browse source data and submit jobs in two view formats:

Classic view--Lets you browse source data and submit jobs based on the operating system that is running on the source computers. For example, Windows, UNIX/Linux, and so on.
Group view--Lets you browse source data and submit jobs based on the Arcserve Backup agents that are running on the source computers. For example, Agent for Microsoft Exchange, Agent for Microsoft SQL Server, and so on.

Submitting jobs using the Group View is a convenient method of submitting jobs. The Group View lets you submit backup jobs that include specific agents. However, you cannot change the view that you specified when you submitted the job (Classic View to Group View and vice versa) after you submitted the job.

If you upgraded to this release, all of the jobs that you submitted using the previous release are packaged in the Classic View. The following steps describe how to convert jobs that were submitted using the Classic View to jobs that were submitted using the Group View.

To convert jobs submitted using the Classic View to Group View

Open the Job Status Manager and click the Job Queue tab.
The jobs in the Job Queue appear.
Locate the job that you want to convert.
Right-click the job and click Convert Job for Group View on the pop-up menu.

The Convert Job for Group View dialog opens.
Do one of the following:
- (Best practice) In the Group Name field, accept the default name provided or specify a new name for the group.
  Click OK.
- From the Group Name drop-down list, select a name for the group and click OK.
  The Duplicated Source Notification dialog opens only when both of the following conditions occur:
  - One or more nodes in the job that you want to convert are included with full backup jobs that are configured as scheduled, repeating, or GFS rotation jobs.
  - The group name specified, which is an existing group, is included with full backup jobs that are configured as scheduled, repeating, or GFS rotation jobs.
  If you are sure that you want to use the group name specified, click Yes.
The job is converted.