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Activity Log Data

The Activity Log contains comprehensive information about the operations performed by Arcserve Backup. It provides an audit trail of all Arcserve Backup activity (including group activities) for every job that is run. You can scan this log every day to see if any errors have occurred. You can also use it to find out a session number in case you need to restore a specific session. The log is located on the upper right corner of the Job Status Manager.

For each job, the log includes the following:

• Time the job started and ended
• Type of job
• Average throughput of the data
• Number of directories and files processed (backed up, copied, etc.)
• Job session number and Job ID
• Result of the job
• Errors and warnings that occurred
• All child jobs listed under the parent job along with a description

The Activity Log has an organize feature which allows you to sort the log using filters, message grouping, or message post date. For more information on the Activity Log, see “Customizing Jobs.”