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How the Database Protection Job Works

Arcserve Backup lets you use Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express Edition or Microsoft SQL Server for the Arcserve Backup database. Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express Edition is a free, lightweight version of Microsoft SQL Server. Although these applications are quite different from each other, with respect to architecture and scalability, you can easily protect either version using the Arcserve Backup default Database Protection Job.

After you install Arcserve Backup, the Database Protection Job maintains a status of Hold. To protect the Arcserve Backup database, you must change the status of the Database Protection Job from Hold to Ready. For more information see, Start the Arcserve Backup Database Protection Job.

If you accept the default Database Protection Job, the job schedule will contain the following values:

Important! After you start the Database Protection Job, the Tape Engine will connect to a blank media in the first group that Tape Engine detects, and assign the media pool labeled ASDBPROTJOB. If the Tape Engine cannot connect to a blank media in the first group within five minutes, the Tape Engine will try to connect with blank media in the other groups sequentially. If the Tape Engine cannot connect to blank media, in any group, the job will fail.