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Job Scheduler Wizard - Command Page

The Job Scheduler Wizard is a Arcserve Backup utility that lets you quickly and easily schedule and submit any job that can be executed from the command line. The Arcserve Backup command line enables direct control over most operations that can be performed by a Arcserve Backup server. The Job Scheduler Wizard provides an alternative means to enter job schedule commands in the Command Prompt window.

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Command

Description

authsetup

The authentication setup command (authsetup) is used to initialize the Arcserve Backup authentication database on the primary server. You can also use this to set the password for caroot, create equivalences for the current operating system user on all primary and member servers of a Arcserve Backup domain, and to create equivalences for the Arcserve Backup System Account user on all primary and member servers of a Arcserve Backup domain.

bab

The bab command controls the Arcserve Backup services. The bab management utility is used to load and unload back-end services, display current status and configuration, reconfigure back-end services, and show whether or not the services are running.

caadvreports

The advanced report generator command (caadvreports) is a utility that is used to generate various reports that provide an overview of the current data protection status.

ca_auth

The authentication command (ca_auth) is used when you are logged in as equivalent to caroot to create new users, delete existing users, change any user's password, and establish and delete equivalencies for other users.

ca_backup

The backup manager command (ca_backup) is used to submit backup jobs to the Arcserve Backup queue, including setting all associated options, filtering, GFS Rotation and rotation jobs.

cabatch

The batch command (cabatch) is used to submit jobs to a local or remote Arcserve Backup job queue using an external script file, delete jobs from the job queue, and modify the execution times for all of the jobs in the job queue.

ca_dbmgr

The database manager command (ca_dbmgr) is used to maintain the database, including configuring media pools. This command lets you query database information and set database options.

ca_devmgr

The device manager command (ca_devmgr) is used to perform various device management commands in Arcserve Backup. This command lets you control storage devices, and format and erase media in drives or changers.

ca_jobsecmgr

The job security manager command (ca_jobsecmgr) is used to make global username or password changes for all the jobs in the Job Queue.

ca_log

The log command (ca_log) is used to view, purge, clear, and maintain Arcserve Backup logs. With ca_log you can view the Activity log and the Job logs.

ca_merge

The merge manager command (ca_merge) is used to create and submit merge jobs to the Job Queue. You can merge database information from backup media into your Arcserve Backup database.

ca_mmo

The media management administrator command (ca_mmo) is used to control and monitor vaulting operations and reports.

ca_msvmpopulatedb

The Arcserve Hyper-V Configuration Tool utility command (ca_msvmpopulatedb) is a data collection tool that is used to lets populate the Arcserve Backup database with the information about the Virtual Machines (VMs) on your Hyper-V systems.

ca_qmgr

The queue manager command (ca_qmgr) is used to monitor and control jobs submitted to the Arcserve Backup Job Queue. These job management commands are used for obtaining information or manipulating jobs in the job queue.

ca_recoverdb

The database recovery command (ca_recoverdb) is a self-protection feature that is used to recover a Arcserve Backup database if it is lost.

CAreports

The report writer command (CAreports) provides access to the Arcserve Backup Report Writer utility dialog and is used to create customized (Predefined and User-created) reports.

ca_restore

The restore manager command (ca_restore) is used to create and submit restore jobs to the Arcserve Backup Job Queue, and to set all associated options. The options and switches for the ca_restore command allow you to set global options and filters, select your source and destination for the restore job, and submit the restore job to run immediately or at a scheduled time.

ca_scan

The scan manager command (ca_scan) is used to create and submit scan jobs to the Job Queue.

ca_vcbpopulatedb

The VMware VCB utility command (ca_vcbpopulatedb) is a data collection tool that is used to populate the Arcserve Backup database with information about the VMware-based VMs in your backup environment.

DumpDB

The DumpDB utility is used to import and export session passwords to and from the Arcserve Backup database. The DumpDB utility dumps only session passwords, it will not export other information about a session.

IsSafe

The IsSafe.bat utility is used to check the operating system for any Arcserve Backup processes that are active to determine if it is safe to shutdown the system.

mergecat

The Merge Catalog utility (mergecat.exe) is used to manually merge in any .cat files that remain in the Arcserve Backup\temp directory.

mergeOLF

The MergeOLF utility is used to move licenses from one Arcserve system to another Arcserve system.

pfc

The preflight checklist utility command (pfc) is used to run vital checks on the Arcserve Backup server and Agents to detect conditions that may cause backup jobs to fail.

tapecomp

The tape compare command (tapecomp) is used to compare media to media. This utility can be used only with Arcserve Backup generated media and must be used in the Arcserve Backup home directory.

tapecopy

The tape copy command (tapecopy) is used to quickly copy data from one media to another. These media do not have to be similar.

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