Once you have created scheduled jobs, use these procedures to view, edit, enable, disable, and delete schedules or to run them on-demand:
Note: iSeries schedules are managed by using the dpuconfig console interface. See iSeries Backups Overview and Procedures for details on working with iSeries schedules.
1 | Select Jobs > Job Manager. |
2 | The Job Manager tab lists all scheduled jobs. |
• | Click on any column to sort alphabetically (a to z). To reverse the order (z to a), click again. |
• | The following information displays for each scheduled job: |
Column |
Description |
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Name |
The name of the scheduled job. |
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Asset |
The name of the asset whose data is being backed up, copied, or recovered. |
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Status |
The current status of the job:
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Type |
Job type: Backup or Backup Copy. |
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Schedule |
Description of the schedule. |
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Last Run |
The date and time the job last ran. |
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Next Run |
The date and time of the next scheduled run. |
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Appliance |
The appliance running the job. |
1 | Click Jobs > Job Manager. |
2 | Select the applicable job and click View Details. |
3 | Click Hide Details to return to the original page view. |
1 | Click Jobs > Job Manager. |
2 | Select the applicable job and click Edit. |
3 | (Optional) In the Inventory tree, check boxes to add or remove asset(s) from the list of assets protected by this schedule. |
4 | (Optional) Select an asset in the Job Inventory Settings area and click Edit to modify options, such as data to include or exclude and commands to run pre- and/or post-backup. Click Save to retain any changes. |
• | Inclusion tab - Click to specify files, folders, or volumes to include in backups of this asset. |
– | Data that does not meet the criteria you specify here is NOT included in the backup. |
– | Type in the full path (e.g., C:/Documents) or Browse the asset to specify data to include. (Wildcards are not supported.) |
– | Run a new full backup upon creating or modifying included files. |
• | Exclusion tab - Click to specify files, folders, or volumes to exclude from backups of this asset. |
– | Data that does not meet the criteria you specify here IS included in the backup. |
– | To specify files, do any of the following: |
– | Type in the full path (e.g., C:/Documents). |
– | Browse the asset. |
– | Enter a regular expression. (Wildcards are not supported.) |
– | Run a new full backup upon creating or modifying excluded files. |
Note: If you specify both files to include and files to exclude, the inclusion is applied first. Any exclusions are then applied to the subset of included files.
• | Advanced - Click to exclude the system state from backup or to specify commands to run on the asset before or after a scheduled backup runs. |
Notes:
• | To perform bare metal recovery or Windows instant recovery the following must be included in the backup: system state and all boot and critical system (OS) volumes. If you need these features for the asset, do not specify data to include or exclude unless you are sure these volumes will be included. |
• | To run a command or script on the asset before a scheduled backup starts, enter the full path to the command or script in the Command to run Pre-Backup field. For example, C:\Data\script.bat or /usr/jsmith/script.sh. |
• | To run a command or script on the asset after a scheduled backup completes, enter the full path to the command or script in the Command to run Post-Backup field. For example, C:\Data\script.bat or /usr/jsmith/script.sh. |
• | Creating aliases for an asset - Adhere to the following when creating aliases for an asset: |
– | You must include the system state on the asset whose backups contain the boot and critical OS volumes. |
– | You must exclude the system state on the other aliased assets. This approach ensures you can perform bare metal recovery of the asset. |
– | Only one asset can include the system state. Disaster recovery of the asset fails if the system state is not included with the boot and OS volume or if the system state is included on aliased assets that do not include the boot and OS volume. |
Important! For Windows assets, the backup must contain the system state, boot disk and any other system critical volumes to use the integrated bare metal recovery and Windows instant recovery features. Be sure one of the aliased assets contains all of these disks to use these features.
5 | Click Save to save any changes you have made. |
1 | Click Jobs > Manager. |
2 | Select the applicable job and click Edit. |
3 | (Optional) Modify settings as desired and click Save. |
Note: For Google, Amazon S3, and Rackspace cloud targets, reducing the storage threshold to a value less than the amount of space currently used by backup copies results in data being deleted the next time the job runs (reducing the amount of data in the cloud to meet the new threshold setting). For more information, see Managing the amount of data copied to a third-party cloud target.
Note: Jobs are enabled by default. When a job is disabled, none of its scheduled backups run. Be aware that disabling jobs can leave assets unprotected.
1 | Click Jobs > Job Manager. |
2 | Select the applicable job. |
3 | Click either Enable / Disable. Disabled jobs display as grayed-out and italicized. |
1 | Click Jobs > Job Manager. |
2 | Select the applicable job and click Delete. |
3 | Click Confirm to delete the job. |
1 | Click Jobs > Job Manager. |
2 | Select the applicable job. |
3 | Click Run. The job queues immediately. |
4 | To monitor, pause, or cancel the job, go to Jobs > Active Jobs. |