Viewing and changing active jobs

View properties and change the status of active and scheduled jobs that are submitted for processing in the Job List view in the Job Monitor.

To view active job properties

1. On the navigation bar, click Job Monitor.

2. On the Job List tab, in the Current Jobs pane, click the active job that you want to view.

3. In the task pane, under General Tasks , click Properties.

   The Job Activity dialog box appears. The Job Activity dialog contains two tabs: Job Activity and Job History. The Job Activity tab only appears for active jobs and provides detailed information about the job’s current status.

   The Job History tab provides a summary of the job as it is processed.

   See Viewing and changing completed jobs.

   The Job Activity tab provides the following information:

   Job name	The job name entered during job configuration.
   Job type	The type of job submitted for processing.
   Job log	The filename of the job log. The job log cannot be viewed until the job has completed. The job log is located in Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Data.
   Status	The status of the operation. See Active job statuses.
   Current Operation	The type of operation currently in progress (Backup, Catalog, Restore, Verify, etc.).
   Created On	The type of server on which the job was created, either a central administration server or a managed media server. The media server on which this job is running. This only displays if you have a central administration server or managed media server.
   Server name	The media server processing the job.
   Device name	The name of the storage device processing the job. Only data from the first stream displays for multi-stream jobs.
   Source	The media or share being processed. The icon field to the left of the field name displays either of the following: A disk drive icon when a backup or archive operation is running, or A tape drive icon when a restore or verify operation is running. Only data from the first stream displays for multi-stream jobs.
   Destination	Where the data is being written. The icon field to the left of the field name displays either of the following: A tape device icon when a backup operation is running, or A disk drive icon when a restore operation is running. Only data from the first stream displays for multi-stream jobs.
   Current directory	Name of the current directory being processed. The icon field to the left of the field displays either of the following: A folder if the active job is a backup or restore operation, or No icon, if the active job is not a backup or restore operation, but a job such as an Erase or Format operation. Only data from the first stream displays for multi-stream jobs.
   Current file	Name of the current file being processed. The icon field to the left of the field name displays either of the following: A page, if the active job is a backup or restore operation, or No icon, if the active job is not a backup or restore operation, but a job such as an Erase or Format operation. Only data from the first stream displays for multi-stream jobs.
   Media server	The media server on which this job is running. If the Central Admin Server Option is installed, this is the managed media server that the central administration server has delegated this job to. See Managing jobs in CASO.
   Delegation status	If the Central Admin Server Option is installed, indicates the current status of a job that is being delegated from the central administration server to the managed media server. These statuses include the following, where <x> is replaced with the name of the managed media server: Preparing to delegate job to <x> Delegating job to <x> Job has been delegated to <x> Job has been received by <x> Job is actively running on <x> Job has completed on <x> Error in delegating job ... re-submitting job to <x> See Managing jobs in CASO.
   Directories	Number of directories processed.
   Files	Number of files processed.
   Skipped files	Number of files skipped during the operation.
   Corrupt files	Number of corrupt files encountered during the operation.
   Files in use	Number of files in use encountered during the operation.
   Job rate	Number of megabytes processed per minute.
   Bytes	Number of bytes processed.
   Start time	Time the operation started.
   Elapsed time	Length of time that has elapsed since the operation started.
   Percent complete	Select percentage of the job that has completed. To display this option, on the Tools menu, select Options, and then in Preferences, select Display progress indicators for backup jobs.
   Estimated total bytes	The total number of bytes for the backup job estimated during a prescan. To display this option, on the Tools menu, select Options, and then in Preferences, select Display progress indicators for backup jobs.
   Estimated time remaining	The estimated time it will take for the job to complete. To display this option, on the Tools menu, select Options, and then in Preferences, select Display progress indicators for backup jobs.
   Note	Indicates that the option to show job estimates is not selected. To show this option, do the following: On the Tools menu, click Options. On the Properties pane, under Settings, click Preferences. Check Display progress indicators for backup jobs.

   
   

4. Click Cancel Job to cancel the processing of the job. If the job is scheduled, it will run again at the next scheduled time. Canceling a job may take a considerable amount of time depending on the tape drive selected for the job.

5. Click Print to print the job activity information. You must have a printer attached to the computer and configured in order to print the report.

6. Click Find to search for a word in the Job Activity log.