Viewing Snap Backup and Backup Job Information

The following information is available for snap backup and backup copy jobs.

Note

Some information applies to specific types of jobs. For example, some information only applies to data aging jobs.

Field

Description

Page or Tile

Job ID

The system-generated ID for the snap copy job. Click the job ID to open the job summary dialog box.

  • Active jobs

  • Job history

  • Job summary

  • Job details

  • Operation

  • Type

The job type, for example, Snap Backup.

  • Active jobs

  • Job history

  • Job summary

  • Job details

  • Server

  • Source client computer

The server that performed the Snap Backup or Backup job.

  • Active jobs

  • Job history

  • Job summary

  • Agent type

  • Agent

The agent type, for example, virtual server.

  • Active jobs

  • Job history

  • Job details

Subclient

The collection of data (subclient) that the software used for the job.

  • Active jobs

  • Job history

  • Job summary

Server group

The server group the job is associated with.

  • Active jobs

  • Job history

Size

The amount of data that the job is processing or processed.

  • Active jobs

  • Job history

Status

The job status description, for example, Completed.

  • Job history

  • Job summary

Backup copy job ID

The id of the snap backup copy jobs for the VM

Job history

Backup copy status

The granular view of the VM that shows the Successful or Pick status of the snap backup copy and backup copy jobs.

Job history

Show admin jobs

The job history details for both the snap backup copy and backup copy jobs.

Job history

Hide admin jobs

The job history details for only the snap backup copy jobs.

  • Job history
  • Start

  • Start time

The time the software started the job.

  • Active jobs

  • Job summary

  • End

  • End time

The time the job ended.

  • Job history

  • Job summary

Elapsed Time

The total time the job ran.

  • Active jobs

  • Job history

Progress

The percentage of the job that is complete.

Active jobs

Backup type

The type of backup job run, for example, Full.

Job summary

Job started from

How the job was started, for example, Interactive.

Job summary

Encryption enabled

Indicates whether or not encryption is enabled.

Job summary

Storage policy

Applies to: data aging jobs

The name of the storage policy associated with the job.

Job summary

Instance

For database jobs, this is the instance that the job used.

Job summary

Transfer time

The time that it took for the software to transfer the data.

Job details

Data transferred on network

The amount of data transferred through the network. This amount of data is calculated by adding all the data written attempts by the job.

If the job completed with multiple attempts or if the data included sparse files, metadata, and so on, the data transferred may be larger than the application size.

Job details

System state

Indicates whether or not the backup job included the system state.

Job details

Failures

The count of failed folders and files, and the corresponding list of failed items.

Job details

Average throughput

The average data transfer rate (in GB of data per hour) based on all data transfer attempts that have taken place, and the percentage of time spent in the following activities: read, write, network, and DDB lookup.

Job details

Data Written

Size of the data stored on the media. This is the size of the data after deduplication and compression, if employed. This amount also includes metadata information, so in some cases, it could be larger than the actual size of the backed up data.

Job history

Estimated Media Size

The estimated space occupied by the backed up data on the media. For deduplicated data, this also includes any pruned data referenced by the backup job.

  • Job History

  • Job details

Aging on

Applies to: data aging jobs

Job details

Job pending reason

The reason the job failed.

Job details

Scanned objects

The number of files and folders scanned during backup.

Job details (during scan phase)

Number of objects backed up

The count of the objects currently backed up as a part of the job.

Job details (after scan phase)

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