NetVault 13.2 - Administration Guide

On the Manage Job Definitions page, you can view the job definitions that are available in the NetVault Database. The page includes all scheduled and saved jobs.

Figure 16. Manage Job Definitions page

The table shows the following information:

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Job Title: Name or title of the job.

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Job ID: Job ID number (also shows the instance ID number and phase ID number).

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Policy name: Name of the policy if the job belongs to a backup policy.

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Type: Backup or restore.

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Plugin: Name of the plug-in used to perform the job.

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Client: Name of the NetVault Client for which the job was performed.

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Selection Set: Backup or Restore Selection Set.

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Next Run Time: Date and time when the next instance is scheduled to run.

By default, the table is sorted by Job ID number (descending order).

You can sort the table by one or more columns, as required. For more information, see Sorting records in NetVault WebUI.

To set the filter options, view the page size setting, column sort order, or applied filters in the table; export the records; or edit table settings, click the icons at the lower- right corner of the table. For more information on table filter options for Manage Job Definitions page, see Table 10.

For more information, see Customizing tables in NetVault WebUI.

Optionally, use the Search option to filter the table data and quickly find entries that contain the specified string in any column values. You can also include wildcards (“?” or “*”) in the search filter string.

Select the job definition that you want to view, and click Manage Job.

On the Manage Job page, you can view the following information:

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Job Details: This area shows the following information: job name, job ID, job type (backup or restore), and name of the client.

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Configuration: This area lets you create, edit, and view the protection sets. It shows the selections, the plug-in options, schedule, source storage, target storage, and advanced options.


	NOTE: You can use the Client links in the Job Details area to modify a set, however you cannot use these links to specify a new set for the job. To modify the job definition, see Editing job definitions. To edit a backup job, you can understand more about the sets by previewing the set information. To preview the set summary, move the pointer over the information icons in the Job Details area on Manage Job page.

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Recent Instances: This table lists the recent instances of the job. It shows the following information: Run time, duration, job size, instance ID, phase ID, and status (Succeeded, Failed, Aborted, and others).

To perform a job-related task, click the corresponding button in the Operations pane.

Alternatively, click a link in the Navigation pane to open a different page. However, the Remove button is disabled for a job associated with a policy. You can remove a job associated with a policy only from Manage Policies page. Also, if the job is associated with a policy, Manage Job page also lets you make changes to the job policy.

Editing job definitions

You can change one or more components (sets) for an existing job definition. When saving the changes, you can choose to overwrite the job or save the changes to a new job.

To edit job definitions

In the Navigation pane, click Manage Job Definitions.

In the list of available job definitions, select the job, and click Manage Job.

Depending on the type of job, the backup or restore job wizard is started.

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For a policy job, Customize Policy Job dialog box displayed.

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To edit a policy job without changing its job type, click No. Edit Policy Job wizard is started.

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To edit a policy job by changing its job type (for example, changing it to a normal backup or restore job), click Yes. Backup or restore job wizard is started.

Select an existing set or configure a new set for the component that you want to change. For more information, see Creating a backup job, Creating restore jobs, or Creating a policy.

To rename the job or to save the changes to a new job, type a name in the Job Name box.

Save or schedule the job, as required:

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Schedule the job: To submit the job for scheduling, click Save & Submit.

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Save the definition without scheduling the job: To save the job definition without scheduling it, click Save.

If a new name was provided in Step 5, the Save Job dialog box is displayed. Select the applicable option in this dialog box:

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Save changes creating a new job using the supplied name: Select this option to save the changes to a new job.

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Save changes renaming this job to the supplied name: Select this option to rename the existing job.

Click OK.

Deleting job definitions

If a job definition is no longer required, you can remove it from the NetVault Database. If a job is active, you cannot delete its definition until you cancel the job. Similarly, if a job is schedule to run later, you cannot delete its definition until you cancel the job schedule.

To delete job definitions

In the Navigation pane, click Manage Job Definitions.

In the list of available job definitions, select the jobs that you want to delete.

To select consecutive items, hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse button; to select non‑consecutive items, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking with the mouse button. However, you can remove a job definition associated with a policy only from Manage Policies page.

Click Remove, and in the confirmation dialog box, click OK.

Adding a non-policy job to a policy

You can add a non-policy job to an existing policy.

To add a non-policy job to an existing policy

In the Navigation pane, click Manage Job Definitions.

In the list of available job definitions, select the non-policy job, and click Add to Policy.

Select a policy on the Select Policies dialog box. Click OK.


	NOTE: Adding a non- policy job configured on a client which is associated to a selected policy adds the same job ID in the policy. However, adding a non-policy job configured on a client which is not associated to a selected policy adds a new job with same job name, job definition, and different job ID in the policy.

The following example describes adding a non-policy job (BackupJob) with Job ID (69) configured on a client (Client-D) which is not associated to a selected policy (Policy1) and includes two backup jobs on three clients (Client-A, Client-B, and Client-C):

In the list of available job definitions, select the non-policy job ‘BackupJob’ and click Add to Policy.

In the Select Policies dialog box, select the policy name ‘Policy1’.

Click OK.

New backup jobs with the name ‘BackupJob’ and Job ID as 70, 71, and 72 for each client in the selected policy ‘Policy1’ will be added as shown below: