Backup Plans And Tasks; Tasks Need Interaction - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition User Manual

Warnings Highlight the date in yellow if no "Error" entries appeared and at least one "Warning" entry
appeared in the log on this date.
Information Highlight the date in green if only "Information" log entries appeared on this date (normal
activity.)
The Select current date link focuses selection to the current date.
System view
Shows summarized statistics of backup plans, tasks, and brief information on the last backup. Click
the items in this section to obtain the relevant information. This will take you to the Backup plans
and tasks (p. 168) view with pre-filtered plans or tasks. For instance, if you click Local under Backup
plans, the Backup plans and tasks view will be opened with backup plans filtered by the Local origin.
6.1.1.1

Tasks need interaction

This window accumulates all the tasks that require user interaction in one place. It enables you to
specify your decision, such as to confirm reboot or to retry after freeing-up the disk space, on each of
the tasks. Until at least one task requires interaction, you can open this window at any time from the
managed machine's Dashboard (p. 166).
If you select the check box for the Do not show this window when tasks require interaction. I will
see this information in the tasks' details and dashboard. parameter, the tasks will be displayed on
the Dashboard among other alerts and warnings.
Alternatively, you can review the task execution states in the Backup plans and tasks (p. 168) view
and specify your decision on each task in the Information panel (or in the Task details (p. 176)
window).
6.1.2

Backup plans and tasks

The Backup plans and tasks view keeps you informed of data protection on a given machine. It lets
you monitor and manage backup plans and tasks.
A backup plan is a set of rules that specify how the given data will be protected on a given machine.
Physically, a backup plan is a bundle of tasks configured for execution on a managed machine. To find
out what a backup plan is currently doing on the machine, check the backup plan execution state (p.
169). A backup plan state is a cumulative state of the plan's tasks.The status of a backup plan (p. 169)
helps you to estimate whether the data is successfully protected.
A task is a set of sequential actions to be performed on a machine when a certain time comes or
certain event occurs. To keep track of a task's current progress, examine its state (p. 170). Check a
task status (p. 171) to ascertain the result of a task.
Way of working
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Use filters to display the desired backup plans (tasks) in the backup plans table. By default, the
table displays all the plans of the managed machine sorted by name. You can also hide the
unneeded columns and show the hidden ones. See the Filtering and sorting backup plans and
tasks (p. 175) section for details.
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In the backup table, select the backup plan (task).
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Use the toolbar's buttons to take an action on the selected plan (task). See the Actions on backup
plans and tasks (p. 172) section for details. You can run, edit, stop and delete the created plans
and tasks.
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