Chapter 9: Running Jobs; Overview - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

Data Protector Express will automatically run jobs that are scheduled. You can view jobs scheduled to be
run on the Job Status view and you can track the progress of a job as it runs from the job's Status page
or from the Job Status view.
If the storage management server is turned off when a job is scheduled, the job will run when that
machine is started again. Jobs scheduled to run will begin running five minutes after you start Data
Protector Express. (If Data Protector Express is run as a service, this will be five minutes after startup.)
This five-minute lag allows you to modify, update or cancel any pending jobs before they run.
Job Status View
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Running Scheduled Jobs
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Running Unscheduled Jobs
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Status property
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Job Logs
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Audit Logs
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Overview

For jobs that are not scheduled, Data Protector Express will only run the job when you instruct it to do so.
Scheduled jobs run automatically as scheduled. You can view what jobs are scheduled to run on the Job
Status view, which indicates when a job is scheduled to run and provides a short summary of a job's
progress as it runs. When Data Protector Express automatically runs a scheduled job from the Job Status
view, it updates the option settings for that job before running it.
You can also "force" scheduled jobs to run before they are scheduled. When a scheduled job is forced to
run, Data Protector Express does not automatically update settings on the job's Option page. Forcing a
job to run can also affect the permissions Data Protector Express uses when it runs the job. Be certain to
read Forcing scheduled jobs to run on page 126 for more information on how forcing a scheduled job to
run affects the settings Data Protector Express uses to run the job.
The Status window provides detailed information about the progress and status of jobs as they run. You
can use this window to see that a job is running properly. After a job has completed running, you can
view and print the Job Log to check what files were successfully or unsuccessfully backed up, verified or
restored.