Running A Failed Rotation Job Again; Media Rotation - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User's Manual & Technical Reference

i.
Click the Delete button under the Media pane and click OK.
j.
Click Add.
k. Click the Browse button next to New media location.
l.
Browse to Home\Admin Folder\Monday and click OK.
m. Click the Schedule page.
n. Select Run on specific day.
o. Set the start time and date.
p. Click OK to close the backup job properties window. The job will run at the selected time
on the selected days.
6. Repeat step 5 for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Running a failed rotation job again

Manually set the correct options and "force" the job to run again.
Suppose a scheduled job has failed to run correctly. In order to ensure the integrity of the data, the
job must be run again.
Consider this example. Suppose it is discovered on Monday morning that a full backup job has failed to
run as scheduled on Friday evening. If a full backup job is not run before the next incremental job, the
ability to fully reconstruct data will be compromised. It is vital that the full backup job be run soon.
However, you cannot merely "force" the job to run again. Recall that when Data Protector Express runs a
scheduled job, it automatically updates four settings on the Options and Device/Media property pages of
the job: Backup mode, Write mode, New media location, New media name and Media.
NOTE:
Data Protector Express does NOT automatically update these fields when you manually "force" a
scheduled job to run.
For example, when Data Protector Express automatically runs a scheduled backup job on a Monday, it
changes (updates) the Backup Mode from Full to Incremental. But when this job is "forced" to run before
its scheduled time, Data Protector Express does not automatically update these fields.
Before forcing a failed job to run again, open the job log of the failed job, noting the appropriate
options. If needed, print the job log. Next, open the Options and Device/Media property pages of the
failed job. Set the settings on the options page to match those of the failed job. In particular, check the
Backup mode , Write mode, New media location, New media name and Media .
You will also want to select the appropriate media in the Media field on the Device/Media page. Use the
Browse button to select the same media as the failed job was to use. When the options of the job match
the options the failed job would have used, run the job.
If you have changed the Media field, be certain that this field is set back to its original specification so
that scheduled jobs will automatically select the proper media.
An alternative method would be to copy the failed job, change the schedule type to Not Scheduled and
then set the options settings to match the failed job. Manually "force" the job to run and delete it after it
has successfully completed.

Media Rotation

In this chapter
• An Example Media Rotation
• Media Sets
• Selecting a Rotation Type
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