Chapter 3: Creating Jobs With Data Protector Express; Overview; Backup Jobs - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

To transfer files back and forth from backup devices to PC desktops and file or application servers
attached to a network, you create and run jobs. You organize and store these jobs in folders you create on
job pages in the main Data Protector Express administrator window.
Jobs and Media view and the Job Status view
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Creating New Jobs
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Renaming, deleting, copying and moving jobs
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Overview

You use backup jobs in order to protect against loss of data due to disasters or equipment malfunction, to
archive important files and to create permanent historical records. Restore jobs allow you to transfer
stored files on media back to file or application servers and PC desktops. Verify jobs compare the version
of a file stored on media, such as tapes, with current versions of the file stored on machines on a network.
You can create folders to store these jobs on one of the job pages. These folders and the jobs stored within
them can be renamed, deleted and moved to new locations.
Data Protector Express can create and run several types of jobs: backup jobs, restore jobs, verify jobs,
media jobs, and disaster recovery jobs. You can also create several types of jobs and add them to a Job
Group so that they will run together unattended.
Backup jobs copy selected files from file or application servers and PC desktops to various storage media,
such as tapes, writable CD or DVD media, or virtual media. These backups can be stored, preserving a
copy of the file for future use. You might create and run a backup job for one of the following reasons:
To ensure the integrity of data should a disk drive on a PC desktop or file or application server fail.
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This is perhaps the most common type of backup job. Its purpose is to protect valuable information in
case of a disastrous data loss. This type of backup allows a company or organization to return to work
quickly, even after the failure of a main file or application server. To be effective, these backup jobs
must be run regularly (usually daily) without exception to ensure that recent changes to files can be
safely restored. This type of backup job is for disaster protection.
To remove files—from a PC desktop or file or application server—that are infrequently used.
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