Job History properties for completed jobs

The Job History tab provides summary information for a job.

See Viewing the properties for completed jobs.

Table: Job History properties for completed jobs

Item

Description

Previous

Displays the job history of the previous job that was run as part of this recurring job.

Next

Displays the job history of the next job that was run as part of this recurring job.

Job name

Shows the job name that was entered during job configuration.

Job type

Shows the type of operation that was performed, such as Back up, Back Up and Delete, Catalog, Restore, or Verify.

Job status

Shows the status of the operation.

Job log

Shows the file name and location of the job log.

Server name

Shows the name of the media server that processed the job.

Selection list name

Shows the name of the selection list that was processed in the job.

Device Name

Shows the name of the device that processed the job.

Target name

Shows the name of the device that was selected during job configuration.

Media set name

Shows the name of the media set that processed the job.

All Media Used

Lists all the media that was used to process the job.

Byte count

Shows the number of bytes that were processed. (This item does not appear in the Job History for catalog jobs.)

Job rate

Shows the amount of data that was backed up per minute for the entire job. (This item does not appear in the Job History for catalog jobs.)

Files

Shows the total number of files that were processed.

Directories

Shows the total number of directories that were processed.

Skipped files

Shows the number of files that were skipped during the operation.

Corrupt files

Lists the number of corrupt files that were encountered during the operation.

Files in use

Lists the number of open files that were encountered during the operation.

Original start time

Shows the time the job was submitted for processing.

Job started

Shows the time the operation started.

Job ended

Shows the time the operation ended.

Elapsed time

Shows the length of time the operation took.

Set type

Lists the type of operation that was performed on the media set, such as Back up, Back Up and Delete, Catalog, Restore, or Verify.

Set status

Shows the status of the operation.

Set description

Shows the job name that was entered during job configuration.

Resource name

Lists the name of the resource for the job.

Logon account

Lists the name of the logon account that was used for the job.

Encryption key

Indicates if an encryption key was used for the job.

Error

Shows the error code, if an error occurred.

You can use the job log to locate where the error occurred and to get additional information about the error from the Unique Message Identifier.

See Linking from the job log to the Symantec Technical Support Web site.

In addition, you can user error-handling rules to enable retry options and final job disposition for jobs when this error occurs.

See About error-handling rules.

Agent used

Indicates if a Backup Exec agent was used during the operation.

Advanced Open File Option used

Indicates if the Advanced Open File Option was used during the operation.

Start time

Shows the time the operation started.

End time

Shows the length of time the operation took.

Job History properties for completed jobs