Job Logs and Histories for managed media servers

By default, job logs and job histories are stored locally at the managed media server where the jobs are processed. However, you can set up Backup Exec to send job logs and job histories to the central administration server.

See Copying logs and histories to the central administration server.

Table: Job Logs and Histories for managed media servers

Item

Description

Never

Keeps the job log on the managed media server where the job ran.

Every day at

Sends a copy of the job log to the central administration server every day at the time you specify.

On job completion

Sends a copy of the job log to the central administration server when the job completes.

Only if the job fails

Sends a copy of the job log to the central administration server only if the job fails.

Only when required by job type

Sends a copy of the job history to the central administration server whenever the managed media server processes a job type that requires the central administration server to store the job history.

The job types Set Copy and Synthetic Backup require job histories to be stored on the central administration server.

Every day at

Sends a copy of the job history to the central administration server every day at a specified time.

On job completion

Sends a copy of the job history to the central administration server when the jobs complete.

Only if the job fails

Sends a copy of the job history to the central administration server only if the job fails.

Job Logs and Histories for managed media servers