Media Servers view in CASO

After CASO is installed, you can perform tasks on the managed media servers from the Media Servers view on the central administration server. Managed media servers are also displayed in the Job Monitor view, in Current Jobs and in Job History.

The following information is displayed in the Media Servers view.

Table: Media Servers view

Item

Description

Name

Displays the name of the managed media server or central administration server. Along with the name, an icon representing a managed media server or central administration server is used to help you quickly differentiate between the two.

See Media Servers view in CASO.

Description

Displays a user-defined description of the managed media server or the central administration server.

Communication Status

Displays the status of communications between the managed media server and the central administration server.

Statuses include the following:

  • Enabled – Communications about jobs between the managed media server and the central administration server are working properly.

  • Disabled – Communications between the managed media server and the central administration server have been disabled by the user.

  • Stalled – Communications between the managed media server and the central administration server have not occurred within the configured time threshold.

    See What happens when CASO communication thresholds are reached.

  • No communication – No communication about jobs is being received at the central administration server from the managed media server. The configured time threshold has been reached. Jobs that are sent to the managed media server are recovered. Possible causes can range from a network failure to hardware failure in either the managed media server or the central administration server.

    See About recovering failed jobs in CASO.

  • N/A – This status appears when the computer that is displayed in the Name column is a central administration server.

Media Server Status

Displays the present status of a managed media server.

Valid statuses include the following:

  • Online – All managed media server services are running and communication with the central administration server is functioning as expected.

  • Paused – The managed media server has been placed in a Paused state by the user. Jobs are not delegated to the managed media server when it is in a Paused state.

  • Unavailable – A state where no communications have been received by the central administration server from the managed media server.

  • Offline – All managed media server services have been stopped; the media server cannot run jobs in an offline state.

Media Server Type

Displays Backup Exec’s description of the media server. It can be either a managed media server or a central administration server.

Monitor Jobs Created Locally

Displays Yes if the option Monitor jobs that are created on the local managed media server in addition to the jobs that are delegated from the central administration server is enabled; otherwise, No is displayed.

If this option is enabled, you can hold, delete, run, cancel, and change the priority of jobs that were copied from the central administration server.

See How CASO works.

Catalog Location

Displays the location of the catalog.

See Changing the CASO catalog location.

Version

Displays the version of Backup Exec that is installed and running on the media server.

Operating System

Displays the type of operating system that is installed and running on the media server.

Operating System Build

Displays the build number of the operating system that is installed on the media server.

Icons are used in the Media Server view to help you quickly identify the operational status of Backup Exec managed media servers that appear in the Results pane.

You can find a list of icons that appear in the CASO Media Server view at the following URL:

http://entsupport.symantec.com/umi/V-269-12

Media Servers view in CASO