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Menu Bar

The Menu bar consists of the following menu items:

Option Description

File

Options Change Server, New Window from Here, Adjust Application Time Zone, Export, Page Setup, Print Preview, Print, Close Window, and Exit are described in File Menu.

Edit

Options Delete, Select All, and Find are described in Edit Menu.

View

Options Show Toolbar, Show Tree, Back, Forward, Up One Level, Options, Refresh, Column Layout, Sort, and Filter are described in View Menu.

The Options option allows you to configure certain aspects of the Activity Monitor.

The Filter option is useful for displaying in Activity Monitor only those jobs with specified characteristics. For example, jobs that started before or after a specific date and time; jobs that are in either the active or queued state; jobs that have status completion codes within a specified range.

Actions

The Actions menu contains the following options:

Details: Displays detailed information about the job, daemon, or process you select in the list.

Cancel Job: Cancels uncompleted jobs that you have selected in the Jobs list. A cancelled checkpointed backup or restore job cannot be resumed from the last checkpoint. If this is desired, use Suspend Job instead.

Cancel All Jobs: Cancels all uncompleted backup jobs.

Suspend Job: Suspends an Active, Queued or Requeued checkpointed backup or restore job. An administrator may want to suspend a job to free a resource or to run another job, then resume the suspended job when the resource is available. See Move Restore Job From Incomplete State to Done State and Move Backup Job from Incomplete State to Done State.

Resume Job: Resumes an Incomplete or Suspended checkpointed backup or restore job from the last checkpoint. When a checkpointed backup is resumed, the backup is resumed on the same media server. If Any available is specified as the storage unit group, or if a specific storage unit group is specified, the backup may use a different storage unit on the same media server.

However, a backup job to a tape storage unit cannot be resumed on a disk storage unit, or a disk storage unit to a tape storage unit.

A job may be in a incomplete state indefinitely and may be resumed until the backup or incomplete backup has expired. See Move Restore Job From Incomplete State to Done State and Move Backup Job from Incomplete State to Done State.

The same is true for optical storage units mixed with tape devices: If a backup that was originally started on an optical device is resumed on a tape device (or vice versa), the backup will fail with a 174 (Media Manager - system error occurred) status. In this situation, use a specific storage unit, or use storage unit groups to separate the optical and tape devices.

Restart Job: Restarts a job from the beginning. (The job is not required to be checkpointed.) The job may be restarted on the same media server or a different media server. See Checkpoint Restart for Backup Jobs.When a job is restarted, a new job ID is assigned to the restarted job.


Note    The job must be marked as Done to restart it. To restart an Incomplete or Suspended job, cancel the job to force it into the Done state.

When a job is restarted, a new job ID is assigned to the restarted job. The job details available through the Activity Monitor and various reports record the event in the following format:

  • timestamp Job manually restarted as new_jobID.

    • Stop Daemon: Stops daemons that you have selected in the Daemons list.

    Start Daemon: Starts daemons that you have selected in the Daemons list.

Help

Options Help Topics, Troubleshooter, License Keys, and About NetBackup Administration Console are described in Help Menu.

The following sections describe common Activity Monitor operations using the menu options:

  To view specific column heads in the Details pane

  1. Open the Activity Monitor.
  2. Click View > Columns Layout. The Column Layout dialog appears, showing the current settings.
  3. Select a column heading you wish to show or hide.
    • Select the Show button or the Hide button to display or hide the column.
  4. Select a column heading you wish to move up or down in the order of appearance. Select the Move Up button or the Move Down button to reorder the columns.
  5. Click OK to apply the changes.

  To monitor the detailed status of selected jobs

  1. Open the Activity Monitor and select the Jobs tab.
  2. Select the job(s) for which you want to view details.
  3. Select Actions > Details. A Jobs Details dialog appears for each job you selected.

  To delete completed jobs

  1. Open the Activity Monitor and select the Jobs tab.
  2. Select the job(s) you want to delete.
  3. Select Edit > Delete. All selected jobs are deleted.

  To cancel uncompleted jobs

  1. Open the Activity Monitor and select the Jobs tab.
  2. Select the uncompleted jobs you want to cancel. An uncompleted job is one that is in the Queued, Re-Queued, Active, Incomplete, or Suspended state.
  3. Select Actions > Cancel Job. All selected jobs are cancelled.
    To cancel all uncompleted jobs in the jobs list, click Actions > Cancel All Jobs.

  To suspend a restore or backup job

  1. Open the Activity Monitor and select the Jobs tab.
  2. Select the job you want to suspend.
  3. Select Actions > Suspend Job. All selected jobs are suspended.

  To resume a suspended or incomplete job

  1. Open the Activity Monitor and select the Jobs tab.
  2. Select the suspended or incomplete job you want to resume.
  3. Select Actions > Resume Job. All selected jobs are resumed.

  To restart a completed job

  1. Open the Activity Monitor and select the Jobs tab.
  2. Select the completed job you want to restart.
  3. Select Actions > Restart Job. All selected jobs are restarted. In this case, a new job ID is created for the job. The job details for the original job will reference the job ID of the new job.

  To export Activity Monitor data to a text file

  1. Open the Activity Monitor.
  2. From any Activity Monitor tab, select File > Export.
  3. Select the information you want to export:
    • All jobs visible in the Jobs tab, or
    • Only the rows that are currently selected in the Activity Monitor.
  4. Enter the full pathname to the file where you want the job data to be written, then click Save.

  To run Troubleshooter within the Activity Monitor

If a job fails, use the Troubleshooter on the Help menu to find explanations and corrective actions based on the NetBackup status code that the job returns.

  1. Open the Activity Monitor and select the Jobs tab.
  2. Select the job you wish to troubleshoot.
  3. Open the Troubleshooter using one of the following methods:
    • Click the Troubleshoot icon.
    • Select Help > Troubleshooter.
    • Right-click on the job and select Troubleshooter.
    • Open the job details for a job, click the Detailed Status tab. Then click Troubleshooter.
  4. The Troubleshooter dialog appears, stating an explanation of the problem on the Problems tab, and a recommended action on the Troubleshoot tab.
    If there is no status code entered in the Troubleshooter status code field, enter the status code of the failed job and click Lookup to look up the troubleshooting information. You can open the Troubleshooter at any time and enter a status code.
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