Copying jobs, selection lists, and
policies
Backup Exec enables you
to copy all jobs (including backup, report, utility, and archive
jobs), selection lists, and policies that were created on your
media server to the same media server, or to another media
server.
To copy jobs, selection
lists, or polices to other media servers, the Copy Server
Configurations feature must be installed.
See About Backup Exec's
standard features.
To copy jobs, selection lists, or policies
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On the media server's
navigation bar, click .
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Select the job, backup
selection list, or policy you want to copy.
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In the task list, under
General Tasks, click .
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Select the appropriate
options as follows:
Copy to this media server
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Select this option if you want to copy to this media server.
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Copy to other media servers
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Select this option if you want to copy to other media
servers.
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Destination media servers
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If you are copying to other servers, select the media server you
want to copy to. If the media server doesn't appear on the list,
click , and then enter
the media server name.
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Overwrite jobs with identical names that already exist on the
destination media server
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Select this option if you want to overwrite an existing job,
selection list, or policy having the same name.
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Overwrite logon accounts used by this job that already exist on
the destination server
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Select this option if you want to overwrite logon accounts for
an existing job having the same name. This option only appears if
you are copying a job to another media server.
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Add
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Click this button if you want to add a media server to the
Destination media servers list.
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Edit
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Select a media server, and then click this button if you want to
edit information stored for a media server, such as logon account
information.
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Remove
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Select a media server, and then click this button if you want to
remove a media server from the Destination media servers list.
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Import List
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Click this button if you want to import a list of media servers
to the Destination media servers list. The list should include only
the media server name, with one per line.
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Click .
The operation is queued.
The default time-out is five minutes; if the transfer cannot be
completed within five minutes, the transfer is terminated and an
alert is issued. The queue checks for copy jobs every 60 seconds,
and then sends all the copy jobs that are queued.
Backup Exec sends an
alert with the job success or failure status along with a log file
that allows you to view results. The job log for Copy to Media
Server jobs does not display with the other job logs in the Job
History.
To view the job log for a copy to media server
job
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On the navigation bar,
click .
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Click or .
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Click the column heading.
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Locate an alert with
"Job" as a Source and "Copy to Media Server job" as a Job Name.
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Right-click the alert,
and then select .
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If a Copy to Media Server
alert does not exist, do one of the following:
To enable the alert from the task pane
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In the task pane, under Alert Tasks, click .
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Enable the
and alert
categories.
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To enable the alert from the Tools menu
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On the Tools menu, click .
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In the Properties pane, under Settings, click .
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Check .
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