Click Manage Jobs from the main Double-Take Console toolbar. The Manage Jobs page allows you to view status information about your jobs. You can also control your jobs from this page.
The jobs displayed in the right pane depend on the server group folder selected in the left pane. Every job for each server in your console session is displayed when the Jobs on All Servers. If you have created and populated server groups, then only the jobs associated with the server or target servers in that server group will be displayed in the right pane.
The top pane displays high-level overview information about your jobs.
The first blank column indicates the state of the job.
The job is in a healthy state.
The job is in a warning state. This icon is also displayed on any server groups that you have created that contain a job in a warning state.
The job is in an error state. This icon is also displayed on any server groups that you have created that contain a job in an error state.
The job is in an unknown state.
Job
The name of the job
Source Server
The name of the source.
Target Server
The name of the target.
There are many different Activity messages that keep you informed of the job activity. Most of the activity messages are informational and do not require any administrator interaction. If you see error messages, check the job details.
Mirror Status
Replication Status
Transmit Mode
The details displayed in the bottom pane of the Manage Jobs page will depend on the type of job that is highlighted in the top pane. If you select multiple jobs, the details for the first selected job will be displayed. Additionally, you may see an additional status line above the Name of the job, depending on your job type and the current state of the job.
Name
The name of the job
Mirror remaining
The total number of mirror bytes that are remaining to be sent from the source to the target
Replication queue
The total number of replication bytes in the source queue
Disk queue
The amount of disk space being used to queue data on the source
Bytes sent
The total number of mirror and replication bytes that have been transmitted to the target
Bytes sent (compressed)
The total number of compressed mirror and replication bytes that have been transmitted to the target. If compression is disabled, this statistic will be the same as Bytes sent.
Connected since
The date and time indicating when the current job was made. This field is blank, indicating that a TCP/IP socket is not present, when the job is waiting on transmit options or if the transmission has been stopped. This field will maintain the date and time, indicating that a TCP/IP socket is present, when transmission has been paused.
Recent activity
Displays the most recent activity for the selected job, along with an icon indicating the success or failure of the last initiated activity. Click the link to see a list of recent activities for the selected job. You can highlight an activity in the list to display additional details about the activity.
You can control your job through the toolbar buttons available on the Manage jobs page. For some controls
If you select multiple jobs, some of the controls will apply only to the first selected job, while others will apply to all of the selected jobs. For example, View Job Details will only show details for the first selected job, while Stop will stop protection for all of the selected jobs.
Create a New Job
This button leaves the Manage Jobs page and opens the Get Started page.
View Job Details
This button leaves the Manage Jobs page and opens the View Job Details page
Delete
Deletes the selected jobs.
Changes the login credentials for one or both servers in the selected job. This button opens the Provide Credentials dialog box where you can specify the new account information and which servers you want to update. You will remain on the Manage Jobs page after updating the server credentials.
Displays the recent activity list for the selected job. Highlight an activity in the list to display additional details about the activity.
Starts or resumes the selected jobs.
If you have previously stopped protection, the job will restart mirroring and replication.
If you have previously paused protection, the job will continue mirroring and replication from where it left off, as long as the Double-Take Availability queue was not exhausted during the time the job was paused. If the Double-Take Availability queue was exhausted during the time the job was paused, the job will restart mirroring and replication.
Pauses the selected jobs. Mirroring and replication data will be queued on the source while the job is paused. Failover monitoring will continue while the job is paused.
Stops the selected jobs. Mirroring and replication data will not be queued on the source while the job is stopped. The job remains available in the console, but there will be no mirroring or replication data transmitted from the source to the target. Failover monitoring will continue while the job is stopped.
Starts the failover process. See Failing over full-server jobs for the process and details of failing over a full-server job.
Starts the failback process. Failback does not apply to full-server jobs.
Starts the restoration process. Restore does not apply to full-server jobs.
Reverses protection. The original source hardware will be reversed to the target identity and the job will start mirroring in the reverse direction with the job name and log file names changing accordingly. After the mirror is complete, the job will continue running in the opposite direction. See Reversing full-server jobs for the process and details of reversing a full-server job.
Cancels failover by undoing it. Undo failover does not apply to full-server jobs.
Filter
Select a filter option from the drop-down list to only display certain jobs. You can display Healthy jobs, Jobs with warnings, or Jobs with errors. To clear the filter, select All jobs. If you have created and populated server groups, then the filter will only apply to the jobs associated with the server or target servers in that server group.
View Jobs with Warnings
Displays only jobs with warnings. If you have created and populated server groups, then only jobs with warnings associated with the server or target servers in that server group will be displayed.
View Jobs with Errors
Displays only jobs with errors. If you have created and populated server groups, then only jobs with errors associated with the server or target servers in that server group will be displayed.
Type a server name
Displays only jobs that contain the text you entered. If you have created and populated server groups, then only jobs that contain the text you entered associated with the server or target servers in that server group will be displayed.
Overflow Chevron
Displays any toolbar buttons that are hidden from view when the window size is reduced