Managing and controlling full-server jobs

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.

Overview job information displayed in the top pane

The top pane displays high-level overview information about your jobs.

Column 1 (Blank)

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. This could be the name or IP address of your source. In parenthesis will be the reserved IP address that you assigned to this server.

Target Server

The name of the target. This could be the name or IP address of your target. In parenthesis will be the reserved IP address that you assigned to this server.

Job Type

Files and Folders—This job type is protecting data stored in files and folders.
Full Server Failover—This job type is protecting an entire server, including the system state, which is the server's configured operating system and applications.
P/V to Hyper-V—This job is protecting a physical server or a virtual server, at the guest level, to a Hyper-V server.
P/V to ESX—This job type is protecting a physical or virtual server, at the guest level, to an ESX server.
Hyper-V—This job is protecting a Hyper-V virtual server, at the host level, to a Hyper-V virtual server.
V to ESX—This job is protecting an ESX virtual server running Windows to an ESX server.
Unmanaged Connection—This job type is for connections made by Double-Take Availability versions 5.2.x and earlier. These jobs are display only and cannot be managed through the Double-Take Console.
Legacy—This job type is for connections made by Double-Take Availability version 5.3 connections made outside of the Double-Take Console. You will have minimal control of these jobs through the Double-Take Console.

Activity

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

Calculating—The amount of data to be mirrored is being calculated.
Mirroring—If the amount of data to be mirrored has not been calculated and data is actively being mirrored to the target, the Mirror Status will indicate Mirroring.
Percentage Complete—If the amount of data to be mirrored has been calculated and data is actively being mirrored to the target, the Mirror Status will display the percentage of data that has been sent.
Waiting—Mirroring is complete, but data is still being written to the target.
Idle—Data is not being mirrored.
Paused—Mirroring has been paused.
Stopped—Mirroring has been stopped.
Removing Orphans—Orphan files on the target are being removed or deleted depending on the configuration.
Verifying—Data is being verified between the source and target.
Restoring—Data is being restored from the target to the source.
Archiving—Data is being archived or an archive report is being run.
Unknown—The console cannot determine the status.

Replication Status

Replicating—Data is being replicated to the target.
Ready—There is no data to replicate.
Pending—Replication is pending.
Stopped—Replication has been stopped.
Out of Memory—Replication memory has been exhausted.
Failed—The Double-Take service is not receiving replication operations from the Double-Take driver. Check the Event Viewer for driver related issues.
Unknown—The console cannot determine the status.

Transmit Mode

Started—Data is being transmitted to the target.
Paused—Data transmission has been paused.
Scheduled—Data transmission is waiting on schedule criteria.
Stopped—Data is not being transmitted to the target.
Error—There is a transmission error.
Unknown—The console cannot determine the status.

Detailed job information displayed in the bottom pane

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

Target data state

OK—The data on the target is in a good state.
Mirroring—The target is in the middle of a mirror process. The data will not be in a good state until the mirror is complete.
Mirror Required—The data on the target is not in a good state because a remirror is required. This may be caused by an incomplete or stopped mirror or an operation may have been dropped on the target.
Restore required—The data on the source and target do not match because of a failover condition. Restore the data from the target back to the source. If you want to discard the changes on the target, you can remirror to resynchronize the source and target.
Snapshot reverted—The data on the source and target do not match because a snapshot has been applied on the target. Restore the data from the target back to the source. If you want to discard the changes on the target, you can remirror to resynchronize the source and target.

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.

Job controls

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.

Provide Credentials

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.

View Recent Activity

Displays the recent activity list for the selected job. Highlight an activity in the list to display additional details about the activity.

Start

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.

Pause

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.

Stop

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.

Failover

Starts the failover process. See Failing over full-server jobs for the process and details of failing over a full-server job.

Failback

Starts the failback process. Failback does not apply to full-server jobs.

Restore

Starts the restoration process. Restore does not apply to full-server jobs.

Reverse protection

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.

Undo Failover

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.

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Displays any toolbar buttons that are hidden from view when the window size is reduced