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6 Data Protector Express User's Guide and Technical Reference
Protector Express management domain that was selected when Data Protector Express was installed
on the machine.
Creating and running jobs
Data Protector Express creates backup media and restores files with jobs . Working with backup devices
and a network, Data Protector Express jobs either back up network file or application servers and PC
desktops onto physical or virtual media or restore files from media onto file or application servers or PC
desktops. When you want Data Protector Express to back up or restore a file, you create and run a job.
There are several kinds of jobs: backup, restore, verify, media, and disaster recovery. Every kind of job
you create and run has six components:
creating the job, permissions, selection, options, scheduling and
running . Setting up media rotation is an additional feature that you may include in your backup jobs.
Creating the job: You begin by creating a job, either a backup, restore, verify, media, and disaster recovery
job. Refer to Chapter 3 – Creating Jobs with Data Protector Express on page 29 for more information.
Permissions: In order to create a job, you must have permissions to the objects that job will work with.
For example, to create a backup job, you must have permissions to the tape drive, the tape, and the files
you will back up. If you wish to back up files on another PC desktop, you must have permissions to that
PC desktop and to the files on that PC desktop. Individual users are assigned permissions by the Data
Protector Express administrator, who is responsible for ensuring the security and integrity of the backup
system. Refer to Chapter 4 - Permissions on page 41
for more information.
Selection:
Once you have permissions to a file, you must select it to be included in your job. You might
select all files, only a few files, or perhaps only a single file. You select files first by selecting them in the
selection window and second by having Data Protector Express ‘sort’ them with
filters , which apply
additional selection criteria, such as date modified, type of file, and so on. Refer to Chapter 5 – Selecting
Files and File Versions on page 53 for more information.
Options: After scheduling the job, you specify the job’s option settings. Some of the options you can
specify include what backup device to use, what media to use, whether to automatically format the media,
and so on. Refer to Chapter 8 – Job Options on page 107
for more information.
Scheduling: After selecting files, the job is scheduled to be run. A job may be scheduled to run later or to
run immediately. It can be scheduled to run regularly or only once. Refer to Chapter 6 – Scheduling Jobs
on page 90
and Chapter 7 – Planning for Media Rotation on page 98 for more information.
Media rotation:
After selecting a schedule for a job, you must decide how to manage your media. Data
Protector Express can manage your media automatically with default media rotation plans, or you can
manage your media manually. Refer to Chapter 7 – Planning for Media Rotation on page 98 for more
information.
Running the job: Finally, the job is run. Many scheduled jobs are run automatically by Data Protector
Express, but you can manually run a job at any time. Refer to Chapter 9 – Running Jobs on page 122 for
more information.
NOTE: When you recover the storage management catalog, jobs are placed on hold. To restart the jobs,
select the jobs and select Continue from the command list.