Exceptions topic box

If any errors are associated with the CPS jobs or pairs, the message “SmartLink Command Line has error . . . .” appears in the Job Operation – Continuous Protection (Summary) topic box.

Additionally, the Exceptions topic box appears, which contains more detail about the exceptions. If the job is a valid job, the CPS Job section is a warning box (orange). Any CPS Pair sections that have exceptions are also in a warning box that is nested in their respective CPS Job section.

Exceptions can be one of the following:

  • Pair did not meet goodness criteria.

  • Job name or ID was not found.

  • Unknown Job State.

  • Failure to connect to the Job Control Delegate (JCD) to retrieve log details

Table: Exceptions provides more information about the exceptions.

Table: Exceptions

Exception

Description

Goodness Criteria

The criteria that are evaluated to determine the consistency of a job are the following:

  • Each pair must be in a consistent state.

  • Each pair must have been consistent since the last time the associated Backup Exec job was run.

Job Name or ID Not Found

This exception is given when one or more job names or IDs on the SmartLink command line cannot be found on the CMS.

Invalid CPS Job

An invalid job that is specified on the SmartLink command line that does not exist in the CMS database.

Unknown Job State

The JCD of a job and the CMS may be unsynchronized. Thus, there is no way for SmartLink to get an authoritative measure of the state of the job or any of the pairs in the job. Thus, the job in question has an entry in the Exceptions error box but does not have a “Continuous Protection Job” section.

Exceptions topic box