Job Operation – Continuous Protection job topic box

The first topic box, Job Operation – Continuous Protection, provides a summary statement on the quality of the CPS job.

The three possible states for CPS jobs are the following:

  • All CPS jobs are good.

  • One or more problems exist with the CPS jobs.

  • Fatal errors occurred that prevent SmartLink from running.

Table: CPS summary log messages provides more information about the summary log messages that might appear for each state.

Table: CPS summary log messages

Message

Description

All CPS backup jobs are good

CPS Backup Jobs are complete or are running without errors.

This message appears if all CPS jobs have completed or are running without errors.

There are one or more problems

Exception in One or More CPS Backup Jobs.

If there are any problems with the CPS jobs or pairs, this message appears in the CPS Log. Additionally, the Exceptions topic box appears later in the Job Log, which provides details on the specific problems that are encountered in the CPS jobs.

See Exceptions topic box.

A fatal error has occurred

The SmartLink Command Line Has Syntax Errors.

This message appears when syntax errors are encountered in the SmartLink command line. Additionally, if this message is posted, the Command Line Syntax Error topic box appears later in the Job Log, which provides details on the nature of the error.

See Command Line Syntax Error topic box.

SmartLink is unable to connect to the Backup Exec server. (Server: <servername> User: <username> Pwd: xxxx … Error: <errorcode>Errors

This error might occur for one of the following reasons:

  • SmartLink may be invoked using invalid Backup Exec credentials, which prevents SmartLink from connecting to Backup Exec. For example, this message appears if all CPS Jobs are good, but invalid Backup Exec credentials were provided.

  • SmartLink was not able to acquire the Backup Exec job information from Backup Exec.

SmartLink is unable to contact the Continuous Management Server. The server may be down or a network issue may be preventing SmartLink from contacting the Continuous Management Server. No backup data validation on Protection Server is possible.

The server may be down or a network issue may prevent SmartLink from contacting the CMS. No CPS Backup data validation is possible.

SmartLink is unable to contact the Continuous Management Server.

The server may be down or a network issue may prevent SmartLink from contacting the CMS. No CPS Backup data validation is possible.

Job Operation – Continuous Protection job topic box