Start a backup job

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You can start a backup job on demand outside of the schedule that is set by the SLA policy.

Procedure

To start a backup job on demand, complete the following steps:
  1. In the navigation panel, click Jobs and Operations, and open the Schedule tab.
    If your job is not a scheduled job, but is an on-demand job, click the Job History tab.
  2. Choose the job that you want to run and click the Start action as shown in the following figure:
    Figure 1. Starting a job
    This image depicts starting a job on demand

What to do next

To view the job log, click the job in the Running Jobs tab.

The log screen shows the following details:
  • Status: shows whether the message is an error, warning, or informational message.
  • Time: shows the time stamp of the message.
  • ID: shows the unique identifier for the message if applicable.
  • Description: shows what the message is.

You can download a job log from the page by clicking Download .zip. If you want to cancel the job, click Actions > Cancel Job Type.