Active Jobs subtab

Overview

The Active Jobs subtab shows jobs that are currently running or waiting to be executed.

Active Jobs subtab

Information

The Active Jobs subtab shows information in the table format with the following columns:

ColumnValueDescription
Job Id Unique identifier of the job
Job Name of the job
Status Current status of the job 1
 Status blockedBlocked
 Status createdCreated
 Status errorError
 Status runningRunning
 Status submittedSubmitted
 Status wait for client resourceWait For Client Resource. This state is a job that is pending a plug-in on the client to be free.
 Status wait for client agentWait For Client Agent
 Status wait for job resourceWait For Job Resource
 Status wait on max jobsWait on Max Jobs
 Status waiting for mediaWaiting for Media
 Status waiting for mountWaiting for Mount. A reboot is necessary after a configuration is loaded. This error can appear if the reboot does not happen after uploading a configuration.
 Status waiting for higher priority jobsWaiting for Higher Priority Jobs. There are jobs with a higher priority in queue that need to finish in order for this backup to run. Bacula can only process one priority level at a time, so all jobs of a higher priority need to complete before it will begin backups for the next level of priority.
 Status waiting for storageWaiting for Storage
 Status waiting for rescheduled timeWaiting for Rescheduled Time
 Status waiting for storageWaiting for Storage Resource. Usually only seen when more than one job for a particular agent is running. Only one job per client is allowed to run at a time, so only one job should be running and the rest should be Waiting for Storage Resource. If storage daemon does think jobs are running but director does not, or vice versa, then Bacula is confused and needs to be restarted (both on the server and appliance).
 Status successfulSuccessful. Job completed successfully
 Status erredErred. Job did not complete because of the errors
Type Type of the job
 Bare-metal backup job iconBare-metal backup
 DR image backup job iconDR image backup
 File and folder backup job iconFile and folder backup
 Hyper-V VM backup job iconHyper-V VM backup
 VMware VM backup job iconVMware VM backup
 Restore job iconRestore
Level Backup level of the job
 Full backup level iconFull backup
 Synthetic full backup level iconSynthetic full backup
 Differential backup level iconDifferential backup
 Incremental backup level iconIncremental backup
Priority The job priority. Lower numbered jobs are executed first. Jobs with a priority greater than 500 are executed when no other higher priority jobs are running. (See Priority.)
Client Name of the client the job belongs to

Actions

Actions on the Active Jobs subtab are available

  • on the toolbar

    Actions toolbar

  • in the job context menu

    Context menu

ActionDescription
Message LogsView the detailed log of the job progress
Show Client PropertiesView details about the client the job belongs to
Cancel JobCancel the job 2
Download CSVSave data shown in the table locally in a CSV file

Filtering

You can refine the list of jobs using filters.

To show all filters available on the Active Jobs subtab, click Filters on the toolbar.

Filters

  1. Common reasons for waiting are Execution (the job is waiting for running jobs to finish), Higher priority job (the job is waiting for higher priority jobs to finish), and Max client jobs (the client, for which this job will run, is running another job.) ↩

  2. If a canceled job does not clear from the Active Jobs subtab, see Director Status for troubleshooting. ↩

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