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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Administration and User Guide

Filter, group, and sort jobs

The Protection Jobs, Asset Jobs, and System Jobs windows provide options to filter, group, and sort the information that appears.

Filter jobs by status

Use the quick filters at the top of the window to filter jobs by status. By default, all jobs are shown regardless of status. To display only jobs with a specific status, at the top of the window, select one of the following options:

  • Failed
  • Completed with Exceptions
  • Success
  • Canceled
  • In Progress

In Progress jobs include Running, Queued, and Canceling jobs.

When you select a quick filter to filter jobs by a certain status, the window displays the filter above the table. To stop filtering by the selected status, click x.

Filter jobs by start time

Use the Start Time filter to display jobs that started in a specified period. Jobs are retained for a maximum of 45 days. Select from one of the following options:

  • All jobs
  • Last 24 hours
  • Last 3 days
  • Last 7 days
  • Last 30 days
  • Specific date
  • Custom date range

Group jobs

In the Protection Jobs and System Jobs windows, select a job to display its Job ID Summary window. The Group by feature in the Job ID Summary window provides options to group assets within a protection job.

The following asset types support the Group by feature:

  • Microsoft SQL Server databases
  • Microsoft Exchange Server databases
  • Oracle databases
  • File Systems
  • SAP HANA databases
  • Kubernetes clusters
  • Network-attached storage (NAS) shares
  • VMware Virtual Machines

To group assets in a protection job, in the Job ID Summary window for the job, select an option from the Group By drop-down list. To display all assets, select Group by > None. For example, to group virtual machine assets by ESX host, click Group by > ESX Host.

The following table lists the available Group by options:

Table 1. Group by options
Asset type Options
Microsoft SQL Server database SQL Host
SQL Instance
Oracle database Oracle Host
Oracle Instance
File SystemFile System Host
File System Host OS
Microsoft Exchange Server database Exchange Host
SAP HANA database SAP HANA Host
Kubernetes Kubernetes Cluster
Kubernetes Namespace
NAS NAS Server
NAS Appliance
VMware Virtual Machine Datastore
ESX Host
Virtual Datacenter
VM Guest OS
VMware Cluster
NOTE Currently, the Group by filter is only available for the Protect job types.

Search filter

Use the Search field to filter jobs based on a search string. When you type a keyword in the Search field, the PowerProtect Data Manager UI filters the results as you type. To clear the search filter, remove all keywords from the Search field.

Filter and sort information in tables

You can filter and sort the information that appears in table columns. Click Filter icon in the column heading to filter the information in a table column, or click a table column heading to sort that column.

To see a complete list of filtering and sorting columns, click Display columns. Depending on the type of job, the available filtering and sorting columns might differ.

The following filtering and sorting options are available for jobs and tasks:

Table 2. Protection, Asset ,and System Jobs windows
Filtering options Sorting options
Filter jobs or tasks by Job ID, Status, Description, Policy Name, Job Type, End Time, and Asset Type. Sort jobs or tasks by Job ID, Description, Policy Name, Job Type, Asset Type, Start Time, and End Time.
Table 3. Job ID Summary window for protection jobs
Filtering options Sorting options

Filter jobs by Asset, Status, Error Code, Start Time, or End Time.
For application assets, you can also filter jobs by Host/Cluster/Group Name.

NOTE For application assets, these options are only available when you select Group by > None.

Sort jobs by Asset, Status, Error Code, Size, Data Transferred, Reduction %, Start Time, End Time, or Duration.
For application assets, you can also sort jobs by Host/Cluster/Group Name.

NOTE For application assets, these options are only available when you select Group by > None.
Table 4. Job ID Summary window for system jobs
Filtering options Sorting options
Filter jobs or tasks by Task Name, Status, Asset, or Start Time. Sort jobs or tasks by Task Name, Status, Asset, Start Time, Duration, or Data Transferred.

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