Deleting an active backup

[Guest_imported]

How do I delete a backup that is active?

 

[2ffat]

I don't beleive you can. I have to go to the Job Manager screen and cancel it there. Once it has canceled, it will be put on hold. Then you can delete it.

James P. Cottingham

I am the Unknown lead by the Unknowing.
I have done so much with so little
for so long that I am now qualified
to do anything with nothing.

 

[MarkRCC]

I'm having a similar problem. I needed to restore a file. It's now sitting in the job manager with an "active" status, but is also "blocked". The only info on it is that BE is waiting for the proper tape to be inserted. I inserted all tapes one at a time with no results. My problem is that it won't allow me to delete it because it's "active" (even at the server) and my regular daily backup won't run because it's waiting on the restore job to finish.

I've been instructed to restart the server and attempt to delete the restore job as soon as the job manager loads but before it sets the job as "active". Seems like there would be an easier (and safer) way to delete a job.

Anyone else have any ideas or suggestions?

 

[age]

There seems to be a bug in Backup Exec (many threads on it in this group), where if you abort an active job, it never quite aborts... it's as if it has hung. In most peoples experience, rebooting the server is the only way around this problem. Sorry....

Adrian.

 

[2ffat]

For restores and backups on remote workstations, if you shutdown the workstation, the job can be aborted without shutting down the server. If you are trying this on a local server, . . . you're stuck until you restart the server.

James P. Cottingham

I am the Unknown lead by the Unknowing.
I have done so much with so little
for so long that I am now qualified
to do anything with nothing.

 

[Canadianweasel]

I've only been using the software for a few days now, but have come across this problem. I solved it by shutting down B.E. and then stopping and restarting the services. At the very least, this is what I think I may have done. Hard to say, it's been a long week.

 

[nummus]

With respect, the above info is bobbins.

To delete a job right click abort within job monitor, you then need to respond OK or cancel to any alerts generated , (see alerts tab). If this fails to abort job, stop and start BE services and job will have disappeared.