Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Policies/Actions pane

The Policies/Actions pane at the top of the Monitoring window lists the policies on the NetWorker server by default. Click the + (plus) sign next to a policy in the list to view the workflows in the policy, and the + (plus) sign next to a workflow to view the actions for a workflow.

The Policies pane provides the following information for each item (where applicable):

• Overall status

  The following table provides details on the status icons that may appear in the Policies pane.

  Table 1. Policy status icons

  Icon	Status
  	Never run
  	Running
  	Succeeded
  	Failed
  	Probing

• Most recent start time
• Duration of the most recent run
• Next scheduled runtime
• Name of the assigned save set
• Device on which the save set is stored
• Backup level
• Data transfer rate
• Size of the save set
• Messages that resulted from an action

Right-click an action in the Policies pane, and select Show Details to view details on currently running, successfully completed, and failed activities for the action.

When you sort the items on the Policy/Actions pane by using the Status column, NetWorker sorts the items in alphabetical order that is based on the label of the icon.

Consider the following when a policy/action is in a probing state:

• A message is sent when the group starts and finishes the probe operation.
• The results of the probe operation (run backup/do not run backup) are also logged.
• Probes do not affect the final status of the group, and the group status does not indicate the results of the probe.
• If probing indicates that a backup should not run, then the group status reverts to its state before the group running.
• Check the results of the probe in the Log window to ensure that the probe indicates that the backup can be taken.

Actions pane

To view a list of all actions, click the Actions tab at the bottom of the Policies pane. The Policies pane becomes the Actions pane.

The Actions pane provides the following information for each action:

• Overall status

  NOTE:The Actions pane displays the same status icons as the Policies pane.
• Name
• Assigned policy
• Assigned workflow
• Type
• Date and time of the most recent run
• Duration of the most recent run
• Percent complete, for actions that are in progress
• Next scheduled runtime

Right-click an action in the Actions pane, and select Show Details to view details on currently running, completed, and failed activities for the action.