The following actions can be performed and managed by navigating to the Backup tab ->List Backup Job

Actions

Suspend/Resume

This option will suspend the backup and the job will not run until you select the same option again. You will be alerted in the pop-up window whether the backup is suspended or resumed.

Schedule Backup Now

This option will trigger the backup process immediately irrespective of the backup schedule. Click the Schedule Now option and you can choose schedule an incremental or additional full backup.

If you have specific backup requirements, you can select which items to back up immediately. For instance, if a particular virtual machine undergoes a modification, or if the backup process fails for certain virtual machines, rather than entire backup job running, you have the option to perform an incremental backup for only the affected virtual machines.

Abort

You have the option of aborting a backup when it is in progress. You can abort the backup either from the Status Section in the List Jobs page or from the backup progress window.

• Select the x mark in the status section to abort your backup schedule. From the Abort Backup pop-up window, click Yes.
• You can abort your backup if not required, from the Abort (-) option available in the progress window. You will get a pop-up window, click OK to Abort your backup.

Edit

The changes that you want to make to your existing configuration of the backup job can be done here.

View

Schedule Details will list the schedule details of that particular backup job. From the List Jobs page, select the More option and click the View option. Click the Schedule Details, the details will be available as shown below.

• Retention Configuration will list whether retention is enabled or not. Click the Retention Configurations option, it will list the Storage Pool details such as Storage pool name.
• Advanced Configurations option will display details on Application-Aware Settings and Backup Encryption Settings. Application-Aware settings will list if Application-Aware is enabled or not, if enabled select the Click here option to view the machines configured.
• The Backup Encryption Settings will display if the backup encryption is enabled or not. If enabled the type of encryption (System Generated or Custom Password) will be displayed.
• You can create a new backup job by selecting the Create New option. The pop-up window displayed below will be available.

Job Report

The backup job level report contains details about each and every schedule of the selected backup job. There is also an historical report icon clicking on which will lead to the expanded page of historical report.