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Exit

Shuts down the Job Scheduler and exits the program

 

View

 

Selects which job view is displayed in the Job Summary Panel

Job Activity Log

Displays the Job Activity Log panel for the selected job.  If no job is selected then the All Jobs activity log panel is displayed.

Job Status Summary

Displays the Job Status Summary panel for the selected job.

Job Failures

Displays the Job Failure panel for the selected job which shows all job failures for the selected job.  If no job is selected then job failures for all jobs is displayed.

Job Events

Displays the Job Events panel for the selected job which shows a log of all job events for the selected job.  If no job is selected then job events for all jobs is displayed.  Job events show every time a backup, file copy or restore occurs for a Replication Job along with some key metrics.

Global Options

Allows user to view or edit global options for the application and that apply to all jobs.

 

 

Job

 

Performs actions on the selected replication job

New Replication Job

Starts the Job Wizard for creating a new Replication Job.

Edit Replication Job

Edits the selected replication job allowing the user to change job settings and schedules.

Copy Replication Job

Copies all settings from the selected Replication Job and optionally all configured target databases to a new job with a different primary database, but the same primary data source.  This option is useful for quickly creating backup jobs for an entire database instance.

Delete Replication Job

Displays the Job Events panel for the selected job which shows a log of all job events for the selected job.  If no job is selected then job events for all jobs is displayed.  Job events show every time a backup, file copy or restore occurs for a Replication Job along with some key metrics.

Pause Job

Pauses a currently scheduled job by temporarily disabling all job schedules.

Start Job

Enables all disabled job schedules for a previously paused job.

Full Backup

Immediately performs a Full Backup for the selected Replication Job.  This is useful for testing changes after creating or editing a replication and you don’t want to wait for the next scheduled full backup to occur.

Incremental Backup

Immediately performs an incremental backup for the selected replication job.

Target Database Operations

Various operations that can be performed on a target database such as target recovery/failover, re-synchronizing a target from the latest backup set, etc.

Clear Job Alerts

This will clear any job alerts displayed in the Replication Job List table for the selected job.

Run Cleanup Maintenance Job

Runs the cleanup maintenance job responsible for deleting old, unnecessary backup files based on the job settings.  This job will automatically run every 2 hours and it is usually not necessary to manually trigger the job.

 

 

Help

 

Access to help files, online resources, licensing information & registration, and about us.

Help

Will open the application help file to the contents section. You may also access specific parts of the help file for features you are currently observing by pressing 'F1' on your keyboard.

Web Site

This menu item contains many links back to our web site for product information, downloads, updates and misc. support.

Online Resources

This menu item contains links back to our web site for product support, documentation and help forums.

License Information

Displays information about currently installed licenses and allows you to remove or install new licenses.

About Peer DRS

Will display an about screen, which contains information about the current Peer DRS you are running.