To view DPM jobs, in DPM Administrator Console, click Monitoring on the navigation bar, and then click the Jobs tab. The following table provides a list of the possible job types that you might see in the display pane on the Jobs tab.

Job Type Description

Replica creation

Occurs when an initial replica of a data source selected for protection is being created in DPM.

Consistency check

Occurs when the replica in DPM is being checked for consistency with the data source on the protected computer. DPM fixes any issues that are found.

Synchronization

Files: Occurs when the replica in DPM is being updated with the changes from the protected computer.

Applications: Occurs when the recovery point creation job synchronizes and creates a recovery point.

Recovery point

Occurs when a recovery point of a replica is being created in DPM.

Disk recovery

Occurs when data is in the process of being recovered from a disk-based recovery point.

Tape erase data

Occurs when data on a selected tape is erased.

Drive cleaning

Occurs when a tape drive is cleaned.

Detailed inventory

Occurs when the administrator runs a detailed inventory on a tape.

Fast inventory

Occurs when the administrator runs a fast inventory on a tape.

Tape verification

Occurs when a selected tape is verified.

Data copy

Occurs when selected data is copied.

Tape backup

Occurs when a selected tape is backed up.

Tape recovery

Occurs when data on a tape is recovered.

Copy data - tape

Occurs when data from a tape is copied to disk or to another tape.

Recoverable items recatalog

Occurs when a tape from another DPM server is being recataloged.

Tape recatalog

Occurs when a tape is recataloged.

Library rescan

Occurs when a library is rescanned.

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