BE Jobs Test

This test reports key statistics pertaining to the backup exec engine of the Symantec Backup server. The measures made by this test are as follows:

Target of the test : A Symantec Backup server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the server being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The host for which the test is to be configured.
Port	The port number at which the Symantec Backup server listens to. By default, this is NULL.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Active job count	Indicates the number of jobs currently active that are either running or pending.	Number	A high value indicates how active the backup server is, currently. A low value is indicative of lack of activity in the backup server.
Job count	Indicates the total number of jobs running in the Backup server.	Number
Failed jobs	This refers to the number of backup jobs that failed since the last time the test was executed.	Number	A high value of this measure indicates that the backup server is unable to verify or open the object for backup. Check the media for errors.
Aborted jobs	Indicates the number of aborted jobs.	Number
Avg. job run time	Indicates the average time taken by all jobs in the backup server.	Mins
Successful jobs count	This refers to the number of backup jobs that were completed successfully since the last time the test was executed.	Number	A high value of this measure indicates the good health of the backup server. A low value indicates that the backup jobs could be aborting or are being skipped due to errors in opening the objects or in the media.
Avg device wait time	Indicates the average time spent waiting for a storage device by all the jobs since the Backup Exec Engine service was last started.	Mins	A low value is desired for this measure. A high value for this measure indicates that the load on the backup server is high and the backup server is taking to long to process the jobs.
Avg mount time	Indicates the average time spent waiting for a media (i.e., output device) to be mounted on the storage device (for backup) by all the jobs since the Backup Exec Engine service was last started.	Mins
Avg server active time	Indicates the percentage of time for which the Backup Exec Engine service was active since it was last restarted i.e., the percentage of time for which one or more jobs were running.	Percent	A high value is desired for this measure.
Avg server run time	Indicates the average time for which the Backup Exec Engine service was up since it was last restarted.	Mins