Backup Job Test

This test reports the general statistics pertaining to the Backup Exec server running on the Windows network.

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
Backup job count	Indicates the number of backup jobs in-progress during the current test execution cycle.	Number	A very high value indicates heavy load on the backup server.
Backup job run time	Indicates the time taken by all backup jobs.	Mins
Backup device wait time	Indicates the total time backup jobs have spent waiting for a storage device.	Mins
Backup mount time	Indicates the total time all backup jobs have spent waiting for media to be mounted in a storage device.	Mins
Total bytes	This indicates the size (in megabytes) of the data that was backed up since the last measurement period.	MB	This measure also indicates how active the backup server is, currently. A sudden low trend indicates that there could be an error in reading the data from the media.