Running a test run job manually

Test run jobs attempt to determine if a scheduled backup could possibly fail when you run it. When you run a test job, no data is backed up. Instead, Backup Exec checks your storage capacity, credentials, and media to find potential errors. If there is an error, the job continues to run until it is completed. The error appears in the job log. You can also configure Backup Exec to send a notification to a designated recipient.

During a test run job, the following things may cause a job to fail:

A test run job checks the media capacity that is available for the selected job. However, you can check if there is enough available media for multiple test run jobs in the Test Run Results Report.

See Test Run Results report.

You can configure test run jobs to run automatically before your scheduled backup jobs. Or you can manually run a test run job at any time.

Before you run a test run job, it is recommended that you run backup jobs to your storage devices first. Backup Exec does not recognize the capacity of a storage device until an actual backup job sends data to the device. If you create a test run job before any other jobs, Backup Exec cannot check that the device has sufficient capacity to perform the backup job. After at least one backup job has sent data to a device, Backup Exec can determine the capacity.

To run a test job manually

More Information

Configuring automatic test run jobs for backup jobs