User`s guide
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Status  How it is determined  How to handle 
1  Error  At least one task has 
failed. 
Otherwise, see 2 
Identify the failed tasks -> Check the tasks log to find out 
the reason of the failure, then do one or more of the 
following: 
  Remove the reason of the failure -> [optionally] Start 
the failed task manually 
  Edit the local plan to prevent its future failure in case a 
local plan has failed 
  Edit the backup policy on the management server in 
case a centralized plan has failed 
When creating a backup plan or policy the administrator 
can turn on the option to stop executing the backup plan 
as soon as the backup plan gets the Error status. The 
backup plan's execution can be resumed using the Restart 
button. 
2  Warning  At least one task has 
succeeded with 
warnings. 
Otherwise, see 3. 
View the log to read the warnings -> [optionally] Perform 
actions to prevent the future warnings or failure. 
3  OK  All the tasks are 
completed successfully. 
No action is required. Note that a backup plan can be OK in 
case none of the tasks has been started yet or some of the 
tasks are stopped or being stopped. These situations are 
considered as normal. 
Task states 
A task can be in one of the following states: Idle; Waiting; Running; Stopping; Need interaction. The 
initial task state is Idle. 
Once the task is started manually or the event specified by the schedule occurs, the task enters 
either the Running state or the Waiting state. 
Running 
A task changes to the Running state when the event specified by the schedule occurs AND all the 
conditions set in the backup plan are met AND no other task that locks the necessary resources is 
running. In this case, nothing prevents the task from running. 
Waiting 
A task changes to the Waiting state when the task is about to start, but another task using the 
same resources is already running. In particular, more than one backup or recovery task cannot 
run simultaneously on a machine. A backup task and a recovery task also cannot run 
simultaneously. Once the other task unlocks the resource, the waiting task enters the Running 
state. 
A task may also change to the Waiting state when the event specified by the schedule occurs but 
the condition set in the backup plan is not met. See Task start conditions (p. 107) for details. 
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