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5.2.3 Column values
The Tasks view contains the following columns:
 Name – The name of the task
 Machine – The name of the machine on which the task exists
 ExecutionState – The current execution state of the task:
 IDLE – The task is idle.
 WAITING – The task is ready to start, but is waiting until a condition is met or until another
task running on the same machine has finished.
 RUNNING – The task is in the process of execution.
 NEED INTERACTION – The task needs user interaction to be able to proceed.
 STOPPING – The task is in the process of stoppage.
 Origin – The origin of the task, which is determined by the type of the backup plan to which the
task belongs:
 LOCAL STANDALONE – The task does not belong to any backup plan.
 LOCAL – The task belongs to a local backup plan.
 CENTRALIZED – The task belongs to a centralized backup plan.
 BackupPlan – The name of the backup plan to which the task belongs—or NULL if the task does
not belong to any backup plan
 Type – See List of task types (p. 11)
 Schedule – The type of the task's schedule:
 SCHEDULED – The task is scheduled.
 MANUAL – The task is not scheduled (you can only start it manually).
 LastFinishTime – The time when the task last finished, regardless of the last result
 OwnerUID – The unique identifier of the user who owns the task
 Owner – The name of the user who owns the task
 ManagedEntityType – For tasks that belong to a backup plan: the type of the machine whose
identifier is given in the ManagedEntityID column:
 PHYSICAL MACHINE – The machine is a physical machine.
 VIRTUAL MACHINE – The machine is a virtual machine.
For other tasks, the value in this column is: UNKNOWN
 ManagedEntityID – For tasks that belong to a backup plan: the unique identifier of the physical or
virtual machine which the task backs up or whose backups it validates. For other tasks: NULL
Known issue: For tasks of a local backup plan that exists on an Agent for ESX/ESXi virtual appliance, the
value in this column is the identifier of the virtual appliance.
 Duration – The amount of time, in seconds, that the task last ran, from start to finish.
 LastResult – The result of the latest task execution:
 NOT RUN YET – The task has never run.
 SUCCEEDED – The task completed successfully without warnings.
 SUCCEEDED WITH WARNINGS – The task completed successfully with warnings.
 FAILED – The task has failed.
 STOPPED – The task has been stopped by the user or by the operating system (for example,
due to the stoppage of the agent's service).