eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by BEJobsTest

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

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Active_job_count 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 The total number of jobs running in the Backup server Number  
Failed_jobs The number of failed jobs 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 The number of aborted jobs Number  
Avg_job_run_time The average time taken by all jobs in the backup server Mins  
Successful_jobs_count The number of successful jobs 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 too 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