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7.1.6.1 Actions on tasks
The following is a guideline for you to perform operations with tasks.
To Do
Create a new backup plan,
or a task on a registered
machine
Click
New, and select one of the following:
 Backup plan (p. 192)
 Recovery task (p. 211)
 Validation task (p. 230)
Then, you have to specify the registered machine on which the selected task, or
the backup plan will run.
View details of a task
Click
View details.
In the Tasks details (p. 187) window, examine all information related to the
selected task.
View a task's log
Click
View log.
The Log (p. 315) view will display a list of the log entries related to the selected
task.
Run a task
Click
Run.
The task will be executed immediately in spite of its schedule.
Stop a task
Click
Stop.
What will happen if I stop the task?
Generally, stopping the task aborts its operation (backup, recovery, validation,
exporting, conversion, migration). The task enters the Stopping state first, then
becomes Idle. The task schedule, if created, remains valid. To complete the
operation you will have to run the task over again.
 recovery task (from the disk backup)

: The target volume will be deleted and
its space unallocated – the same result you will get if the recovery is
unsuccessful. To recover the “lost” volume, you will have to run the task
once again.
recovery task (from the file backup): The aborted operation may cause
changes in the destination folder. Some files may be recovered, but some
not, depending on the period when you stopped the task. To recover all the
files, you will have to run the task once again.
Edit a task
Click
Edit.
Why can't I edit the task?

Only tasks that do not belong to a backup plan, such as a recovery task, can
be modified by direct editing. When you need to modify a task belonging to
a local backup plan, edit the backup plan. A task belonging to a centralized
backup plan can be modified by editing the centralized policy that spawned
the plan. Only the management server administrator can do this.
Task belongs to a backup plan

Without Administrator privileges on the machine, a user cannot modify
tasks owned by other users
Do not have the appropriate privilege