Administrator Guide

Item Description

Backup Type Shows the backup type: Copy (the default) or Full.

Retention Policy Shows how many restore points to keep. Unchecking Delete Old Restore Points keeps all the restore

points. The default is to keep 3 restore points.

NOTE: If you decide to keep large number of restore points, check LUN availability.

Schedule If scheduled, shows a brief description of the schedule.

Status Shows the status of the restore point:

• Available: Restore point is available for restore operations, including transporting the restore point to

another server. For Exchange components that were backed up with the Verify Data option enabled,

shows the verification status in parentheses. For example, "(Verified)" or "(Not Verified)."

• Imported: Restore point has been accessed. When the status is Imported, the restore point cannot be

transported to another server.

• Imported and Exposed: Restore point is exposed as a local drive or mount point on the server.

• Failed: Restore point has not been created because of an error.

Backup State Shows the state of the backup job: Successful or Failed.

Snapshot Type Shows Legacy - NonTransportable if the restore point is non-transportable.

Related tasks

Add a Note to a Restore Point on page 40

Edit a Note for a Restore Point on page 40

View Restore Point Details

The Details tab displays the job log for a restore point. The job log contains the run time messages generated by Replay Manager when

the backup job ran.

1. In the Server Connections area of the navigation pane, connect to a server or host.

2. In the Backup Extensions area of the navigation pane, select a data source.

3. In the Backup Sets area of the navigation pane, click Reports.

4. Click a restore point and click the Details tab.

The Details view displays all the steps RMS took to create the restore point. For failed restore points, view the Details tab to find the

error code or message for the failed backup. In general, the error codes and messages are generated by the Microsoft VSS backup

component. To find out information on a VSS error code or message, search the Microsoft Development Network

(www.msdn.microsoft.com) for information on the error.

Viewing Backup Job Reports