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Commvault® software offers a great deal of flexibility for controlling job activity. Data protection, recovery, and administrative jobs can be temporarily disabled and then re-enabled at a specific data and time. Activity control can be set for the entire CommCell® environment, client computer group, and client levels.
Job activity key points:
- If activity is disabled in a parent object of the CommCell tree, activity is automatically disabled for any child objects.
- Activity can be disabled until manually enabled or set to automatically re-enable at a specific date and time.
- If activity is enabled for a parent object in the CommCell tree, activity can be enabled or disabled for any child objects.
- When activity is disabled or enabled, the icon where the activity was set changes to reflect the current activity state.
Which Activity can be Controlled?
- All activity for the entire CommCell® environment can be enabled / disabled.
- Disabling activity at the CommCell level will disable all activity in the CommCell environment.
- Enabling (default) allows activity to be controlled at child levels.
Activity control at the various levels of the CommCell® environment
Activity that can be enabled or disabled | CommCell | Client Group | Client | Agent | Backup Set | Subclient |
All activity | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Data Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Yes |
Data Recovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Auxiliary Copy | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Data Aging | Yes |
| Yes | No | No | No |
Schedule Activity | Yes | No | Yes (enabled / disabled through schedule view for client) | Yes (enabled / disabled through schedule view for an agent) | Yes (enabled / disabled through schedule view for backup set) | Yes (enabled / disabled through schedule view for subclient) |
Enabling or Disabling CommCell Activity
Disabling Job Activity
If job activity is disabled at any level within the CommCell® tree, it will automatically disable activity for any child objects within the tree. Activity cannot be overridden at any child levels.
Example: A client computer group representing clients for a specific location is disabled for maintenance. By disabling activity at the group level, all clients within the group are automatically disabled.
Job Activity Control - Demo
To control activity globally
1 - In the CommCell® browser, right-click the CommServe® server and select Properties.
2 - Uncheck to disable all activity.
3 - Uncheck any box to disable specific activity type.
To control activity for a client
1 - In the CommCell® browser, right-click the client and select Properties.
2 - Uncheck to disable activity.
To automatically re-enable activity for a client
1 - In the CommCell® browser, right-click the client and select Properties.
2 - Uncheck to disable activity.
3 - Click to re-enable activity automatically.
4 - Check and set the time at which activity is re-enabled.
