Task Types

Tasks can belong to one of the following Types:

Backup - A Backup Task.
Read more in About Backups.
Bare-Metal Restore - A Restore of one (1) or more Disk Images and Partition Tables.
See also Bare-Metal Disaster Recovery.
CP Restore Files - A Restore Files Task initiated by a control panel user.
Read more in Restore Files.
Defragment - Launched by a Backup Task according to the free space limit defined in the Disk Safe. Shrinks Disk Safes when the free space limit has been reached or exceeded.
Read more in Disk Safe Defragmenting.
Delete Disk Recovery Point - Deletes a Backup of a Partition Table from a Disk Safe.
Delete Disk Safe - Deletes a Disk Safe from the Volume where it resides.
Read more in Deleting Disk Safes.
Delete Host - Deletes a Host and all of its Disk Safes.
Read more in Deleting Hosts.
Delete Recovery Point - Deletes an Incremental Backup from a Disk Safe.
See Deleting Recovery Points.
Device Discovery - A sub-Task of Host Discovery that discovers the Devices available for Backup.
Disk Safe Repair
Read more in Repairing Disk Safes.
Email Reporting - A System-wide Task that sends reports about Task fulfillment by email.
See Scheduling Email Reporting.
Encryption Setup - Connects to the Agent and retrieves the encryption keys necessary for creating a new Disk Safe with encryption.
Read more in Disk Safe Encrypting.
Host Discovery - Adds a new Host to the Backup System and discovers Devices available for Backup.
Read more in Host Discovery.
Host Email Reporting
See Scheduling Email Reporting.
Host Log Cleanup - Deletes old Log Messages.
Host Quota Check - Performs a Quota Check for a Host and all of its Disk Safes comparing actual Disk usage to the usage recorded in the Quota. This Task can fix Quota discrepancies that might occur in case of a unclean shutdown of the Backup System.
Read more in Host Quotas.
Log Cleanup - A Backup System-wide Task that launches Host Log Cleanup Tasks for every Host on the system.
Partition Table Backup - A sub-Task of Backup responsible for backing up the MBR (Master Boot Record) and Partition Table for a Device.
Partition Table Restore - A sub-Task of Bare-Metal Restore, responsible for restoring a Partition Table and/or MBR (Master Boot Record).
Read more in Bare-Metal Disaster Recovery.,m
Restore Database - Task which Restores databases. Read more in the CDP for MySQL User Guide.
Restore Files - Restores a set of selected files and directories.
Read more in Restore Files.
Rotation Policy - A Task launched by Backup Task that decides if and which Incrementals should be deleted to satisfy Backup retention policies.
Read more in Backup Rotation Policies.
System Quota Check - A Backup System-wide Quota check that launches Host Quota Check Tasks for all of the Hosts on the system.
Read more in Host Quotas.
Test Agent - Tests connectivity between the CDP Agent and Server.
Refer to Testing Agent Connectivity.
Verify Disk Safe
See Verifying Disk Safes.