Netbackup Elapsed Time

[Chukwuemeka]

I am using Netbackup 7.1 on windows server 2008

Hi please can someone explain to me what this means in netbackup. After a job must have completed and i need to check how long the job took to get completed, i thenk check the Elapsed Time tab and this is what i get below.

elapsed time = 1 08:56:22

i know the 08 means>>>>>>>8 hours

                56 means>>>>>>>56 Minutes 

                22 means >>>>>> 22 Seconds

Now what does the 1 mean.....

Thanks

[revarooo]

1 day? Screenshot would be needed to see what you see seeing.

[AmolB]

Could you post a screen shot of the window which shows the elapsed time.

[Andy_Welburn]

But, the question you need to ask/answer - is that the actual time the job took or was it queued for the first 1 day & 8 hours waiting for resources?

In the Activity Monitor & on Job Details there is also "Active Elapsed" (or similar) ***EDIT*** this will show exacty how long the backup has been physically taking place ***End of EDIT*** - as Amol & revaroo have stated, we would need to know exactly where you saw this to provide an accurate answer.

[Chukwuemeka]

ok wud post a screen shot soon,...

[Chukwuemeka]

Hi guys

 see attached the screen shot..

Under Policy the last Policy which is EXCHANGE_EXCMS3_Mailboxes look at the tab Elapsed time

Can anyone explain that.

2. How can i calculate the total time that was spent for the backup of that same exchange server for infostore

The policy has the backup selection like 

Microsoft Information store\*

So all the storage groups runs on its own job thats why u have about 16 storage groups... for a particular policy.

thanks

[AmolB]

Its either 102 hours 41 mins 39 seconds OR

1 Day 2hours 41min 39 seconds.

More likely 102 hours, haven't seen 1 Day HH:MM:SS.

[muhanad_daher]

1 mean a day, but really a long time to have finish job; it's arounf 161 GB but too much time; i advice you to check the transport written KB/Sec, i am sure is too slow.

[AmolB]

I guess elapase time also includes the amount of time taken to occupy the an idle drive.

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

This is what I see:

1 day  =  86400 sec
2 hrs  =  720 sec
41 min  =  2460 sec
39 sec =   39 sec
Total:  =   89619 sec
    
    
KB:    161311305
KB/sec    1799.967697
 

This transfer rate is 'normal' for Mailbox backups.

If you Google 'slow mailbox backups' you will find LOTS of references with reasons why mailbox backups are S-L-O-W.

For this reason, we now recommend GRT backups.

If Exchange or NBU version is too old for GRT, we recommend breaking up mailbox backups into multiple streams. (Details in NBU for Exchange Admin Guide).

[Chukwuemeka]

Yes after looking clearly at my past history activity and from the forum, i figured out that the 

elapsed time = 1 02:41:39 mean........

1 Day 2hours 41min 39 seconds

@ Marianne i have already broken up the mailbox backup into multiple stream e.g

New Stream

Microsoft Exchange Mailbox:\[a-m]*

New Stream

Microsoft Exchange Mailbox:\[a-z]*

What i should give a try is to enable GRT....

So any answer for my second question

2. How can i calculate the total time that was spent for the backup of that same exchange server for infostore

The policy has the backup selection like 

Microsoft Information store\*

So all the storage groups runs on its own job thats why u have about 16 storage groups... for a particular policy.

Or do i open a new forum for this discussion..

Thanks

[Marianne]

Run 'All log Entries' report for this client to capture the date/time that the Information store backups finished.

The average Kbytes/sec will be logged here.

[Marianne]

I am quite confident that your original query has been answered.

Please select the post that has helped you most and Mark As Solution.