Viewing Backup and Recovery History

SAS Management Console provides a list of all backups and recoveries that have been run using the server’s backup and recovery facility. All backups performed by this facility are listed regardless of how the process was invoked (from the server’s own scheduling facility, from SAS Management Console, from the command line, from SAS, or from third-party scheduling software).

To view the backup and recovery history list:

Log on to SAS Management Console. On the Plug-ins tab, navigate to Environment ManagementMetadata ManagerMetadata UtilitiesServer Backup.
Select the Server Backup node. The backup and recovery history appears in the right pane, as shown in the following example:

CAUTION:

The icons that are initially displayed do not necessarily report the most recent status of a backup. To obtain the most recent status, you must right-click the backup and select Properties.

Note: If you migrated to SAS 9.3 from a previous SAS version, the backup history does not display any backup history prior to the migration. The SAS Deployment Wizard removes all SAS 9.1.3 and SAS 9.2 backup and restore jobs, backup schedules, and backup programs that are registered in SAS Management Console.
To obtain more information about a backup or a recovery, and to update the status icon for a backup, right-click the history entry and select Properties. The Properties dialog box appears, displaying a text description of the status and other information about the backup. Explanatory error messages are displayed if the backup was unsuccessful or if it is found to be invalid.

Icons in the history list indicate the most recently reported status for each backup or recovery. The status icons have the following meanings:

The checkmark icon () means that the backup or recovery was successful. For backups, this icon also means that the backup was determined to be valid the last time the files were checked. A backup is considered valid if all of the files are present in the backup location, all of the files have the correct GUID, and all filenames and file sizes are correct.
The exclamation point icon means that the backup was successful, but the backup files are currently offline (that is, they are not present in the backup location). The files might have been deleted automatically based on the retention policy, or they might have been moved or deleted manually. This icon appears automatically when backups are deleted based on the retention policy.
The “x” icon indicates one of the following situations:
- the backup or recovery was not successful
- the backup was successful, but when the files were last checked, they were found to be invalid (that is, one or more files is missing, or one or more files has an incorrect GUID, incorrect name, or incorrect size)

The properties dialog box provides details about the backup or recovery, as shown in the following example:

Properties dialog box for a metadata server backup or recovery

The Repositories tab lists the repositories that were included in the backup or recovery. (The Repositories tab does not appear if the backup is offline. It also does not appear for recoveries other than the most recent recovery.)

The Error Summary field displays any errors that occurred during the backup or recovery or during the verification of a backup. If more details are available, then the Full Report button is activated. Click this button to obtain a text report that you can browse, copy, and paste.