Method and system for monitoring and managing archive operations

A method for diagnosing data at a storage location, comprising:

• diagnosing an archive of data located at a storage location;
• determining if an error was detected;
• if in response to detecting an error, reporting the error and providing a suggested solution;
• determining if a warning was detected;
• and
• if in response to detecting a warning, reporting the warning and providing a suggested solution.

In a data protection system having a production location, a storage location, and a communication path for transmitting data between the production location and the storage location, a method for creating a makeup archive job, the method comprising:

• determining if a task of an archive job was successful;
• if it is determined that the task was not successful:
• including the task in an archive makeup job;
• determining if there are any tasks of the archive job that are dependent upon the failed task;
• and
• if it is determined that there are dependent tasks, including the dependent tasks in the archive makeup job.