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# General Information

This section describes general information of the backup job configuration.

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th style="width:20%;">
      <p>Parent Tag</p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:20%;">
      <p>Parameter</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Description</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td colspan="2" style="width:20%;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">JobInfo</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Parent tag that encapsulates job settings parameters.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:20%;"></td>
    <td style="width:20%;">
      <p>ConfigID</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>ID of a backup job configuration. This ID is unique within the machine.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:20%;"></td>
    <td style="width:20%;">
      <p>CryptID</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Required only for
        ProtectedDataCurrentUser and ProtectedDataLocalMachine encryption methods.
      </p>
      <p>GUID based on which a pair of asymmetric keys is generated (string of 32 characters with 4 dashes, for example: <span class="T_Filenames">12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012</span>).</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:20%;"></td>
    <td style="width:20%;">
      <p>CryptType</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Encryption method used to encrypt the user password. For more information, see <a href="encryption.md">Encryption of User Credentials</a>.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:20%;"></td>
    <td style="width:20%;">
      <p>JobDesc</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Description of a backup job.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:20%;"></td>
    <td style="width:20%;">
      <p>JobName</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Name of a backup job.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Example

```xml
<ExecutionResult>
  <JobInfo ConfigId='f5bb9cd2-9b7d-4bb3-9c72-435cec24420c' JobDesc='Weekly backup job by VMWIN2\Administrator' JobName='Backup Job'>
  </JobInfo>
</ExecutionResult>
```