it should be appreciated that logic 102 user interface 104 and media job information 106 may reside on the same or different physical devices by way of example user interface 104 may be a web browser on a remote client it should also be appreciated that logic 102 user interface 104 and media job information 106 may be implemented in software firmware hardware or a combination of these fig2 illustrates an exemplary method for providing a status indicator for a media job category based on a service level objective for the media job category a service level objective is received 205 for a media job category the media job category may be a media movement category that includes media jobs to move media from one location to another a device load category for media jobs that load media into a backup device that may be used as scratch media for a backup application and a scratch media initialization category for media jobs that initialize scratch media into a scratch bin for use by one or more backup applications by way of example the media movement category may be a vaulting category for media jobs that move media having protected data to a different location a scratch category for media jobs that move media having data that exceeded a protected time period to a scratch bin or a check out request category for checking out media e g to restore data in one embodiment the service level objective may be received 205 from a user via user interface 104 the status.