Scheduling a Condense Job (desktop interface only)

Running the Condense operation regularly is an important maintenance function. You can use the Schedule feature to schedule the Condense operation to occur at an off time and on a regular basis.

Desktop interface

1. Open the Catalog tab from the Function Tab bar, and in the Catalog Operations section, click Condense.

2. Click Schedule Condense Job in the task panel to open the Job Schedule dialog box.

The dialog box contains three tabs:

• Use the Schedule tab to define the dates and times for running this job.

• Use the Exceptions tab to list any exceptions to the schedule of this job.

• Use the Preview tab to view all jobs, as scheduled for a specified future date.

3. Select the Schedule tab. A schedule definition for a job may include several job schedule elements, as defined for a variety of repeating intervals.

4. Edit the job schedule:

   1. Click New.

   2. In the Edit Schedule dialog, select a frequency. The recommended frequency is Daily, preferably at a time when the Catalogic DPX master server is not running backup jobs or has a lighter load of backup processing.

   3. Fill in the relevant details. The following table shows the fields for Daily:

      Frequency	Field	Definition
      Daily	Run at [Time]	Enter the start time for this job.
      	On [Date]	Select the start date for this job from the display calendar.
      	Repeat every [Days]	Indicate how often to repeat this job. For example, select 3 to run the job every three days.
      	End Date	This field is optional. To enable this field, select the check box, then select and end date for this job from the display calendar.

   4. Click Apply. The new job schedule element appears in the Schedule Description list at the top of the window.

   5. To define additional requirements for this schedule, click New, then repeat this part of the process.

5. To exclude any prescheduled runs of this job, select the Exceptions tab. Add exclusion description items one by one:

   1. Select the Skip Run if Holiday check box to not run a scheduled job on a holiday. See Configuring Holidays in the Reference Guide.

   2. In the New Exception Box, use the display calendar to select a date to exclude. In the display calendar, dates that appear in red identify run dates scheduled for this particular job.

   3. To exclude certain job elements scheduled for that date, click Select one or more entries to exclude, then select the desired jobs from the entries listed in the box. To exclude all job elements scheduled for a selected date, click Exclude whole day.

   4. Click Apply. The exclusion description item is added to the Schedule Description list.

   5. To define additional exceptions for this job, click New, then repeat this part of the process.

   Click OK. Remember to resave the job definition.