Scheduling a File Backup Job
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If you want to run certain backup jobs on a regular basis, it is best to create a schedule for them.
You may add a schedule to an existing job and save it, add a schedule to an existing job and save it under another name (thus creating a new job without affecting the job you have made edits to), or create a completely new job, adding a schedule to it.
To add a schedule to a File backup job, create a new job or open an existing one from the Job Manager.
In the job creation/editing view, scroll down to the SCHEDULES pane and click Add Schedule. The Schedule dialog will open. Depending on the selected frequency, the dialog will display slightly different parameters to select. Below, the Weekly schedule view is shown.
Select all required parameters, such as the schedule starting time and date, day of the week (if applicable), repetition period, backup retention time, etc.
Click Add.
Important. The schedule is now added to the job, but the job is not saved yet. Continue with the procedure to save the job.
Save the job. If you have added the schedule by modifying an existing job, two options will be available.
Click Save to apply changes to the existing job; or
Click Save As to create a copy of the modified job, with the schedule added, under a new name.
Restrictions. The new job name must be unique throughout the entire DPX, regardless of the folder the job is stored in.
This dialog box contains three tabs along the top: Schedule, Exceptions, and Preview.
Freq | Description |
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Freq | Field | Definition |
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Once
To schedule a job to run once, on a particular date and at a particular time in the future.
Daily
To schedule a job to run every day at a particular time.
Weekly
To schedule a job to run weekly on a particular day of the week, or to schedule a job to run in a particular week of each month.
Monthly
To schedule a job to run monthly on a particular day of the month.
Scheme
To schedule rudimentary base/incremental or base/differential schemes. These are weekly schedules that run a Base backup once a week and Incremental or Differential backups on the remaining days. This option is not available for Block backup jobs.
Once
Run [Backup Type]
Select the backup type (base, differential, or incremental) for this job element. See Backup Types. For File, Image and NDMP, you can also select Migrate.
Backup at [Time]
Enter the time of day you want this job element to commence.
On [Date]
Select from the display calendar the date you want this job element to run.
Retention
Enter the number of days you would like the backed-up data for this element of this job to be saved in the Catalog. See Tape Retention in the DPX 4.9.x Reference Guide.
Daily
Run [Backup Type]
Select the backup type (base, differential, or incremental) for this job element. See Backup Types. For File, Image and NDMP, you can also select Migrate.
Backup at [Time]
Enter the time of day you want this job element to commence.
On [Date]
Select from the display calendar the first date you want this job element to run.
Repeat every [Days]
Select the repeat frequency in days.
Retention
Enter the number of days you would like the backed up data for this element of this job to be saved in the Catalog. See Tape Retention in the DPX 4.9.x Reference Guide.
End Date
This field is optional. To enable this field, select the check box, then select from the display calendar the final date you want this job element to run.
Weekly
Run [Backup Type]
Select the backup type (base, differential, or incremental) for this job element. For more information, see Backup Types. For File, Image and NDMP, you can also select Migrate.
Backup at [Time]
Enter the time of day you want this job element to commence.
On [Day of Week]
Select the day of the week you want this job element to run. You can select more than one day.
Repeat
Choose either Select Weeks or Week Day in Month.
Every
With the Select Weeks option selected in the Repeat field, select the frequency of weeks that this job should repeat.
The
With the Week Day in Month option selected in the Repeat field, select the week in each month that you would like this job element to run. You can select more than one week. Note that Week Day in Month refers to the set of 7 days starting from the first day in the month, not the calendar week containing the first day of the month.
Retention
Enter the number of days you would like the backed up data for this element of this job to be saved in the Catalog. See Tape Retention in the DPX 4.9.x Reference Guide.
Start Date
This field is optional. To enable this field, select the check box, then select from the display calendar the first date you want this job element to run.
End Date
This field is optional. To enable this field, select the check box, then select from the display calendar the final date you want this job element to run.
Monthly
Run [Backup Type]
Select the backup type (base, differential, or incremental) for this job element. See Backup Types. For File, Image and NDMP, you can also select Migrate.
Backup at [Time]
Enter the time of day you want this job element to commence.
On [Day of Month]
Select the numeric day of the month you want this job element to run. You can also choose last day of month.
Repeat every [Months]
Select the repeat frequency in months.
Retention
Enter the number of days, months, or years that you would like the backed up data for this element of this job to be saved in the Catalog. See Tape Retention in the DPX 4.9.x Reference Guide.
Start Date
This field is optional. To enable this field, select the check box, then select from the display calendar the first date you want this job element to run.
End Date
This field is optional. To enable this field, select the check box, then select from the display calendar the final date you want this job element to run.
Scheme
Run [Backup Type]
Select the backup type Base. See Backup Types.
Backup at [Time]
Enter the time of day you want the base backup of this job to commence.
On [Day of Week]
Select the day of the week you want the base backup of this job to run.
Retention
Enter the number of days you would like the backed-up data for the base backups of this job to be saved in the Catalog. See Tape Retention in the DPX 4.9.x Reference Guide.
Run [Backup Type]
Select either Differential or Incremental. See Backup Types.
Backup at [Time]
Enter the time of day you want the differential or incremental backups of this job to commence.
On [Scheme]
Select the scheme for the differential and incremental runs of this job. Your choices are displayed on the drop down list.
Retention
Enter the number of days you would like the backed up data for the differential or incremental backups of this job to be saved in the Catalog. See Tape Retention in the DPX 4.9.x Reference Guide.