Scheduling a Restore Job in the Desktop Interface

Once you define a restore job, you can schedule it to run at a specific time or date. Each job can have its schedule as a part of its restore definition.

Tip. You can save a Restore definition and manually run the restore job without defining a schedule.

Creating a new Restore schedule:

  1. On the task panel, click Schedule Restore Job.

  1. This will open the Job Schedule dialog containing three tabs:

  • The Schedule tab lets you define the dates and times for running this job.

  • The Exceptions tab lists any exceptions to the schedule of this job.

  • The Preview tab lets you view all jobs, as scheduled for a specified future date.

  1. First, click the Schedule tab.

    1. Click New.

    2. In the Edit Schedule box, select a frequency:

      Once

      Run this job one time, on a specific date and time in the future.

      Daily

      Run this job every day at a specific time.

      Weekly

      Run this job weekly. You can choose a specific day of the week for it to run, or you can set it to run during a particular week of each month.

      Monthly

      Run this job monthly, on a specific day of a month.

  1. Now, fill in the relevant details based on the frequency you choose.

    FrequencyFieldDefinition

    Once

    Run at [Time]

    Enter the start time for this job.

    On [Date]

    Select the start date for this job from the display calendar.

    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]

    Choose the frequency at which this job should be repeated. For instance, if you want the job to run every three days, select 3.

    End Date

    [OPTIONAL] To enable this field, select the check box, then select an end date for this job from the display calendar.

    Weekly

    Run at [Time]

    Enter the start time for this job.

    On [Day of Week]

    Select at least one day of the week for running this job. Multiple selections are permitted.

    Repeat

    To set the frequency of this task, choose either Select Weeks or Week Day in Month. • For Select Weeks, you can specify the interval at which the task should run. For instance, choosing 3 will schedule the task to run every three weeks. If you want the task to run in the last week of each month, select last week day in month. • For Week Day in Month, you can select a specific week each month for the task to run. You can make multiple selections. Keep in mind that Last Week Day in Month refers to the set of 7 days starting from the first day in the month, not the calendar week that includes the first day of the month.

    Start Date

    [OPTIONAL] To enable this field, select the check box, then select a start date for this job from the display calendar.

    End Date

    [OPTIONAL] To enable this field, select the check box, then select an end date for this job from the display calendar.

    Monthly

    Run Job at [Time]

    Enter the start time for this job.

    On [Day of Month]

    Select a specific day of the month for running this job, for example, select 3 to indicate the third day of the month, or select the last day to indicate the last day of the month.

    Repeat every [Months]

    Choose the frequency at which this job should be repeated. For example, select 1 to repeat this job every month or 3 to repeat this job every three months.

    Start Date

    [OPTIONAL] To enable this field, select the check box, then select a start date for this job from the display calendar.

    End Date

    [OPTIONAL] To enable this field, select the check box, then select an end date for this job from the display calendar.

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

Adding Exceptions to a Restore Job

To exclude any prescheduled runs of this job, select the Exceptions tab.

To add an exception to a Restore Schedule:

  1. In the New Exception box, use the display calendar to select a date to exclude. In the display calendar, dates marked red identify run dates scheduled for this job.

  2. 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.

  3. Click Apply. The exclusion description item is added to the Schedule Description list at the top of the window.

  4. [OPTIONAL] Mark that a scheduled job should not run on any holiday by selecting the Skip Run if Holiday check box.

  5. Click OK. Remember to resave this job definition.

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