Specifying a Schedule for the Restore Job

After you specify what you want to restore and where you want it restored to, you need to specify when you want to restore the data. This is known as the restore schedule. The restore schedule is saved as part of the restore definition. Therefore, each restore you define has its own distinct schedule.

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

To specify a Restore Schedule:

1. On the task panel, click Schedule.

   The Job Schedule dialog box appears.

   This 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.

2. Select the Schedule tab.

   A schedule definition for a job may include several job schedule elements, as defined for a variety of repeating intervals.

3. Edit the job schedule:

   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, on a specific day of the week, or on a specific week of each month, (for example, every third week of each month.)
      Monthly	Run this job monthly, on a specific day of that month.

   3. Fill in the relevant details. The following table provides an overview of the field definitions. Field definitions vary, depending on the frequency selected.

      Freq	Field	Definition
      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]	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.
      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	Indicate how often to repeat this job, click Select Weeks or Week Day in Month. • For Select Weeks, select a specific interval for running this job. For example, select “3” to run the job every three weeks, or select “last week day in month” to run the job in the last week of each month. • For Week Day in Month, select a week in each month for running this job. Multiple selections are permitted. Note 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 containing the first day of the month.
      	Start Date	This field is optional. To enable this field, select the check box, then select a start date for this job from the display calendar.
      	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.
      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 “last day” to indicate the last day of the month.
      	Repeat every [Months]	Indicate how often to repeat this job. For example select “1” to repeat this job every month, select “3” to repeat this job every three months.
      	Start Date	This field is optional. To enable this field, select the check box, then select a start date for this job from the display calendar.
      	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.

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

   1. Indicate that a scheduled job should not run on any holiday by selecting the Skip Run if Holiday check box. See Chapter 18. 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 at the top of the window.

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

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