Backup Schedule Custom

A Backup Schedule defines the time, time period allowed, and frequency that backup job for an existing backup set should be run automatically.

Key:

Field Description
Name Schedule task name.
Type Type of the schedule backup, eg: Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Custom.
Start backup Start backup time.
Stop Stop backup time. The schedule backup can be set to stop either
  • Full backup is completed regardless of how much time it takes. (default)
  • or
  • After the backup has started for the set time (1-24 hr) regardless if the backup is done.
  • Run Retention Policy after backup After the backup, %edition_name% will follow the retention setup to clean up the disk space.

    Example :

    To configure a Custom backup schedule where backup job will run on November 30th of 2013 (2013-11-30) at 8:00pm:

    1. Enter name of the backup schedule.
    2. Select "Custom" from the schedule [Type] dropdown menu.
    3. Enter the date when the backup should be performed eg: Year 2013 , Month November and Day 30.
    4. Configure start time to 20:00 from the dropdown menu.
    5. Configure the stop option according to your requirement.