Create Backup Set

Set the backup schedule

A Backup Schedule defines the backup type, time, time period allowed, and frequency of the backup job of a backup set.

Field Description
Name Name of the backup schedule.
Backup set type Type of backup to be done, eg: Full and Incremental.
  • Full - captures all the data that you want to protect. When you run backup job for the first time, %edition_name% will run a full backup regardless of the backup set type setting.
  • Incremental - captures only the changes made as compared with the last uploaded full or delta file (i.e. changes since the last incremental backup).
Type Type of backup schedule, eg: Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Custom.
  • Daily - time of the day or interval in minutes/hours when the backup job will run.
  • Weekly - day of the week and time of the day or interval in minutes/hours when the backup job will run.
  • Monthly - day of the month and the time on that day when the backup job will run.
  • Custom - specific date and time when the backup job will run.
Start backup Time when backup job will start. The scheduled backup can be set to start either:
  • At a specific time. (default)
          or
  • Every, set interval in minutes or hours.
    Minute interval: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20 or 30 minutes.
    Hourly interval: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 or 12 hours.
Stop Time when backup job will stop. This only applies to schedules with start backup "at" and is not supported for periodic backup schedule (start backup "every"). The scheduled backup can be set to stop either:
  • Until 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.

To set up a backup schedule:

  1. By the default the Run scheduled backup for this backup set is turned on. There is a backup scheduled to run daily at 8:00pm until full backup is completed.
  2. The existing daily schedule may be edited by clicking on it and changing the settings or you can add a new schedule instead by clicking on the [Add] button.
  3. Enter the backup schedule name.
  4. Select the backup set type.
  5. Select the type of backup schedule.
  6. Select the start time according to your requirement.
  7. Select the stop option according to your requirement (if available).
  8. Option: Click on the checkbox to enable the Run Retention Policy after backup.
  9. Click [OK] to save.