Backup Schedule Weekly

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

Key:

Field Description
Name Name of the backup schedule.
Backup set type This is the type of backup to be done. This option will only be displayed for certain types of backup set, i.e. MS SQL Server Backup, MS Exchange Server Backup, MS Hyper-V Backup, Oracle Database Server Backup or VMware Backup.
  • For MS SQL Server Backup - choices are Full (default), Differential, Incremental (only for VSS mode) or Transaction Log (only for ODBC mode).
  • For MS Exchange Server Backup - choices are Database (default) or Log File.
  • For MS Hyper-V Backup - choices are Full (default) or Incremental.
  • For Oracle Database Server Backup - choices are Database (default) or Archived Log.
  • For VMware Backup - choices are Full (default) or Incremental.
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.

To set up a backup schedule:

Example :

To configure a Weekly backup schedule where backup job will run on Friday every week at 8:00pm:

  1. Enter name of the backup schedule.
  2. Only available for certain backup set types: Select the backup set type.
  3. Select "Weekly" from the schedule [Type] dropdown menu.
  4. Select the checkbox beside [Fri].
  5. Select "at" from the [Start backup] dropdown menu and configure the start time to 20:00 from the dropdown menu.
  6. Configure the stop option according to your requirement.
  7. Click [OK] to save.

To configure a periodic backup schedule where backup job will run every hour every Sunday:

  1. Enter name of the backup schedule.
  2. Only available for certain backup set types: Select the backup set type.
  3. Select "Weekly" from the schedule [Type] dropdown menu.
  4. Select the checkbox beside [Sun].
  5. Select "every" from the [Start backup] dropdown menu and select the interval which is "1 hour" from the dropdown menu.
  6. Click [OK] to save.

To modify an existing backup schedule:

  1. Modify the backup schedule name if necessary.
  2. Only available for certain backup set types: Modify the backup set type if needed.
  3. The type of the backup schedule cannot be modified. If you need another type of schedule, you need to create a new schedule type.
  4. Modify the day of the week according to your requirement.
  5. Modify the start time according to your requirement.
  6. Modify the stop option according to your requirement.
  7. Click [OK] to save.

To delete a backup schedule:

  1. Click [Delete this backup schedule] link located at the lower left part of the page.
  2. Click the [Yes] button in the confirmation page that would appear if you want to delete it. Otherwise click [No], to keep the backup schedule.