Data Protector Express User Guide (TC330-96005, September 2011)

Comparing rotation types
Data Protector Express provides a variety of media rotation types to select from. Or, you can define
your own media rotation.
The following table compares the historical backups and full data recovery capabilities of each of
the rotation types provided in Data Protector Express.
Daily SetsWeekly SetsMonthly SetsYearly Sets# of SetsRotation Type
2 full1 full1 full4Simple
3 full1 full2 full6Simple
4 incremental3 full3 full10Simple
4 incremental4 full3 full11Simple
4 incremental4 full4 full12Simple
4 incremental appendsN fullN (def. 4)Daily Append
6 incremental6 full6 full2 full20GFS
8 incremental8 full7 full2 full25GFS
12 incremental8 fill8 full2 full30GFS
Running Jobs with Rotations
The info bar displays the Current rotation set and the Next rotation set in the Rotation Details
section of the info bar. Before the job is run the first time, both fields have the same value. Once
the job runs successfully, the current rotation set field will display the media that has just been used
and the next rotation set field displays the media that will be used next.
Initial run
The initial run of a rotation job uses the largest schedule interval in the rotation. For example,
suppose a job is configured to use a GFS 20 rotation starting on a Thursday, October 28th, 2010.
Even though a Thursday in the middle of a month would normally be classified as a Daily backup,
the first time the job is run, a Yearly backup will be performed.
Missed jobs
If, for some reason, a run of the job was missed — for example, because the Backup Server was
turned off at the scheduled run time — the scheduler will determine the largest interval missed and
run it automatically a few minutes after Data Protector Express starts again.
Failed jobs
If a job fails, it will not automatically be run again. However, you can manually rerun by clicking
the Run command in the command bar.
Pausing and continuing a schedule
You can stop a scheduled job from running for a period of time by clicking the Pause Schedule
command in the command bar. To turn the scheduled job back on, click the Continue Schedule
command in the command bar. As with the initial and skipped jobs, the scheduler will start again
with the largest schedule interval that was skipped.
Forcing a run
At times it may be desirable to start a job before its scheduled time. Clicking the Run next schedule
command in the command bar will cause the next scheduled interval to be run immediately. The
job will not be run again when its originally scheduled time arrives. And forcing a run to start
ahead of schedule will not affect the scheduling of subsequent runs. They will run at their normally
scheduled time.
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