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4.4.3 Monthly schedule
Monthly schedule is effective in Windows and Linux operating systems.
To specify a monthly schedule
In the Schedule area, select the appropriate parameter as follows:
Months: <...>
Select a certain month(s) you want to run the task in.
Days: <...>
Select specific days of the month to run the task on. You can also select the
last day of the month, irrespective of its actual date.
On: <...> <...>
Select specific days of the weeks to run the task on.
In the During the day execute the task... area, select one of the following:
Once at: <...>
Set up the time at which the task will be run once.
Every: <...>
From: <...> Until: <...>
Set up how many times the task will be run during the specified time interval.
For example, setting the task frequency to Every 1 hour From 10:00:00 AM
Until 10:00:00 PM allows the task to be run 13 times from 10 AM to 10 PM
during one day.
In the Effective... area, set the following settings:
From: <...>
Set up a date when this schedule will be enabled (an effective date). If this
check box is cleared, the task will be started on the nearest day and time you
have specified above.
To: <...>
Set up a date when this schedule will be disabled. If this check box is cleared,
the task will be run for an indefinite number of months.
If one or more task launches were missed while the machine was powered off, the software tries to
create a backup at the machine startup. If you do not need this extra backup, clear the If the
machine is turned off, run missed tasks at the machine startup check box.
All the settings you made are displayed in the Result field at the bottom of the window.
Examples
"Last day of every month" schedule
Run the task once at 10 PM on the last day of every month.
The schedule's parameters are set up as follows.
1. Months: <All months>.
2. Days: Last. The task will run on the last day of every month despite its actual date.
3. Once at: 10:00:00 PM.
4. Effective:
From: empty.
To: empty.
This schedule is widely used when creating a custom backup scheme. The "Last day of every month"
schedule is added to the full backups, while the differential backups are scheduled to be performed
once a week and incremental on workdays. For more details, see the Monthly full, weekly differential,
and daily incremental backups plus cleanup example in the Custom backup scheme (p. 45) section.
"Season" schedule