Users Guide

Managing Job Schedules
This section describes how to manage backup set schedules.
Suspend a Schedule
Use the following procedure to pause a schedule. Restart the schedule at any time by clicking Resume Schedule.
1 In the Server Connections area of the navigation pane, connect to a server or host.
2 In the Backup Extensions area of the navigation pane, select the data source.
3 In the Backup Sets area of the navigation pane, click Jobs.
The Backup Jobs display opens, showing all backup jobs for the server.
4 Select a backup job, and click Suspend Schedule. The schedule for the backup job is suspended.
Resume a Suspended Schedule
A resumed schedule runs at the next scheduled time for the backup set.
1 In the Server Connections area of the navigation pane, connect to a server or host.
2 In the Backup Extensions area of the navigation pane, select the data source.
3 In the Backup Sets area of the navigation pane, click Jobs.
The Backup Jobs display opens, showing all backup jobs for the server.
4 Select a suspended backup job, and click Resume Schedule.
The schedule for the backup job is resumed.
Modify a Schedule
Use the Modify Backup Schedule dialog box to make changes to when and how often a backup job is run.
1 In the Server Connections area of the navigation pane, connect to a server or host.
2 In the Backup Extensions area of the navigation pane, select a data source.
3 In the Backup Sets area of the navigation pane, click Jobs .
The Backup Jobs display opens, showing all backup jobs for the server.
4 Select the backup job you want to modify.
5 In the Scheduling area of the action pane, click Modify Schedule.
The Modify Backup Schedule dialog box opens.
6 Modify the schedule. The time scheduled for a backup is based on server time, which is shown in the upper right of the dialog box.
• In the Schedule Type area, specify the schedule type.
– One Time: Select this option to schedule one occurrence of the backup job, and then specify the date and time for the backup
job in the One-Time Occurrence area.
– Recurring: Select this option to set up a recurring schedule for the backup job. For recurring backups, select the frequency
options for the backup schedule.
• For recurring backups, select the frequency options for the backup schedule.
NOTE
: To set up overnight schedules, click Exclude Time Range and then specify the range of time to exclude
from the schedule. For example, to create an overnight schedule that runs from 5 PM to 8 AM, click Exclude
Time Range and then specify 8 AM as the Starting at time and specify 5 PM as the Ending at time. The backup
schedule begins at 5 PM of the current day and stop at 8 AM the following day.
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