Administrator 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.
7. When you have finished modifying the schedule, click OK.
Delete a Schedule
Deleting a schedule does not delete restore points already created based upon the 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 data source.
3. In the Backup Sets area of the navigation pane, click Jobs.
4. Select the backup job to delete.
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Working with Backup Set Jobs