Backup Schedule Overview

Backup Schedule

This feature allows the user to assign a backup schedule for the backup job to run automatically.

Configure Backup Schedule

1. Swipe the lever to the right to turn on the backup schedule setting.

2. Select an existing backup schedule to modify or click the Add button to create a new one.

3. In the "New Backup Schedule" window, configure the following backup schedule settings.

   

   • Name - the name of the backup schedule
   • Type - the type of backup schedule. There are four (4) types of backup schedule:

     • Daily - the time of the day or interval in minutes/hours when the backup job will run.

       

     • Weekly - the day of the week and the time of the day or interval in minutes/hours when the backup job will run.

       

     • Monthly - the day of the month and the time that day when the backup job will run.

       

     • Custom - a specific date and time when the backup job will run.

       

   • Start backup - the start time of the backup job.
     • at - this option will start a backup job at a specific time.

     • every - this option will start a backup job in intervals of minutes or hours.

       Here is an example of a backup set that has a periodic and normal backup schedule.

       Figure 1.1

       Figure 1.2

       Figure 1.1 - Periodic backup schedule runs every 4 hours from Monday - Friday during business hours

       Figure 1.2 - Normal backup schedule runs at 21:00 or 9:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday on weekend non-business hours

   • Stop - the stop time of the backup job. This only applies to schedules with start backup "at" and is not supported for periodic backup schedule (start backup "every").
     • until full backup completed - this option will stop a backup job once it is complete. This is the configured stop time of the backup job by default.

     • after (defined no. of hrs.) - this option will start a backup job after a certain number of hours regardless of whether the backup job has completed or not. This can range from 1 to 24 hrs.

       The number of hours must be enough to complete a backup of all files in the backup set. For small files in a backup, if the number of hours is not enough to back up all files, then the outstanding files will be backed up in the next backup job. However, if the backup set contains large files, this may result in partially backed up files.

       For example, if a backup has 100GB file size which will take approximately 15 hours to complete on your environment, but you set the “stop” after 10 hours, the file will be partially backed up and cannot be restored. The next backup will upload the files from scratch again.

       The partially backed up data will have to be removed by running the Data Integrity Check.

       As a general rule, it is recommended to review this setting regularly as the data size on the backup machine may grow over time.

   • Run Retention Policy after backup - if enabled, AhsayOBM will run a Retention Policy job to remove files from the backup destination(s) which have exceeded the Retention Policy after performing a backup job.
4. Click the OK button to save the configured backup schedule settings.

5. Click the Save button to save settings.