Schedules

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Manage schedules for Securepoint Unified Backup jobs

Last adaption: 07.2024 (1.2)

New:

• Example for hourly backups and 10 years storage time added

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Preliminary note

Schedules control the execution of previously created jobs.
Creating a schedule is done automatically after creating a job or for an existing job by using the Show/Add schedule action in the Select Action drop-down menu at the end of the respective job's row.

Every schedule creates a Safeset from which data can be restored.
The storage type defines how many safesets are stored for how many days.

A maximum of 44 safesets may be created.

Show/add schedule

Box	Value	Description
Storage	30_days	The default storage type here is 30_days. More schedules should be defined. The different storage types are defined in the Advanced Storage types tab.
Schedule: see below
Compression	Smaller	Creates the smallest possible backup file to be transferred. (Default)
	Faster	Performs faster compression, but creates larger files.
Is deferred (0 for none)	None Minutes Hours	The defer function is used to interrupt a backup after a defined time and resume it at the next scheduled run. The defer function should only be used for the initial backup. If the transfer is aborted unexpectedly, the next time the schedule is run, the transfer would be completely restarted and the backup would never be complete. We recommend in the agent description (Menu Computer / End customer selection-Site / tab Extended / tab Options ) to place a notice that the defer function is active in the schedule. After the first successful completion of the backup without deferral, the function and the reminder from the agent description can be removed from the schedule.
Activate		Activates or deactivates the schedule
Priority		Moves the entry up or down. Top entries are executed first. Coinciding entries will be ignored afterwards. In order for a monthly safeset to be executed after 30 days of daily backup (30_days), the schedule 12_month must be above it. If different times were specified here, one too many safesets would be generated.
		Removes the schedule

Box	Value	Description
Schedule	Clicking on the schedule opens another window where different types can be selected Schedules are processed one after the other from top to bottom. If a schedule has a start time at which a schedule above is still being executed, the latter will not be processed. Thus, the sequence must be from rarely to often. Daily and monthly should be defined for the same time. Then after 30 days instead of a daily (30_days) the overlying monthly safeset (12_months) is generated.
	21:45 Last Recommended in conjunction with the storage type 12_months	Schedule view Days of the month Any day of the month can be selected. Additionally there is the value Last. At 21:45 A time must be set. In order to ensure the consistency of the safesets, the schedules of a job should be set to the same time.
	21:45 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun Recommended in conjunction with the storage type 30_days	Schedule view Days of the week Each day of the week can be selected individually At     A time must be set. In order to ensure the consistency of the safesets, the schedules of a job should be set to the same time.
	0/6,10,14,18/*/*/* Recommended in conjunction with the storage type 4_intraday	Schedule view Custom You can freely define any schedules. For the storage type 4_intraday, for example, it is recommended to back up every 4 hours from 6 am until 6 pm. Example of a backup on every first Monday of the quarter at 21:45 45/21/1-7/1,4,7,10/1 This example would have to be used with an extra defined storage type! In the first position, there must never be an asterisk. This would attempt to run the job every minute. A maximum of 44 safesets may be created. There must be at least 4 hours between every backup.
Special schedules Hourly Backups Under Computer / Choose the computer the respective backup jobs can be created and edited.
	Process	Description
	Under the week	Set schedule to "under the week" A job is only allowed to have one schedule under the week.
	Every 1 hours, at 0 minutes past the hour.	Set schedule with "1" to hourly
	If desired, set the active period. Set the storage time to either 24 or 48 hours (remember the safeset). Then confirm with OK.
10 years storage time Under Computer / Choose the computer / tab Advanced new storage types can be created in the Storage types tab.
	Process	Description
	Name	Choose unique name
	3653 days	Select enough days so that the 10 years are full. Due to leap years, the retention period may only be 3652 days.
	10	Enter the required number of backup copies
	Save	Saves the storage type
	Customised	Set schedule view to user-defined
	0/20/31/12/*	Set schedule to (0/20/31/12/*)
	OK	Saves the storage period