Solstice Backup 5.1 Administration Guide

Schedules Resource

Backup uses the Schedules resource to determine the level of data to back up for each client on a given calendar day. When you create a new Backup client, the Schedules attribute is automatically assigned the default schedule. You can assign a different preconfigured schedule or customize one of your own.

Backup ships with five preconfigured schedules, described in Table 2-4. You can use these schedules without further configuration if they fit your backup requirements. Otherwise, you can create new schedules to accommodate your specific needs.

You can modify, but not delete, the preconfigured Default schedule. The attributes for all of the other preconfigured schedules can be deleted or modified, but you cannot modify the names of the preconfigured schedules. Table 2-4 lists preconfigured Backup backup schedules.

Table 2-4 Preconfigured Backup Schedules


Schedule Name	Backup Backup Operation
Default	Completes a full backup every Sunday and incremental backups on all other days.
Full Every Friday	Completes a full backup every Friday and incremental backups on all other days.
Full on 1st Friday of Month	Completes a full backup on the first Friday of the month and incremental backups on all other days. Backup ships with the Failed Cross Reference Format options already preset for this schedule. The overrides for this schedule carry over year to year.
Full on 1st of Month	Completes a full backup on the first calendar day of the month and incremental backups on all other days.
Quarterly	Completes a full backup on the first day of the quarter and performs a level 5 backup on the first day of the other months in the quarter. Every seven days, a level 7 backup occurs; incremental backups occur on all other days. When you customize a quarterly schedule, use the Month period to set the level backups, then use an override to set each quarterly full backup on the calendar.