Schedule Configuration Attributes

To create a customized backup schedule, you must define the following schedule configuration values in the Schedule resource:

• Name - Choose a simple, descriptive name, for example "Monday Full." You cannot change the Name attribute of an existing Schedule resource. For example, if you want to change the schedule "Full Every Friday" to "Full Every Monday," you must create a new "Full Every Monday" schedule. You cannot change the existing schedule to complete full backups on Mondays instead of Fridays, and then edit its name.

• Period - Specify how often you want a backup to run. When you select Week, the backup level is applied to that day of the week for all the weeks in the calendar year, for example, full backups every Sunday. When you select Month, the backup level is applied to that day of the month for all months in the calendar year, for example, full backups on the fifteenth of each month. Week is the default setting.

• Level - Select the backup level for each day in the period. Valid values for backup level include "full," "incr," and "1-9." See "Backup Levels " for more information on backup levels.

• Override - Specify a list of actions and dates overriding an existing backup level for a specific day. For example, you may not want a full backup to run on a holiday. You can override the schedule so the full backup runs on the day before or the day after the holiday.

• Force - You might also want to change this incremental setting which is located in the Groups resource. The default setting for this attribute is "Yes." This means an incremental backup will occur if the group is run more than once a day. Set this attribute to "No" to do more than one full backup per day.