Conditions - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition User Manual

Run the task: Daily
Once at: 09:00:00 AM
Distribute start time within the time window
Maximum delay: 1 Hour(s)
Distribution method: Random
Then the task's start time on each machine may be any time between 09:00:00 AM and
09:59:59 AM—for instance:
First machine: Every day at 09:30:03 AM
Second machine: Every day at 09:00:00 AM
Third machine: Every day at 09:59:59 AM
Example 2
Suppose that you are deploying a backup policy with the following schedule to three machines:
Run the task: Daily
Every: 2 Hour(s) From: 09:00:00 AM Until: 11:00:00 AM
Distribute start time within the time window
Maximum delay: 1 Hour(s)
Distribution method: Random
Then the time of the task's first run on each machine may be any time between 09:00:00 AM and
09:59:59 AM; the interval between the first and the second run is exactly two hours—for
instance:
First machine: Every day at 09:30:03 AM and 11:30:03 AM
Second machine: Every day at 09:00:00 AM and 11:00:00 AM
Third machine: Every day at 09:59:59 AM and 11:59:59 AM
To specify advanced settings
1. Connect to the management server or to a machine registered on it, and then start creating a
backup policy or a backup plan.
2. In How to back up, select the Simple, Tower of Hanoi, or Custom scheme, and then click Change
to specify a schedule for the scheme.
3. Under Run the task, select Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
4. In the Advanced settings area, click Change.
5. To enable the use of the Wake-On-LAN functionality, select the Use Wake-on-LAN check box.
6. To distribute the centralized backup tasks' start times, select the Distribute start time within the
time window check box and then specify the maximum delay value and the distribution method.

5.6 Conditions

Conditions add more flexibility to the scheduler, enabling to execute backup tasks with respect to
certain conditions. Once a specified event occurs (see the Scheduling section for the list of available
events), the scheduler checks the specified condition and executes the task if the condition is met.
The scheduler behavior in case the event occurs but the condition (or any of multiple conditions) is
not met, is defined by the Task start conditions (p. 115) backup option. There, you can specify how
important the conditions are for the backup strategy:

conditions are obligatory - put the backup task run on hold until all the conditions are met.

conditions are preferable, but a backup task run has higher priority - put the task on hold for the
specified time interval. If the time interval lapses and the conditions are still not met, run the
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