Scheduling Restore Jobs; Scheduling Verify Jobs; Backup Job Schedule Type Descriptions; Tips For Working With Scheduled Jobs - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

Scheduling Restore Jobs

Restore jobs can be run with any of the schedules provided in Data Protector Express. If you only need
your job to run when you start it manually from Data Protector Express, select Not scheduled. To run a
restore job only once, use the Run on specific day or Run now schedule. For restore jobs that should run
at regular schedules, use any of the other schedules.

Scheduling Verify Jobs

Verify jobs can be run with any of the schedules provided in Data Protector Express. If you only need
your job to run when you start it manually from Data Protector Express, select Not scheduled. To run a
verify job only once, use the Run on specific day or Run now schedule. For verify jobs that should run
at regular schedules, use any of the other schedules.

Backup Job Schedule Type Descriptions

Protector Express service is running.
specified time, with no rotation.
is optional.
Jobs run automatically so long as the Data Protector Express service is running or if Data Protector
Express is open.

Tips for Working with Scheduled Jobs

This section provides useful tips for running scheduled jobs.
Manually set the correct options and "force" the job to run again.
Suppose a scheduled job has failed to run correctly. In order to ensure the integrity of the data, the job
must be run again.
Consider this example. Suppose it is discovered on Monday morning that a full backup job has failed to
run as scheduled on Friday evening. If a full backup job is not run before the next incremental job, the
ability to fully reconstruct data will be compromised. It is vital that the full backup job be run soon.
However, you cannot merely "force" the job to run again. Recall that when Data Protector Express runs a
scheduled job, it automatically updates four settings on the Options and Device/Media property pages of
the job: Backup mode, Write mode, New media location, New media name and Media.
Run a job manually any time you start it from Data Protector Express.
Run the job as soon as soon as you finish setting it up.
Run the job only at the scheduled time so long as Data Protector Express or the Data
Run the job automatically only on those days that you select on the calendar at the
Run the job automatically at a custom schedule based on your selections. Media rotation