Chapter 6: Scheduling Jobs; Overview; Choosing A Schedule Type - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

Data Protector Express offers flexible job scheduling. Jobs can be scheduled to run only occasionally or
as frequently as every minute. For ease of use and maximum data security, use one of the Data Protector
Express default job schedules. You can also create a customized schedule to meet your business needs for
data retention.
In this section

Choosing a Schedule Type

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Customizing Schedules
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Managing Backups with or Without Media Rotation
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Backup Job Schedule Type Descriptions
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Scheduling Restore Jobs
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Scheduling Verify Jobs
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Overview

This section covers scheduling concepts as they appear on the Schedule property page of a Data Protector
Express job, which controls when and how often a job is run. To learn about media rotation concepts that
appear on this property page, see Planning for Media Rotation on page 98.
Although schedule information is relevant to all job types, it is especially important for backup jobs. The
Schedule property page allows you to set up a comprehensive backup schedule many years into the
future, to run a job just once or to set up a job that you can run only occasionally.
The first part of this section reviews schedule types for backup jobs, while the second part explains how
to create and modify backup job schedules. The final part of this section reviews these concepts for
restore and verify jobs.
Choosing a Schedule Type
Data Protector Express lets you set up jobs that run automatically on regular schedules—at a certain
minute in the hour every hour, daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. You can also set up a job that you run
manually once, immediately, or at a specified time. Or you can create a job that contains no schedule at
all.
To determine which type of backup job you should create, ask yourself these questions:
Do I need to run the job at a specific time on a regular basis or only once in awhile?
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