Use the Modify Long-Term Schedule screen to change your
long-term backup schedule. The scheduling options you can modify
for long-term protection depend on your retention range and backup
frequency.
This page contains the scheduling options for long-term
protection.
Elements
Backup frequency |
Scheduling options |
Daily
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- Time for daily backup.
- Day of week and time for monthly backup.
- Date and time for yearly backup.
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Weekly
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- Day of week and time for weekly backup.
- Day of week and time for monthly backup.
- Date and time for yearly backup.
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Biweekly
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- Day of week and time for biweekly backup.
- Day of week and time for monthly backup.
- Date and time for yearly backup.
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Monthly
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- Date and time for monthly backup (monthly
backups are performed on the specified day of the month).
- Examples:
- If on Jan 10 you schedule a monthly backup to
run on the 15th day of the month, the first backup will happen on
January 15.
- If on Jan 10 you schedule a monthly backup to
run on the 5th day of the month, then the first backup will happen
on Feb 5.
- If you schedule a monthly backup within 24
hours from the current time and date, then the first backup will
happen the next month on the specified day.
- Example:
- If on Jan 10 3:00 P.M. you schedule a monthly backup to run on
the 11th day of the month at 10:00 A.M., then the first backup will
happen on Feb 11 10:00 A.M. and then every month thereafter.
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Quarterly
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- Date and time for quarterly backup (quarterly
backups are performed in January, April, July, and October on the
specified day of the month).
- Examples:
- If on Jan 10 you schedule a quarterly backup
to run on the 15th day of the month, the first backup will happen
on January 15 and every three months thereafter.
- If on Jan 10 you schedule a quarterly backup
to run on the 5th day of the month, then the first backup will
happen on April 5 and then every three months thereafter.
- If you schedule a quarterly backup within 24
hours from the current time and date, then the first backup will
happen the next quarter on the specified day and every three months
thereafter.
- Example:
- If on Jan 10 3:00 P.M. you schedule a quarterly backup to run
on the 11th day of the month at 10:00 A.M., then the first backup
will happen on April 11 at 10:00 A.M. and then every three months
thereafter.
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Half-yearly
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- Date and time for half yearly backup (half
yearly backups are performed two times in a year on the specified
month and date).
- Examples:
- If on January 10 2009 you schedule a half
yearly backup to run on the January 15, then the first backup will
happen on January 15 2009 and then every six months thereafter.
- If on January 10 2009 you schedule a half
yearly backup to run on the January 5, then the first backup will
happen on July 5 2009 and then every six months thereafter.
- If you schedule a half yearly backup within
24 hours from the current time and date, then the first backup will
happen after six months on the specified month and date and then
every six months thereafter.
- Example:
- If on January 10 2009 3:00 P.M. you schedule
a half yearly backup to run on the January 11 at 10:00 A.M., then
the first backup will happen on July 11 2009 at 10:00 A.M. and then
every six months thereafter.
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Yearly
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- Date and time for yearly backup (yearly
backups are performed one time in a year on the specified month and
date).
- Examples:
- If on January 10 2009 you schedule a yearly
backup to run on the January 15, then the first backup will happen
on January 15 2009 and then every year thereafter.
- If on January 10 2009 you schedule a yearly
backup to run on the January 5, then the first backup will happen
on January 5 2010 and then every year thereafter.
- If you schedule a yearly backup within 24
hours from the current time and date, then the first backup will
happen the next year on the specified month and date and every year
thereafter.
- Example:
- If on January 10 2009 3:00 P.M. you schedule
a yearly backup to run on the January 11 at 10:00 A.M., then the
first backup will happen on January 11 2010 at 10:00 A.M. and then
every year thereafter.
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After modifying the long-term backup schedule, click
OK.
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