Excluding days from a window for a storage lifecycle policy operation
Use the Exclude dates tab to exclude specific days from a window. If a day is excluded from a window, jobs do not run on that day. The tab displays a calendar of three consecutive months. Use the lists at the top of the calendar to change the first month or year displayed.
To exclude a day from the storage lifecycle policy window
- In the Window tab, select the name of an existing window from the drop-down menu.
- Select the Exclude dates tab.
Use one or more methods to indicate the days to exclude:
Select the days on the 3-month calendar that you want to exclude. Use the drop-down lists at the top of the calendar to change the months or year.
To indicate Recurring week days:
Select Select all to select all of the days in every month for every year.
Select Deselect all to remove all existing selections.
Select a box in the matrix to select a specific day to exclude for every month.
Select the column head of a day of the week to exclude that day every month.
Select the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or Last row label to exclude that week every month.
To indicate Recurring days of the month:
Select Select all to select all of the days in every month.
Select Deselect all to remove all existing selections.
Select a box in the matrix to select that day to exclude each month.
Select Last day to exclude the last day of every month.
To indicate Specific dates:
Select Add. Enter the month, day, and year in the Date selection.
The date appears in the Specific dates list.
To delete a date, select the date in the list. Select Delete.
- Add additional dates as necessary, and then select Save.