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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section V. Configuring backups
  4. Creating backup policies
  5. Start Window tab
  6. Adding, changing, or deleting a time window in a policy schedule
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Adding, changing, or deleting a time window in a policy schedule

Use one of the following procedures to add, change, or delete a time window.

To add or change a time window in the NetBackup Administration Console

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand NetBackup Management > Policies.
  2. Expand the policy name in the middle pane, and then select Schedules.
  3. Do one of the following:

    To add a time window

    • Click Actions > New > Schedule.

    • In the Add Schedule dialog box, enter the name of a schedule.

    To change a time window

    In the right pane, double-click the schedule you want to change. The Change Schedule dialog box appears.

  4. Click the Start Window tab.
  5. To change the increments available for selecting start times or end times, change the value in the Resolution field. You can choose 5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes. For example, a resolution of 10 minutes allows time window adjustments by 10-minute increments.
  6. To indicate the opening of the time window, do the following:

    Drag your cursor in the time table

    Click the day and time when you'd like the window to start and drag it to the day and time when you'd like the window to close.

    Use the settings in the dialog box

    • In the Start day field, select the first day that the window opens.

    • In the Start time field, select the time that the window opens.

  7. To indicate the closing of the time window, do one of the following:

    Drag your cursor in the time table

    Click the day and time when you'd like the window to start and drag it to the day and time when you'd like the window to close.

    Enter the duration of the time window

    Enter a length of time in the Duration (days, hours, minutes) fields.

    Indicate the end of the time window

    • Select a day in the End day list.

    • Select a time in the End time field.

    Time windows show as bars in the schedule display.

    Specify enough time to allow all clients in the policy to complete a backup.

    Consider allowing extra time in the schedule in case the schedule starts late due to factors outside of NetBackup. (Delays due to unavailable devices, for example.) Otherwise, all backups may not have a chance to start.

  8. As necessary, do any of the following:

    Click Delete.

    Deletes the selected time window.

    Click Clear.

    Deletes all time windows from the schedule display.

    Click Duplicate.

    Replicates the time window for the entire week.

    Click Undo.

    Erases the last action.

  9. Do one of the following:

    Click Add.

    To save the time window and leave the dialog box open.

    Click OK.

    To save the time window and close the dialog box.

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