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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section V. Configuring backups
  4. Creating backup policies
  5. How open schedules affect calendar-based and frequency-based schedules
  6. Creating an open schedule in the NetBackup Administration Console
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Creating an open schedule in the NetBackup Administration Console

The following procedure describes how to create an open schedule in an existing policy. In this procedure, the open schedule is configured to begin at 10:00 P.M.

To create an open schedule in the NetBackup Administration Console

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand NetBackup Management > Policies.
  2. In the middle pane, double-click on the policy name where you want to create an open schedule.
  3. Select the Schedules tab.
  4. Click New or Add to create a new schedule.
  5. Complete the information on the Attributes tab.
  6. Select the Start Window tab.
  7. Select Sunday as the Modify Day and 10:00:00 PM as the Start time.
  8. Select Monday as the End Day and 10:00:00 PM as the End time. The Duration is then automatically set to one day.
  9. Click Duplicate to copy this window to each day of the week.
  10. Click OK to add the schedule to the policy.

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