Calendar scheduling with the Include Dates tab
Use the Calendar option in the policy Attributes tab to create a job schedule based on a calendar view. The Include Dates tab lets administrators configure the schedules that run according to specific days, on recurring week days, or on recurring days of the month.
Note:
Using the calendar schedule, if a green checkmark does not appear on a day, the day is not included in the schedule.
If Retries allowed after runday is enabled, a job could run on a day that is not included in the schedule.
When a new calendar schedule is created with Retries allowed after runday enabled, the schedule runs its first job on the next day when the backup window is open. That day may be before the first run day that is included in the schedule.
To use a calendar to schedule run days
- In the Attributes tab, enable the Calendar attribute.
- Select the Include Dates tab.
Use one or more methods to schedule the days on which jobs can run:
Select the day(s) on the three-month calendar that you want jobs to run. Use the drop-down lists at the top of the calendar to change the months or year.
To indicate Recurring Week Days:
Click Select All to select all of the days in every month for every year.
Click Deselect All to remove all existing selections.
Check a box in the matrix to select a specific day to include for every month.
Click the column head of a day of the week to include that day every month.
Click the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or Last row label to include that week every month.
To indicate Recurring Days of the Month:
Click Select All to select all of the days in every month.
Click Deselect All to remove all existing selections.
Check a box in the matrix to select that day to include each month.
Click Last Day to include the last day of every month.
To indicate Specific Dates:
Click New. Enter the month, day, and year in the Date Selection dialog box. Click OK.
The date appears in the Specific Dates list.
To delete a date, select the date in the list. Click Delete.
- Add additional dates as necessary, then click OK to save the included days.