Creating a snapshot schedule

Snapshots can be scheduled to run on a specific schedule or periodically at timed intervals. The files available for restore display from the snapshots. To ensure the files are available with minimal delay, snapshots should be captured as frequently as your system resources allow.

Snapshots cannot be captured more frequent than hourly.

When you back up data from a single Business Server to multiple backup destinations, the snapshot schedules should be consistent so that all files that are protected by Continuous Protection Server are included in the scheduled snapshots.

Also, related data sets, such as the data and log files of a given database, should always be backed up to the same backup destination.

To create a snapshot schedule

  1. On the navigation bar, click Setup.

  2. In the selection pane, click Backup Destinations.

  3. In the results pane, right-click the backup destination, and then click Properties.

  4. In the Properties pane, under Snapshot, click Schedule.

  5. Select one of the following snapshot schedule options:


    Run on these days

    Select the check box next to each day that you want the snapshot to occur.

    Run only at

    Select and define a specific time for the snapshot to occur.

    Run

    Select and define the intervals at which the snapshot occurs.

    Snapshot schedules are always shown in the local time of the user who is creating the snapshot schedule. If snapshot schedules are created for servers that are located in other time zones, the specified time must be converted to your local time.

  6. Click OK.

Creating a snapshot schedule