Custom Schedules

You can select a custom schedule on the Schedule tab in the Backup Manager. A custom schedule enables you to run a backup job either once or on a repeating basis. You can specify the following parameters for backup and restore jobs:

Repeat Method--All jobs can be scheduled using the Schedule options available in each Manager. Jobs can be submitted with a repeat method of:
- Once--Do not repeat this job.
  Note: This option is not available for synthetic full backup jobs.
- Every n frequency--Repeat this job every specified number of Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, or Months.
  Note: This option is not available for synthetic full backup jobs.
- Day(s) of the Week--Repeat this job on the days that are checked off.
- Week(s) of the Month--Repeat this job on the weeks that are checked off.
  Note: This method is not available for synthetic full backup jobs.
- Day of the Month--Repeat this job on the specified day.
  Note: This method is not available for synthetic full backup jobs.
- Custom--Repeat this at the specified interval, but exclude the days that are checked.
  Note: This method is not available for synthetic full backup jobs.
Append days option--The Append days option lets you append backups to one tape for the number of days that you specify. This option helps to maximize the amount of data stored on tape, and minimize the number tapes that need to be stored relative to a job. As a best practice, you should use this option when you perform relatively small volume, daily full backups. However, you can apply this option to all custom backup schedules except for run Once backup jobs and grandfather-father-son rotation jobs.
- Default value: 6 days
- Range: 1 to 3650 days
Note: The Append days option cannot be applied to jobs where the destination device is data deduplication devices or cloud devices. In addition, with the Append days option applied to the backup, Arcserve Backup ignores the First Backup Media (global options) applied to the job. For more information about First Backup Media option, see Backup Manager Backup Media Options.

You can specify the following parameters for a backup job:

Backup Method--This specifies what data will be backed up. Jobs can be submitted with a backup method of:
- Full (Keep Archive Bit)--Performed each time the job is repeated and keeps the archive bit.
- Full (Clear Archive Bit)--Performed each time the job is repeated and clears the archive bit.
- Incremental backup--Backs up only those files whose archive bit have been set since the last full or incremental backup was performed. After each backup, archive bits are reset so that they are not backed up during the next incremental backup job.
- Differential backup--Backs up only those files whose archive bits have been set since the last full backup was performed. Because differential backup jobs do not clear a file’s archive bit, the files that were backed up in the last differential job are backed up again. Using this backup method, the backup jobs require more time to process than incremental backup jobs. However, this strategy requires less effort to restore servers and workstations because you will probably require fewer media to restore your machines.
  Note: For a synthetic full backup job, if the agent supports synthetic full backups, the differential backup job is converted to an incremental backup job.
Use WORM Media--Directs Arcserve Backup to use WORM media when the backup job runs.