SPX Policy Schedule

SPX backup scheduling is extremely flexible, supporting backup schedules of almost any configuration. For example, a single backup schedule could do all of the following:

• Backup every 30 minutes during business hours Monday-Friday.
• Backup every hour from 6PM to 12AM to protect online transactions.
• Backup every 15 minutes from 6PM to 10PM on first Friday of each month to make sure monthly sales data is protected.

In the Schedule tab, specify the type of backup schedule and the schedule specifics to use in the policy-based backup job.

Schedule Type

Select the type of backup schedule to use:

Continuous: A Continuous backup schedule creates a single Full backup of the volume as a base image file. All subsequent backups are Incremental backups that capture changes to the volume. This schedule type requires ImageManager for image file chain management.

Mixed: A Mixed backup schedule creates a new Full backup of the volume on the specified day of the week or month. Subsequent backups are Incremental backups that capture changes to the volume until the next scheduled Full backup.

Full: A Full backup schedule creates a new Full backup of the volume on the specified day of the week or month.

Full, Manual: A Full, Manual schedule creates an on-demand Full backup job that runs when the endpoint receives the policy-based backup job. Administrators can create subsequent Full backups by clicking the job’s Play control.

Full Schedule

(Mixed or Full schedule types)

Specify the desired schedule for Full backups. Click Add Weekly or Add Monthly to add another layer to the schedule, up to a maximum of three. Each Full schedule layer includes the following settings:

Days of Week/Month: Select one or more days of the week or month that you want to run Full backups.

Start time: Select the time of day to start the Full backup.

Start time random delay: Add a random offset to the start time to help prevent a large number of Full backups from running at the same time. This helps mitigate the impact on network and storage resources.

Repeat: Select how often this schedule resets.

Incremental Schedule

(Mixed or Continuous schedule types)

Specify the desired schedule for Incremental backup. Click Add Weekly or Add Monthly to add another layer to the schedule, up to a maximum of three. Each Incremental schedule layer includes the following settings:

Days of Week/Month: Select one or more days of the week or month that you want to run Incremental backups.

From or All Day: Select the time span during the day to create Incremental backups. "All Day" specifies that SPX create Incremental backups 24 hours/day.

Start time random delay: Add a random offset to the start time to help prevent a large number of Incremental Full backups from running at the same time. This helps mitigate the impact on network and storage resources.

Repeat every: Select how often to create incremental backups within the specified time span.