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Customize the Job Schedule

Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) provides the capability to define your own schedule using a script to run a job. If you require to run a job periodically and you cannot schedule using the web UI, you can create a script to define such schedule. For example, you want to run a backup at 10:00 PM on the last Saturday of every month. You cannot define such schedule using the web interface, but you can create a script to define such schedule.

You can submit a backup job without specifying any schedule (using the None option on the Advanced page). Use the Linux Cron scheduler to define your customized schedule and run the d2djob command to run the job.

Note: The following procedure assumes that you have submitted a backup job without specifying any schedule and you want to run a backup at 10:00 PM on the last Saturday of every month.

Follow these steps:

1. Log into the Backup Server as a root user.
2. Create a script file and enter the following command to run a backup at 10:00 PM on the last Saturday of every month:

   #!/bin/bash
   

   LAST_SAT=$(cal | awk '$7!=""{t=$7} END {print t}')
   

   TODAY=$(date +%d)
   

   if [ "$LAST_SAT" = "$TODAY" ]; then
   

           source /opt/CA/d2dserver/bin/setenv
   

           d2djob --run=your_job_name   --jobtype=your_job_type      #run your backup job here
   

   fi
   

   Note: You must provide the necessary execution permission to the file.

3. Navigate to the crontab folder and add the following command to your system crontab (/etc/crontab):

   00 22 * * Saturday root runjob.sh
   

   Cron runs the runjob.sh script at 10:00 PM every Saturday. In runjob.sh, it first checks if today is last Saturday of the month. If yes, it uses d2djob to run the backup job.

The job schedule is customized to run a backup at 10:00 PM on the last Saturday of every month.