Possible to put a delay between server backup's?
Due to internal requirements regarding backup's one of our servers needs to be backed up several hours before the current backup schedule. I am wondering if it's possible to put a delay (about 3 hours) between backing up servers on the same job?
Scanario:
Current: Job 1 backs up server 1, server 2, server 3, server 4. Starts at 11:30pm
Job 2 backs up Server a, server b. Starts at 11:40pm
Job 2 is fine the way it is and doesn't clash with reboots (Automatic updates Tue-Wed at 10pm) etc. Server 1 is a 'special' server with 'special' requirements where everything has to work around it's schedule.
They would like to start Server 1 backing up at 7pm, the issue with this is that during Tue or Wed at 10pm server 2, 3 or 4 will be rebooted during the backup window for patching.
I would prefer not to create 2 seperate jobs, is it possible to put a delay or perfarably a start time for Server 2 to kick off at 11:40pm on the same tape without a new job?
No. This is not possible. You would need to create 2 jobs and put in the desired start time for each job.
