Full backup schedule with a schedule type of Frequency
Hello everyone, could you take a question?
I have a frequency-based policy set up as shown below.Schedule: teste
Type: Full Backup
Frequency: every 1 day
Excluded Dates----------
No specific exclude dates entered
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
Checksum Change Detection: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 25 (expires immediately)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: (specific storage unit not required)
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 0
Daily Windows:
Monday 02:00:00 --> Monday 04:00:00
Tuesday 02:00:00 --> Tuesday 04:00:00
Wednesday 02:00:00 --> Wednesday 04:00:00
Thursday 02:00:00 --> Thursday 04:00:00
Friday 02:00:00 --> Friday 04:00:00
My doubt is, how long does netbackup understand that the next backup should be performed, if I perform a manual backup at 10:00 am on Thursday and why?
Will it be 02:00 or 10:00 am on Friday?
There is no "Exclude date"
Thank you all.
You have selected a frequency of 'every 1 day'.
This means 1 backup in 24-hour timeframe.
So, when the backup window opens, the scheduler checks - has any successful backup ran for this schedule in the last 24 hours?
If the answer is 'yes' (because you have kicked off a manual backup) the backup for that window will be skipped.
The schedule will only be considered again at the next interval.Please have a look at this article that I have shared some time ago (the Symantec links do not work anymore, but the rest is still valid):
https://vox.veritas.com/t5/Articles/NetBackup-Frequency-Based-Scheduling/ta-p/810193
Please download the pdf and read the doc for hints and tips on how to best use Frequency based scheduling.