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Dackey
Level 4
5 years ago

Shedule Windows overlap

Hello, I create a script PowerShell to modify Schedule of Policy, i'm using the command line NBU, bpplschedwin. The information for the PolicyName / ScheduleLabel  are in a Global Variable, the val...
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Windows Server 2016
  • sdo's avatar
    sdo
    5 years ago

    Here's a tip.  To work out the structure, create for yourself a test policy and schedule with run windows of say three hours on a Saturday 10:00 to 13:00, and say four hours on Tuesday 23:00 to 03:00 - and then dump/report/show that schedule in raw form, and then inspect the structure of the numbers, and you'll see what I mean.

    The documentation says:

    -(0..6) start duration

    Specifies the window during which NetBackup can run the backups for this schedule. This window applies to a specific day of the week. 0 corresponds to Sunday, 1 to Monday, and so on.

    start is the time at which the backup window opens for this schedule. This time is the number of seconds since midnight. It is an integer between 0 and 86400 (the number of seconds in a day).

    duration is the length of time that the window remains open. The time unit is seconds. This unit is a non-negative integer.

    .

    So, to schedule for Monday 04:00 to 11:00, and for Turesday 05:00 to 07:00, then you need to specify as:

    -1 14400 25200 -2 18000 7200 

    i.e.
    -1 = Monday
    14400 = 04:00
    25200 = 7 hours
    -2 = Tuesday
    18000 = 05:00
    7200 = 2 hours

sdo's avatar
sdo
Moderator
5 years ago

Here's a tip.  To work out the structure, create for yourself a test policy and schedule with run windows of say three hours on a Saturday 10:00 to 13:00, and say four hours on Tuesday 23:00 to 03:00 - and then dump/report/show that schedule in raw form, and then inspect the structure of the numbers, and you'll see what I mean.

The documentation says:

-(0..6) start duration

Specifies the window during which NetBackup can run the backups for this schedule. This window applies to a specific day of the week. 0 corresponds to Sunday, 1 to Monday, and so on.

start is the time at which the backup window opens for this schedule. This time is the number of seconds since midnight. It is an integer between 0 and 86400 (the number of seconds in a day).

duration is the length of time that the window remains open. The time unit is seconds. This unit is a non-negative integer.

.

So, to schedule for Monday 04:00 to 11:00, and for Turesday 05:00 to 07:00, then you need to specify as:

-1 14400 25200 -2 18000 7200 

i.e.
-1 = Monday
14400 = 04:00
25200 = 7 hours
-2 = Tuesday
18000 = 05:00
7200 = 2 hours

  • Dackey's avatar
    Dackey
    Level 4
    5 years ago

    Hello,

     

    Yes i have found ^^

    When the script is running it Switch with The JourStartTime, and the other Switch are done with JourStopTime, so it's why the structure of the value was false ;)

     

    Thx for help ^^