Ken Putnam wrote:> Ross Smith wrote:> >> Over the Christmas period, I placed several jobs on 'Hold Schedule' >> since we>> have a manual tape drive. When I returned and took the jobs off hold,>> instead of the jobs re-scheduling themselves to the next available time,>> they attempted to run immediately. I've had to manually cancel each job,>> after which they have scheduled themselves properly.>>>> Is this normal for Backup Exec? Is there any way I can take jobs off >> hold>> without then having to manually cancel each job as it starts? I've still>> got another 20+ jobs to take off hold.>>>> Ross>>>>> > Depending on what version of BEWS you are running, you can use the > Advanced Scheduling Option to select dates/date ranges that BEWS wil not > try to start jobs.> > > As for the current situation, you'll probably just have to cancel each > job before swapping tapes.You could also, in stead of placing the jobs on HOLD, have selected the Next Execution date from Properties and changed that