Frequency vs. Calendar

[Dan_Giberson]

As part of my recent troublehshooting efforts I heard several comments on Frequency being better than calendar based scheduling. I would like to hear your opinions on this as I'm still on the fence as to whether or not to convert to frequency. Any comments would be appreciated.

[Stumpr2]

I use both. Do whichever one you prefer. One is not necessarily better than the other. I wouldn't bother changing existing schedules. It used to be that you couldn't use both types in the same policy but that is no longer the case.

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH129503

[Nicolai · Accepted solution]

I am a big fan of frequency scheduling. We have some really large environments where "full backup during the weekend" will never have a change of succeeding and individual calender scheduling will be a nightmare.

That said I think you need to make a choice. For consistency you need to select a default and stick to that selection. If calender based is right for you - go and do that. But if you select frequency - fine, good choice.

In the end, I think is a question of strategy and what work best for you.

[Marianne]

Most of us 'old school' users still prefer Frequency based backups for Daily and Weekly schedules and Calendar for Monthly and Yearly schedules.

I still don't like Calendar schedules for daily backups because we still see too many issues with windows crossing midnight.

Have a look at David Chapa's excellent article about Frequency based schedules:

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/netbackup-frequency-based-scheduling-1

[Dan_Giberson]

Thanks everyone. I will review the articles you sent as well.

[tyadagiri]

Hi Marianne,

I couldn't access the following link:

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/netbackup-frequency-based-scheduling-1

Please help me how I can access this.

[Marianne]

Replace
www-secure.symantec.com
in the URL:
with
www.veritas.com


https://www.veritas.com/connect/articles/netbackup-frequency-based-scheduling-1

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