Hard Stop on a Job

[rsamora]

Is there a way to create a hard stop time on a schedule?  I know how the backup window works but that just keeps the job from requeueing after the window closes.  But here's what I am looking for: 

A job starts writing at 3:00 AM and typically takes 2 hours to run.  But if for some reason the job runs long, I DO NOT want it to stay active beyond 7:00 AM.  I don't care if the job is making fresh coffee, baking donuts, and keeping my desk chair warm until I get to the office, I do not want to see it running after 7:00 AM.

Is that possible?

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

No , there is no way in NBU to automate a hard stop.
You can run a script to check for active jobs and kill them. Put this in the O/S scheduler (cron on Unix).
As long as you realize that the entire job will be discarded and data already written up to that point cannot be restored.
Successful backup should be more important that a bit of an overrun...

[rsamora]

That's what I was guessing so now I know for sure.  Have a great weekend.