Scheduling Backup

Backup will run according to the schedule that you define. The schedule indicates when the backup will start, and when it should end.

By default, your backup configurations are scheduled to run backup 24x7. However, you can create a different schedule for each backup configuration. Each configuration's schedule is independent of the other configurations'.

Using a grid that consists of hours of the day and days of the week, you specify the intervals during which backup will run for the configuration. A schedule interval can consist of one or more successive hours, and can span multiple days.

For example, you can create a 24x7 schedule for a configuration, such that its backup runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For a different configuration, you can create a schedule that runs from 6 to 12 on Friday evenings.

The schedules you set up do not affect the backup for your Windows System State/registry. By default, the System State/registry will be backed up twice per day at times defined by LiveVault Online Backup Service. You cannot configure its schedule.

To schedule when a backup configuration runs

1. Click the Schedule tab on the Computer Backup form.

2. Specify when you want to run this backup configuration. You can use one of the following methods:

   • Click one of the Quick Scheduling buttons to automatically set up intervals when backup will run:

     Click...	To...
     24x7	Create a 24x7 schedule (the default) where backup runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
     Evenings/Weekends	Create a schedule where backup runs from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM on weekday evenings, and day and night on Saturday and Sunday.
     Nightly	Create a schedule where backup runs from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM each night.
     Once per Week	Create a schedule where backup runs during a randomly selected block of time once per week. The Run-once backup backup type and the If necessary, run beyond scheduled time until backup is complete check box are automatically selected.

   • Click the squares in the schedule grid to set up intervals when backup will run:

     • Click each square individually to toggle on/off.

     • Click a square and drag the mouse across the successive squares to toggle on/off.

     • Click a square and drag the mouse diagonally across successive squares to toggle on/off.

   Backup will start at the beginning of each interval.

3. Select the If necessary, run beyond scheduled time until backup is complete check box if you want the backup to run until backup of all changed files is complete, even if the scheduled time has ended. This is selected by default if the Run-once backup backup type is selected.

4. Select the backup type to run:

   • Click Continuous backup to run backup in continuous mode. Backup runs all the time, during the scheduled intervals. When the interval starts, files that have changed since the last time backup ran are synchronized, then on-going changes are backed up as they occur on your computer. If your schedule is 24x7 (the default), then your files are synchronized once, then only changes are backed up. This is the default, except if you click the Once Per Week quick scheduling button.

   • Click Run-once backup to start and stop backup according to the schedule. When the schedule interval starts, files that have changed since the last time backup ran are synchronized. After all changed data is synchronized, backup stops even if there is still time left in the schedule. This option is not available if you set a 24x7 schedule. This is the default if you click the Once Per Week quick scheduling button.

Schedule grid represents your computer's time zone

The schedule grid represents the time zone of your Agent computer that is being backed up. For example, if you select the square for 7:00 PM on the schedule grid, the backup will start when it is 7:00 PM on the Agent computer.

The time zone of the computer is displayed in MyLiveVault. The time zone is based on Greenwich mean time, plus or minus the correct number of hours for the time zone adjustment. If the computer's Date/Time properties is set to automatically adjust for daylight savings time, then the time zone displayed reflects daylight savings time too. For example, if a computer is in Eastern Time (US and Canada), the time zone display is either "GMT-5:00" (if not in daylight savings time) or "GMT-4:00" (if in daylight savings time).

Related Information

Guidelines for Choosing Continuous or Run-once Backup
Configuring Backup
Modifying Backup: An Overview