Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - User Guide - Manual (Page 83)

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4.4.1 Daily schedule
Daily schedule is effective in Windows and Linux operating systems.
To specify a daily schedule
In the Schedule area, select the appropriate parameter as follows:
Every: <...> day(s) Set up the certain number of days you want the task to be run. For example, if
you set Every 2 day(s), the task will be started on every other day.
In the During the day execute the task... area, select one of the following:
Once at: <...> Set up the time at which the task will be run once.
Every: <...>
From: <...> Until: <...>
Set up how many times the task will be restarted during the specified time
interval. For example, setting the task frequency to Every 1 hour From
10:00:00 AM until 10:00:00 PM allows the task to run 12 times: from 10 AM
to 10 PM during one day.
In the Effective... area, set the following settings:
From: <...> Set up a date when this schedule will be enabled (an effective date). If this
check box is cleared, the task will be started on the nearest day and time you
have specified above.
To: <...> Set up a date when this schedule will be disabled. If this check box is cleared,
the task will be run for an indefinite number of days.
Advanced scheduling settings (p. 90) are available only for machines registered on Acronis Backup
Management Server. To specify these settings, click Change in the Advanced settings area.
All the settings you made are displayed in the Result field at the bottom of the window.
Examples
"Simple" daily schedule
Run the task every day at 6PM.
The schedule's parameters are thus set up as follows.
1. Every: 1 day(s).
2. Once at: 06:00:00 PM.
3. Effective:
From: not set. The task will be started on the current day, if it has been created before 6PM. If
you have created the task after 6 PM, the task will be started for the first time on the next day at
6 PM.
To: not set. The task will be performed for an indefinite number of days.
"Three-hour time interval lasting for three months" schedule
Run the task every three hours. The task starts on a certain date (say, September 15, 2009), and ends
after three months.
The schedule's parameters are thus set up as follows.
1. Every: 1 day(s).
2. Every: 3 hours