Scheduling a Backup and Restore operation

Learn to schedule a Backup and Restore operation.

To schedule a backup or restore operation perform the following:

  1. Click on the Cloud Backup option on the start page of the designer. The Cloud Backup page opens.
  2. Click on the Scheduler tab. The Scheduler tab opens.

  3. Select the operation type from the Operation drop-down list. Available operations are Backup and Restore.
  4. Select the operation schedule using the Trigger Type drop-down list.

    To set up a once only backup operation, perform the following steps:

    1. Select Once from the Trigger Type field.
    2. Select the scheduled date from the Starts on date field.
    3. Enter the time to trigger the operation in the Starts at text field. The format should be in <hours>:<minutes> form. For example, in the image above to trigger the operation at 4.36 PM, enter the value 14:26.
    4. Click New, to add a new entry in the list of scheduled items. The Task Trigger column should have the entry in the form <operation type> Once at <date> <time>. For above example, it has the entry “Backup Once at 2016-04-18 16:36”.

    To schedule a daily backup operation, perform the following steps:

    1. Select Daily from the Trigger Type field.
    2. Select the scheduled start date from the Starts on date field.
    3. Select the scheduled end date from the Ends on date field.
    4. Enter the time to trigger the daily operation in the Starts at text field. The format should be in <hours>:<minutes> form. For example, in the image above to trigger the operation daily at 4.36 PM, enter the value 14:26.
    5. Click New, to add a new entry in the list of scheduled items.

      The Task Trigger column should have the entry in the form <operation type> Daily at <time> until <End Date>. For example, “Backup Daily at 16:36 until 2016-04-23 00:00”.

    To schedule a weekly backup operation, perform the following steps:

    1. Select Weekly from the Trigger Type field.
    2. Select the scheduled start date from the Starts on date field.
    3. Select the scheduled end date from the Ends on date field.
    4. Enter the time to trigger the daily operation in the Starts at text field. The format should be in <hours>:<minutes> form. For example, in the image above to trigger the operation daily at 4.36 PM, enter the value 14:26.
    5. From the Week Days field, select the days of the week you want to trigger the operation.
    6. Click New, to add a new entry in the list of scheduled items.

      The Task Trigger column should have the entry in the form <operation type> weekly at <time> on days <weekday1>, <weekday2> etc until <End Date> 00:00. For example, “Backup weekly at 16:36 on days Monday, Friday until 2016-04-23 00:00”.

    To schedule a monthly backup operation, perform the following steps:

    1. Select Monthly from the Trigger Type field.
    2. Select the scheduled start date from the Starts on date field.
    3. Select the scheduled end date from the Ends on date field.
    4. Enter the time to trigger the daily operation in the Starts at text field. The format should be in <hours>:<minutes> form. For example, in the image above to trigger the operation daily at 4.36 PM, enter the value 14:26.
    5. From the Months field, select the months of the year you want to trigger the operation.
    6. From the Month days field select the days of each selected month you want to trigger the operation.
    7. Click New, to add a new entry in the list of scheduled items.

      The Task Trigger column should have the entry in the form <operation type> Monthly at <time> on a day <date1>, <date2>, <date3> etc of <month1>, <month2>, <month3> etc until <end date> 00:00. For example, “Backup Monthly at 16:37 on a day 5, 12, 19, 26, 30 of May, June, July, August until 2016-08-31 00:00”.