Carillon Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 I have one script that I would like to have it run between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m only. My main backup can take several hours since I am backing up some computers at remote sites and our network connection isn't as fast to them. Problem I have is that the backup runs into the next day sometimes and chokes the remote users' network connection. I'd like to schedule this backup to only run between certain hours and if it's not finished it will wait until the next scheduled time and pick up where it left off. Is this possible? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsctech Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Set schedule to weekly, then select every day. Set the start time. Then set stop at fixed time and set the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carillon Posted February 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Ahhh... very good. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carillon Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 I ran into a problem with this... I don't want to run this backup every day. When I select only Tuesday and Thursday (start time 6:00 pm - End time 9:00 am) the backup shows the next scheduled backup will be Wednesday at 12:00 am. What I want is for the backup to start on Tuesday evening at 6:00 pm and end Wednesday morning at 9:00 am. AND THEN start Thursday evening at 6:00 pm and end Friday morning at 9:00 am. Is this possible?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Then why not just make *two* scripts? One for the Tuesday start and the other for the Thursday start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carillon Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 I was trying to use the same script to schedule three different backups. 1) as described on Tuesday & Thursday 2) a Friday backup that starts at 6:00 pm and runs until finished and 3) a recycle every two months on Friday at 6:00 pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 If the "single script" method isn't working, you might want to make 3 individual scripts until the next "bug fix" release isn't coming up. Maybe post a screen shot of your script summary so we can see this? (And you might want to have your recycle start *before* the backup? Not at exactly the same time?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 I have not had problems with entering multiple schedules for a single script. I have one that runs every 3 days, regular incremental backups, plus it starts a new member on the 1st of each month; two schedules, one script. I you want something to run Tuesday night and Thursday night, just enter each of those as schedules for the same script; the Friday recycle can be yet another schedule for the same script. Seems like it should work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyeoh Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 I tried something like this, only having the script run between midnight & 6am. The activity window says it's waiting for the right script time through the whole night & doesn't make an attempt to back up at all. Terrible. I now have the script running continuously, but only connect the backup drive when I finish work for the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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