Scheduling - Getting Started

Getting Started

Scheduling jobs help to ensure that CommCell operations are automatically performed on a regular basis without user intervention. Several operations are schedulable from the CommCell Console.

The following sections describe the steps for creating a schedule for backup and restores for Windows File System iDataAgent.

Scheduling A Backup

1.	From the CommCell Browser, navigate to <Client> \| File System \| defaultBackupSet. Right-click the Subclient and click Backup.
2.	Select the Backup type. Click Schedule. Click the Configure button.
3.	Select the appropriate scheduling options. For example, use the following steps to create a weekly schedule: Type a name for the schedule in the Schedule Name box. Click Weekly. In the Start Time box type or select the schedule start time. Click and select the days to run the schedule. Click OK.
4.	When the schedule is run, the Job Controller window will display the job as shown in the sample image.
5.	Once the job is complete, you can view the job details from the Backup History. Right-click the Subclient and select View Job Details.

Scheduling A Restore

1.	From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers \| <client> \| File System. Right-click a Backupset and point to All Tasks and then click Browse Backup Data. Click OK.
2.	Select a file to restore. Click Recover All Selected.
3.	Click the Job Initiation tab and select Schedule. Click the Configure button.
4.	Select the appropriate scheduling options. For example, use the following steps to create a one-time schedule: Type a name for the schedule in the Schedule Name box. Click One Time. Select the date and time. Click OK.
5.	When the schedule is run, the Job Controller window in the CommCell Console will display the job as shown in the sample image.
6.	Once the job is complete, you can view the job details from the Restore History. Right-click the restore job and select View Job Details.