Schedule Backups

You can schedule backups to occur with the following procedure. You will be prompted to create a schedule for the data protection operation after selecting your data protection options.

Before You Begin

• All Agents
  • Be sure all of the subclients are backed up, or scheduled to be backed up as needed, in order to secure all of the data for the agent. Note this does not apply to archive operations.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To schedule a backup operation:

1. From the CommCell Browser, select one of the following:
   • To back up a subclient, right-click the subclient and click Backup.
   • To back up a backup set or instance, right-click the backup set or instance, click All Tasks, and click Backup All Subclients.
   • To back up the default backup set, right-click the agent or instance node, click All Tasks, and click Backup Default Backup Set.
   • For the Lotus Notes Document iDataAgent, to back up a partition, right-click the partition you want to back up, click All Tasks, and click Backup Default Backup Set.
     For the Lotus Notes Database iDataAgent, to back up a partition, right-click the partition you want to back up, click All Tasks, and click Backup All Subclients.
   • For Agents that do not have backup set or instance levels, to back up all subclients, right-click the agent icon, click All Tasks, and click Backup All Subclients.
2. If you chose a level higher than subclient (i.e., backup set, etc.), you are prompted to confirm that you want to back up all the subclients below that level/node. Click Yes.
3. From the Backup Options dialog box, select the type of backup that you want to initiate. In certain circumstances a non-full backup may automatically be converted to a full backup. For a listing of these circumstances, see When a Non-Full Backup is Automatically Converted to a Full Backup.   
4. Click Schedule. Click OK to continue.
5. From the Schedule Details (Schedule Details) dialog box, create a schedule for this operation. For step-by-step instructions, see Create a Job Schedule. Click OK to continue.
6. Your backup operation will execute according to the specified schedule.