Custom Calendar - How To

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Associate a Custom Calendar to a Storage Policy Copy

Create a Custom Calendar

Create a Job Schedule

Delete a Custom Calendar

Modify a Custom Calendar

Associate a Custom Calendar to a Storage Policy Copy

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To associate a custom calendar to a storage policy copy:

1. Right-click the storage policy copy for which you wish to associate a custom calendar, and then click Properties.
2. From the General tab of the Copy Properties dialog box, select a calendar from the Calendar for Selective Copy and Extended Retention checkbox.
3. Click OK to save your changes.

Create a Custom Calendar

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To create a custom calendar:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the CommServe, click Control Panel, and then click Custom Calendars.
2. From the Custom Calendars dialog box, click Add.
3. From the Add a new Calendar dialog box:
   • Enter the name of the calendar in the Name box.
   • Select a beginning month in the Begin Month drop down list.
   • Enable the Make this calendar the default for all operations option to use this calendar for all subsequent scheduled operations, selective copy rules and extended retention rules.
   • Click the Define Custom Months check box.
   • Select the year in which the calendar is to begin in the Begin Year drop down list.
   • Enter the date in which the starting date of this custom calendar is to start relative to a standard calendar. For example, if your calendar is to start on February 10, select that date in the fields provided.

     NOTE

     The start date of a custom calendar must be within 15 days prior to or after day 1 of the selected Begin Month. For example, if you select January (2007) as the Begin Month, then the start date of the custom calendar can be defined as any date from December 15th (2006) through January 15th (2007).

   • Click Define Months.

4. From the Define Months for <n> dialog box:

   • Click Previous and Next to scroll to the appropriate year.
   • In the Days column, enter the number of days for each month. (Minimum: 15 days / Maximum: 45 days)
   • Click Apply.
   • The start dates of each month will adjust accordingly based on the number of days for each month in the Days column.
   • Click Previous and Next to customize any additional years.
   • Click OK.
5. The new calendar is displayed in the Custom Calendars window.

Create a Job Schedule

• The scheduler does not consider Daylight Savings Time when scheduling tasks in different time zones.

• If you create a one-time schedule for a time that has past, the scheduled job will initiate immediately, providing it is within the default schedule window of two hours, or the within the time set from the schedWindow registry key. For more information on the schedWindow registry key, see Registry Keys and Parameters.

• If you are scheduling a data protection operation, consider the following:

  • You can schedule all of your subclients of a particular backup set/instance at once by creating the schedule at the backup set/instance level.

  • Ensure that the schedules you create for a backup cycle are complementary. For example, if you want to schedule daily incremental backups and a full backup once a week, do not schedule any incremental backups on the day the full backup is to occur.

  • Consider the retention rules of the storage policies of your subclients when designing schedules for a higher level CommCell object, such as a backup set/instance.

  • If you are creating a schedule at the backup set/instance level, and the subclients of that backup set/instance are using the same storage policy, it is possible that one subclient will be backed up at the specified time, but the other subclients will queue until the storage policy resources are free.

  • If your CommCell has many client computers, try to coordinate your data protection operations to minimize media, media drive, and possible network contention.

  • To secure all data for a given agent on a client computer, make certain to define schedules either for all subclients within the agent or for the entire backup set/instance.

  • Check if an operation window has been established for data protection operations. If an operation window exists, make certain to schedule the data protection operation with the operation window.

• If you are scheduling a data recovery operation, consider the following:

  • If your CommCell has several client computers, try to coordinate your data recovery operation to minimize media, media drive, and possible network contention.

  • Check if an operation window has been established for data recovery operations. If an operation window exists, make certain to schedule the data recovery operation within operation window.

• If you plan to use a custom calendar, be sure that the calendar has been defined for several years. When time definitions for a custom calendar expire, related schedules will be deleted.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To create a job schedule for an operation:

1. From the dialog box of the appropriate operation, click Schedule.
2. In the Schedule Details dialog box that appears, select the appropriate scheduling options. Click Options to view more options. You can also confirm and/or edit (where applicable) your choices from the Job Summary tab. For a monthly or yearly schedule, you can select either a standard calendar or a custom calendar.
3. Click OK.

Delete a Custom Calendar

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To delete a custom calendar:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the CommServe, click Control Panel, and then click Custom Calendars.
2. From the Custom Calendars dialog box, click a calendar, and then click Delete.
3. Click Yes to the confirmation prompt.

Modify a Custom Calendar

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To modify a custom calendar:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the CommServe, click Control Panel, and then click Custom Calendars.
2. From the Custom Calendars dialog box, select a calendar, and then click Edit.
3. From the Edit Calendar dialog box:
   • Modify the name of the calendar in the Name box.
   • Enable the Make this calendar the default for all operations option to use this calendar for all subsequent scheduled operations, selective copy rules and extended retention rules.
   • Enter the date in which the starting date of this custom calendar is to start relative to a standard calendar. For example, if your calendar is to start on February 10, select that date in the fields provided.

     NOTE

     The start date of a custom calendar must be within 15 days prior to or after day 1 of the selected Begin Month. For example, if you select January (2007) as the Begin Month, then the start date of the custom calendar can be defined as any date from December 15th (2006) through January 15th (2007).

   • Click Define Months.

4. From the Define Months for <n> dialog box:

   • Click Previous and Next to scroll to the appropriate year.
   • In the Days column, enter the number of days for each month. (Minimum: 15 days / Maximum: 45 days)
   • Click Apply.
   • The start dates of each month will adjust accordingly based on the number of days for each month in the Days column.
   • Click Previous and Next to customize any additional years.
   • Click OK.
5. The calendar is now edited.

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