Scheduling backups
Scheduled backups ensure that files are backed up regularly without fail and frees up manual resources to focus on other operational tasks.
When you schedule a backup, you automate the backup to occur regularly at a pre-set date and time. The backup is initiated at the set time without any manual interfacing.
To schedule a backup:
In the shortcuts area of the Home page (Administration section), click Backup/Restore.
In the Backup/Restore submenu, click Scheduled Backup. The Scheduled Backup window opens.
Click New. The Backup form opens. Follow the wizard to schedule a backup.
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You need to enter schedule information, provide necessary FTP account details and other miscellaneous information.
wizard Step1: Enter backup Schedule information
Schedule your backup.
Select any one of the following options in the Frequency field.
Daily - Backs up files daily at the scheduled time
Weekly - Backs up files weekly at the scheduled time
Monthly - Backs up files monthly at the scheduled time
Click the arrow in the Minutes list, and select a number between 0 and 59.
Click the arrow in the Hours list, and select a number between 0 and 23.
Click the arrow in the Day of Week list, and select a day between Sunday and Saturday.
Click the arrow in the Day of Month list, and select a number between 1 and 31.
Important: Selecting a value that is not common to all months in the Day of Month field will fail to run the backup as scheduled on certain months. For example, if you select 31, no backup will be initiated on months that contain only 30 or 28 days.
wizard Step2: Enter FTP information
In the FTP Server field, enter the name of the FTP server you want to use as the backup server.
In the FTP Login field, enter the login user name to the FTP server.
In the FTP Password field, enter the login password to the FTP server.
In the FTP Location field, enter the absolute path to the backup directory on the FTP server. If you leave the field blank, the files will be saved to your home directory.
Note: If the specified directory does not exist, the backup fails and an email message containing the error is sent to you.
wizard Step3: Enter miscellaneous information
Optional: In the Maximum Backup File Size field, enter the maximum size of the backup file. Click the arrow in the Unit field and select the appropriate quantifying unit (Megabytes or Gigabytes).
Important: Various file systems and FTP server utilities have limits on the file size they can handle. If the size of your backup file exceeds the file management threshold of the file system or the FTP server utility on your backup server, the file is split into multiple files before continuing with the backup. The split files follow the naming convention as given below: <backupfilename.tar.gz> <backupfilename.1.ta.gzr> <backupfilename.2.tar.gz> where backupfilename is the name of your backup file.
In the Email field, enter the email address at which you want to receive email notifications about your backup. If you do not want to receive email notifications, leave the field blank.
Click Schedule.
The list of scheduled backups is updated.