Daily schedule

Daily schedule is effective in Windows and Linux operating systems.

To specify a daily schedule

In the Schedule area, select the appropriate parameter as follows:

Every: <…> day(s)

Set up the certain number of days you want the task to be run. For example, if you set Every 2 day(s), the task will be started on every other day.

In the During the day execute the task… area, select one of the following:

Once at: <…>

Set up the time at which the task will be run once.

Every: <…>

From: <…> Until: <…>

Set up how many times the task will be restarted during the specified time interval. For example, setting the task frequency to Every 1 hour From 10:00:00 AM until 10:00:00 PM allows the task to run 12 times: from 10 AM to 10 PM during one day.

In the Effective… area, set the following settings:

From: <…>

Set up a date when this schedule will be enabled (an effective date). If this check box is cleared, the task will be started on the nearest day and time you have specified above.

To: <…>

Set up a date when this schedule will be disabled. If this check box is cleared, the task will be run for an indefinite number of days.

Advanced scheduling settings are available only for machines registered on Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server. To specify these settings, click Change in the Advanced settings area.

All the settings you made are displayed in the Result field at the bottom of the window. 

  Examples

“Simple” daily schedule

Run the task every day at 6PM.

The schedule’s parameters are thus set up as follows.

  1. Every: 1 day(s).
  2. Once at: 06:00:00 PM.
  3. Effective:

    From: not set. The task will be started on the current day, if it has been created before 6PM. If you have created the task after 6 PM, the task will be started for the first time on the next day at 6 PM.

    To: not set. The task will be performed for an indefinite number of days.

“Three-hour time interval lasting for three months” schedule

Run the task every three hours. The task starts on a certain date (say, September 15, 2009), and ends after three months.

The schedule’s parameters are thus set up as follows.

  1. Every: 1 day(s).
  2. Every: 3 hours

    From: 12:00:00 AM (midnight) Until: 09:00:00 PM – thus, the task will be performed 8 times a day with a 3 hour time interval. After the last daily recurrence at 9 PM, the next day comes and the task starts over again from midnight.

  3. Effective:

    From: 09/15/2009. If September 15, 2009 is the current date of the task’s creation and, say, 01:15 PM is the task’s creation time, the task will be started when the nearest time interval comes: at 03:00 PM in our example.

    To: 12/15/2009. On this date the task will be performed for the last time, but the task itself is still available in the Tasks view.

Several daily schedules for one task

There are some cases when you might need the task to be run several times a day, or even several times a day with different time intervals. For such cases, consider adding several schedules to a single task.

For example, suppose that the task has to be run every 3rd day, starting from 09/20/2009, five times a day:

  • first at 8 AM
  • second at 12 PM (noon)
  • third at 3 PM
  • fourth at 5 PM
  • fifth at 7 PM

The obvious way is to add five simple schedules. If you spend one minute for examination, you can think out a more optimal way. As you can see, the time interval between the first and the second task’s recurrences is 4 hours, and between the third, fourth and fifth is 2 hours. In this case, the optimal way is to add two schedules to the task.

First daily schedule

  1. Every: 3 day(s).
  2. Every: 4 hours.

    From: 08:00:00 AM Until: 12:00:00 PM.

  3. Effective:

    From: 09/20/2009.

    To: not set.

Second daily schedule

  1. Every: 3 day(s).
  2. Every: 2 hour(s).

    From: 03:00:00 PM Until: 07:00:00 PM.

  3. Effective:

    From: 09/20/2009.

    To: not set.

Daily schedule