Monthly schedule

Monthly schedule is effective in Windows and Linux operating systems.

To specify a monthly schedule

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

Months: <…>

Select a certain month(s) you want to run the task in.

Days: <…>

Select specific days of the month to run the task on. You can also select the last day of the month, irrespective of its actual date.

On: <…> <…>

Select specific days of the weeks to run the task on.

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 run 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 be 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 months.

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

“Last day of every month” schedule

Run the task once at 10 PM on the last day of every month.

The schedule’s parameters are set up as follows.

  1. Months: <All months>.
  2. Days: Last. The task will run on the last day of every month despite its actual date.
  3. Once at: 10:00:00 PM.
  4. Effective:

    From: empty.

    To: empty.

This schedule is widely used when creating a custom backup scheme. The “Last day of every month” schedule is added to the full backups, while the differential backups are scheduled to be performed once a week and incremental on workdays. For more details, see the Monthly full, weekly differential, and daily incremental backups plus cleanup example in the Custom backup scheme section.

“Season” schedule

Run the task on all workdays during the northern autumn seasons of 2009 and 2010. During a workday, the task is performed every 6 hours from 12 AM (midnight) till 6 PM.

The schedule’s parameters are set up as follows.

  1. Months: September, October, November.
  2. On: <all> <workdays>.
  3. Every: 6 hours.

    From: 12:00:00 AM Until: 06:00:00 PM.

  4. Effective:

    From: 08/30/2009. Actually the task will be started on the first workday of September. By setting up this date we just define that the task must be started in 2009.

    To: 12/01/2010. Actually the task will end on the last workday of November. By setting up this date we just define that the task must be discontinued in 2010, after autumn ends in the northern hemisphere.

Several monthly schedules for one task

In the case when the task needs to be run on different days or weeks with different time intervals depending on the month, consider adding a dedicated schedule to every desired month or several months.

Suppose that the task goes into effect on 11/01/2009.

  • During northern winter, the task runs once at 10PM on every workday.
  • During northern spring and autumn, the task runs every 12 hours on all workdays.
  • During northern summer, the task runs every first and fifteenth of every month at 10 PM.

Thus, the following three schedules are added to the task.

First schedule

  1. Months: December, January, February.
  2. On: <All> <All workdays>
  3. Once at: 10:00:00 PM.
  4. Effective:

    From: 11/01/2009.

    To: not set.

Second schedule

  1. Months: March, April, May, September, October, November.
  2. On: <All> <All workdays>.
  3. Every: 12 hours

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

  4. Effective:

    From: 11/01/2009.

    To: not set.

Third schedule

  1. Months: June, July, August.
  2. Days: 1, 15.
  3. Once at: 10
    :00:00 PM    .
  4. Effective:

    From: 11/01/2009.

    To: not set.

Monthly schedule