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Related Dialog Boxes

Schedule Recurrence

The Schedule Recurrence dialog box appears when you click the Recurrence button on the Schedule Backup Task or Schedule Update Task dialog boxes. Use the Schedule Recurrence dialog box when you want to set a recurring pattern for an update or backup task.

1. Select the Start Time. (See Select Date.)
2. Select the Recurrence Pattern (None, Daily, Weekly, Monthly) by clicking the appropriate radial button. See Table 38.

The Schedule Recurrence dialog box changes depending on your selection. See the following examples.

3. Set the parameters (Table 38).

 Table 38:  Schedule Recurrence Parameters 

 Parameters
 Description

 Start Time

 Start date and time of the first occurrence of this recurring task. The default start date and start time are the start date and time when the dialog box is activated.


 Recurrence Pattern
 


 None

 Default. The task does not recur.


 Daily

 Number of days that may pass before repeating this task in a daily recurring schedule.


 Weekly

 Number of weeks that may pass before repeating this task in a weekly recurring schedule.


 Monthly

 Number of months that may pass before repeating this task in a monthly recurring schedule, and the day of the month on which the task will recur.


 Range of Recurrence
 


 No end date

 The task will continue to be done indefinitely.


 End after: xxx occurrences

 Number of times this scheduled event should occur before the series ends.


 End by

 Set a specific end date by clicking 
. In this section, see Select Date dialog box.



 

4. Click OK.

The recurrence pattern is selected for the backup or update task. To begin the recurring pattern that you chose, click Save located above the Schedule Tasks tab.

Select Date

The Select Date dialog box appears when you click on the Schedule Recurrence dialog box. Use the Select Date dialog box when you want to set a start or end date for an update or backup task. The start or end date includes a month/day/year combination.

The text of the current day is always displayed in red. The current selected date is displayed with a gray background. To set the year, toggle the year by typing the text in to the year text box, or use the toggle arrows.

1. From the Schedule Tasks tab or the Schedule Recurrence dialog box, click .

The Select Date dialog box appears.

2. Select the month, day, and year.
3. Click OK.

The start or end date is set. To begin the recurring pattern that you chose, click Save located above the Schedule Tasks tab.