How to Schedule Backups

When creating a backup of nodes and clusters, you can create a schedule for performing regular backups of selected nodes and clusters. This allows you to backup the devices managed by GigaVUE-FM at best times, such as when you expect network traffic to be the least.

To set a schedule for backing up a nodes and clusters, do the following:

1.

Click Physical on the top navigation bar.

2.

On the Physical Nodes page, select the Node IP for each node that you want to backup.

3.

Click Actions > Backup.

The Backup page shows the number of nodes selected for backup.

4.

Select Scheduled.

The GigaVUE-FM time clock is based on ESX host time. Make sure that you have synchronized clock before any scheduling operation.

Figure 1: Nodes Selected for Scheduled Backups shows an example of nodes with scheduled backups. In this example, the weekly backups start on December 20 and occurs every Saturday at 8:30 pm until December 28.

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Nodes Selected for Scheduled Backups

5.

From the Recurrence drop-down list, select one of the following:

Table 1: Recurrence Options

Option	Description
Once Only	Select this option for scheduling one time backup. Set a start date and start time for the backup to begin.
Daily	Select this option for scheduling daily backups. Set a start date and time for the backup to recur once a day. Set an end date to determine until when the backup must recur.
Weekly	Select this option for scheduling weekly backups. Set a day, time, start date and end date for the weekly backup to recur.
Monthly	Select this option for scheduling backups once a month. Set a specific day of the month for the backup to recur. For example, if you want the backup to occur on every 15th day of the month, select 15th. Set a time, start date, and end date for the monthly backup to recur.
Yearly	Select this option for scheduling backups once a year. Set a specific day, month, time, start date, and end date for the yearly backup to recur.

6.

Click OK. To monitor the progress of the event select Alarms/Events in the main navigation pane.

Once you have scheduled a recurring backup, the scheduled backup will appear as a scheduled task on the Scheduled Tasks page. To view tasks, select Tasks > Scheduled Tasks.