Defining a Schedule

To define a new administrative command schedule, complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task.

Schedule Name

Enter the 1 to 30 character name of the schedule to be defined.

Example: weekly_backup

Command

Enter the administrative command that you would like to schedule.

Example: "backup stgpool archivepool recoverypool"

Active

Select whether the defined administrative command is eligible for processing.

The settings for Active are:

Yes Specifies that the defined administrative command is eligible for processing.
No Specifies that the defined administrative command is not eligible for processing..

Description

Enter a 1 to 255 character description of the schedule. This parameter is optional.

Priority

Enter the priority value for a schedule. The default is 5.

Start Date

Enter the date for the beginning of the window in which the schedule is first processed.

Possible values for the start date:

Value Description Example
mm/dd/yyyy A specific date. 09/15/1999
Today The current date. Today
Today+days or +days The current date plus additional days. The maximum number of days you can enter is 9999.

Example: To specify that the beginning of the initial startup window is 3 days from now, you can enter STARTDATE=TODAY+3 or STARTDATE=+3.

Today +3 or +3

Start Time

Enter the time for the beginning of the window in which the schedule is first processed.

Possible values for the start time:

Value Description Example
hh:mm:ss A specific time. 10:30:08
Now The current time. Now
Now+hh:mm:ss or +hh:mm The current time plus hours and minutes specified. Now +02:00 or +2:00

Example: If you define a schedule at 5:00 with STARTTIME=NOW+2:00 or STARTTIME=+2:00, the beginning of the startup window is at 7:00.

Now-hh:mm:ss or -hh:mm The current time minus hours and minutes specified. Now -02:00 or -2:00

Example: If you define a schedule at 5:00 with STARTTIME=NOW-2:00 or STARTTIME=-2:00, the beginning of the startup window is at 3:00.

Duration

Enter the number of units that define the length of the startup window. The default is 1.

Duration Units

Select the time unit used to determine the duration of the window in which the schedule can start. The default is Hours.

Hours The duration of the window is defined in hours.
Minutes The duration of the window is defined in minutes.
Days The duration of the window is defined in days.
Indefinite The startup window has an indefinite duration. The schedule can run any time after the scheduled start time, until the schedule expires. Example: You cannot set the duration units to indefinite unless you also set the period units to one time.

Period

Enter the length of time between startup windows for this schedule. The default is 1.

Period Units

Select the time unit used to determine the period between startup windows for this schedule. The default is Days.

Days The time between startup windows for the schedule is in days.
Hours The time between startup windows for the schedule is in hours.
Weeks The time between startup windows for the schedule is in weeks.
Months The time between startup windows for the schedule is in months.
Years The time between startup windows for the schedule is in years.
Onetime The schedule processes only once. This value overrides the value specified for Period.

Day of Week

Select the day of the week on which the startup window begins. The default is Any.

Any The startup window can begin on any day of the week.
Weekday The startup window can begin on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.
Weekend The startup window can begin on Saturday or Sunday.
Sunday The startup window begins on Sunday.
Monday The startup window begins on Monday.
Tuesday The startup window begins on Tuesday.
Wednesday The startup window begins on Wednesday.
Thursday The startup window begins on Thursday.
Friday The startup window begins on Friday.
Saturday The startup window begins on Saturday.

Expiration

Enter the date on which this schedule is no longer used. The default is Never.

Possible values for Expiration are:

Never The schedule never expires.
Expiration date The date on which this schedule is no longer used, in MM/DD/YYYY format. If you specify an expiration date, the schedule expires at 23:59:59 on the specified date.