Scheduling Custom Schemes

Introduction

This is done through the Custom backup scheme in BackupAssist™. This white paper explains how to do this.

This will start the Custom Scheme Designer. From here you can design your own custom scheme. There are two separate aspects of a backup scheme:

1. The backup schedule ? what type of backup is performed on what day
2. The media pool ? what tapes your media pool contains so BackupAssist™ can send out reminder emails.

Warning: care should be taken when designing and implementing a custom scheme. It is relatively easy to make mistakes when setting up a custom scheme, leaving your data vulnerable.

A convenient way of viewing your backup scheme is to use the Calendar view. Click on Advanced view to see all the details.

The following links provide a series of custom backup scheme scenarios and the appropriate settings required to achieve them using BackupAssist™.

Once again it should be noted that great care should be taken when implementing a customized backup procedure, particularly when more complex schemes are implemented as they are quite often prone to human error.

Always refer back to the Calendar view of BackupAssist™, using the Schedule button located on the left of BackupAssist™ to confirm that your custom scheme has been correctly configured as this view provides the most rudimentary and clear depiction of your implemented backup process.