Backup Schedule Options

The picture below shows a box labeled Backup Schedule. Here you can select different schedule types.

Daily – Selecting this option will launch a backup every day, seven days a week.

Weekly – This schedule lets you select which days of the week to do a backup. You can select to do a backup every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Monthly – On this schedule you can select the first, second, third, fourth or fifth of any day of the week. Here are some examples: You can pick the first and third Wednesdays of each month. You can select the second Tuesday and Thursdays. There are a lot of possible schedules you can use here.

Once Only – This schedule will launch a single backup session, one time only, on a specified date you can pick from a pull-down menu containing a calendar.

On Demand - Pick this selection if you want this backup set to be launched On Demand only - not through the scheduler. You can then launch this backup set through the Run: Run Now menu choice.