Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

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Preconfigured schedules

When you override the policy backup schedule for a client resource, you can select or customize one of the preconfigured schedules that are available when you install or upgrade the NetWorker software.

The following table describes the preconfigured schedules.

Table 1. Preconfigured NetWorker schedules
Schedule name	NetWorker backup operation
Default	Weekly schedule that performs a full backup every Sunday and incremental backups on all other days.
Forever Incremental	Monthly schedule that performs a synthetic full backup every day.
Full Every Day	Weekly schedule that performs a full backup every day.
Full Every Friday	Weekly schedule that performs a full backup every Friday and incremental backups on all other days.
Full on 1st Friday of Month	Monthly schedule that performs a full backup on the first Friday of the month and incremental backups on all other days. You cannot edit this schedule.
Full on 1st of Month	Monthly schedule that performs a full backup on the first calendar day of the month, and incremental backups on all other days.
Quarterly	Monthly schedule that performs a full backup on the first day of a quarter, a cumulative incremental backup once a week after the full backup, and then incremental backups on all other days.
Synthetic Full  1st Friday of Month	Monthly schedule that performs a synthetic full backup on the first Friday of every month, and incremental backups on all other days.
Synthetic Full  Every Friday	Weekly schedule that performs a synthetic full backup on every Friday and incremental backups on all other days.
Synthetic Full  on 1st of Month	Monthly schedule that performs a synthetic full backup on the first calendar day of the month, and incremental backups on all other days.
Synthetic Full  Quarterly	Monthly schedule that performs a synthetic full backup on the first day of each quarter, a cumulative incremental backup once a week after the synthetic full backup, and then incremental backups on all other days.

You can edit all preconfigured schedules except for schedules that contain overrides, which are indicated by an asterisk next to a backup level in the schedule calendar. You cannot delete a preconfigured schedule.