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Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

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Scheduling backup cycles

The period from one full backup to the next full backup is called a backup cycle.

For example, the default schedule for backups is a full backup on a client each Sunday, and incremental backups on the other days of the week, as illustrated in the following figure.

Figure 1. Default weekly backup schedule
Default weekly backup schedule

Depending on the size of a network, you could perform full backups for all clients simultaneously. For example, if no one works over the weekend you could schedule full backups during this time.

Alternatively, you may need to configure backups to balance the backup load on and increase the efficiency of a NetWorker server. Since full backups transfer large amounts of data and typically take longer than other backup levels, you might want to stagger them throughout the week. For example, you could configure backups so that full backups occur for one group of clients on Sunday, for a second group of clients on Tuesday, and a third group of clients on Thursday, as illustrated in the following figure.

Figure 2. Staggered weekly backup schedule for multiple groups of clients
Staggered weekly backup schedule for multiple groups of clients
NOTE:Consider using a synthetic full backup in environments with a short backup window period when you must create a full backup.

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