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The schedback command lets you create a cron job to do backups.
Synopsis
/vs/bin/util/schedback -pcld minute(0-59) hour(0-23) days of week(0-6)
Description
The arguments of the schedback command are described in the following table:
Argument |
Description |
Comments |
pcld option |
p-schedule a partial backup c-schedule a complete backup l-list backups that are scheduled d-use with the p or c option to delete the current partial backup schedule or to delete the current complete backup schedule |
Must have one of these options |
minute |
Minute of the hour to start the backup |
0-59 |
hour |
Hour of the day to start the backup |
0-23 |
days_of_week |
Days of the week to run backup |
0-6, 0=Sunday You can specify one or more days to run the backup. To specify more than one day, use a comma-separated list or a dash-separated range. Examples: 1-3 backs up on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. 1,3 backs up on Monday and Wednesday. |
Only one full backup and one partial backup may be scheduled at any one time. If you schedule a full backup, such as the following, any previously scheduled full backup is removed from crontab.
schedback –c 15 2 0
Examples
The following example performs a full backup at 12:15 am every Sunday.
/vs/bin/util/schedback -c 15 0 0
The following example performs a partial backup at 7:30 pm Monday through Saturday.
/vs/bin/util/schedback -p 30 19 1-6
The following example prints a listing of current backups scheduled.
/vs/bin/util/schedback -l
The following example shows the deletion of any complete backup that is currently scheduled.
/vs/bin/util/schedback -cd
The following example deletes any partial backup that is currently scheduled.
/vs/bin/util/schedback -pd
Files
/vs/data/backrest.rc is the default file associated with schedback
See also
