About calendars

Use calendars to select backup types and the frequency with which they run. You then associate the calendar with a schedule, where you choose the clients to protect. In this way, multiple clients can be protected on the same calendar and schedule. For easier administration, it is recommended that you create as few calendars as possible.

Tip! After creating a calendar, a backup does not run until you associate the calendar with a schedule.

When creating calendars, consider the client operating systems you would like to protect and the backup strategy required for each client in your environment. If you have both Windows and Linux clients, for example, you may want to create one Windows calendar and one Linux calendar.

A number of default calendars are provided. These calendars cannot be edited but can be copied and used as the basis for creating customized calendars. The gray lock icon on the Calendars page indicates that a calendar is read-only.