Archive Schedules
This feature is used only for the scheduling of archive operations. Schedules allow the user to not only monitor but to manage schedules so that a scheduled archive may evolve as the customer environment itself changes.
To manage schedules, or to create a new schedule, the user selects the "Schedules" button at the bottom of the archive screen. The screen that appears shows all of the current schedules that are present with the following columns:
- An icon of a lightbulb is depicted in the first column. If the lightbulb is yellow, then the schedule is enabled; if the lightbulb is grey, then the schedule is disabled.
- Schedule: The name of the archive schedule
- Description: A text description of the schedule.
At the bottom of the pane there are a number of relatively large buttons. These are described below
- New: This button is used to create a new schedule.
- View/Modify: This button is used to view and/or modify a previously selected schedule (from the pane above these buttons.)
- Delete: This button is used to delete a previously selected schedule.
- Enable/Disable: This button causes the schedule to be enabled or disabled.
When creating or modifying a schedule, the interface and options are specified in the same way as they are when using Archive Now and are described in detail here. The only differences are:
- when scheduling archive operations there is an additional area at the top of the screen where the schedule name and description are specified;
- the archive target is selected from a list of "possible" archive media (so that the Unitrends Administrator Interface does not force the media to be connected when creating or modifying the schedule); and
- the user switches into "Calendar View" by clicking on the box at the lower left of the pane that says "Show Archive calendar". Once in the calendar view, the user drags and drops the Archive operation onto the calendar. Archives are scheduled by default at weekly intervals, but this can be changed when creating or updating the schedule. An archive schedule must contain at least one calendar event.