Backup schedule

The Backup schedule in ispmanager allows you to enable or disable backups and set a convenient day and time to create a backup copy.

Schedule setup

1. In the main menu of the panel, go to Backup copies.

2. Click on the  Schedule button on the toolbar.

3. Select the required parameter values and save the changes.

• Server time — displays the current time of the server. Useful if the time zone of the server is different from the time zone of your computer.
• Automatically create a full copy — select one of the options.
  • By schedule — enable scheduled backup creation;
  • Do not create — disable automatic creation of all types of backups;

• Day of making a full copy — select one or more days to start a full backup. The first time you configure it, the current day of the week is suggested.
• Start creating a full copy — specify the time at which to start a full backup. Available values: 00:00 to 23:00. The first time you configure it, the default value is 03:00.
• Automatic creation of differential copy — enable or disable the automatic creation of differential backups. To do so, check or uncheck the appropriate box.
  • By schedule — enable scheduled creation of differential copies;
  • Do not create — disable scheduled creation of differential copies.
    
• Day of differential copy creation — select the day on which to start the differential backup. Only days not selected for a full backup are available. The initial setup offers days of the week other than the current day.   

• Start differential copy creation — specify the time at which to start the differential backup. Available values: 00:00 to 23:00. The first time you configure it, the default value is 03:00.

0 12,7 * * 1-6	/usr/local/mgr5/sbin/cron-ispmgr sbin/backup2 --mode schedule >/dev/null 2>&1