Schedgroup
The schedgroup option assigns a schedule to a group.
An example of the use of this option is to group multiple daily local backup schedules with a single server backup schedule.
Supported Clients
This option is valid for all clients as a command-line option for the server DEFINE SCHEDULE command. This option cannot be added to a client option set that is on the IBM Spectrum Protect™ server.
Parameters
- schedule_group_name
- Specifies the name of the schedule group. You can specify up to 30 characters for the name.
- For a list of valid characters that you can use in the schedule group name, see Naming IBM Spectrum Protect objects
Examples
- Command line:
This example shows a local backup at 6 AM:
define schedule standard SCHED_A_1 Type=Client ACTion=Backup SUBACTion=VM OPTions='-vmfulltype=vstor -vmbackuptype=fullvm -vmbackuplocation=local -domain.vmfull="SCHEDULE-TAG" -asnodename=DC_SARTRE_WB -SCHEDGROUP=GROUP_A' STARTDate=02/06/2017 STARTTime=06:00:00 SCHEDStyle=Enhanced DAYofweek=ANY
This example shows a local backup at 12 PM:
define schedule standard SCHED_A_2 Type=Client ACTion=Backup SUBACTion=VM OPTions='-vmfulltype=vstor -vmbackuptype=fullvm -vmbackuplocation=local -domain.vmfull="SCHEDULE-TAG" -asnodename=DC_SARTRE_WB -SCHEDGROUP=GROUP_A' STARTDate=02/06/2017 STARTTime=12:00:00 SCHEDStyle=Enhanced DAYofweek=ANY
This example shows a local backup at 6 PM:
define schedule standard SCHED_A_3 Type=Client ACTion=Backup SUBACTion=VM OPTions='-vmfulltype=vstor -vmbackuptype=fullvm -vmbackuplocation=local -domain.vmfull="SCHEDULE-TAG" -asnodename=DC_SARTRE_WB -SCHEDGROUP=GROUP_A' STARTDate=02/06/2017 STARTTime=18:00:00 SCHEDStyle=Enhanced DAYofweek=ANY
This example shows a local and server backup at midnight:
define schedule standard SCHED_A_4 Type=Client ACTion=Backup SUBACTion=VM OPTions='-vmfulltype=vstor -vmbackuptype=fullvm -vmbackuplocation=both -domain.vmfull="SCHEDULE-TAG" -asnodename=DC_SARTRE_WB -SCHEDGROUP=GROUP_A' STARTDate=02/06/2017 STARTTime=00:00:00 SCHEDStyle=Enhanced DAYofweek=ANY
- Tip: Ensure that each schedule in the group can complete before the next schedule is set to start.
- This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.