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• 2 Scheduler
  • 2.1 Tasks
  • 2.2 Viewing Scheduled Events
  • 2.3 Tasks
  • 2.4 Adding or Editing a Scheduled Event
  • 2.5 Scheduling a Share or Partition for Replication
  • 2.6 Scheduling Replication Throttling
  • 2.7 About Replication Throttling Statistics
  • 2.8 Setting Recurrence for a Scheduled Event
  • 2.9 Deleting a Scheduled Event

Scheduler

The Scheduler page allows you to manage scheduled events on the InfiniGuard DDE, including replication and replication throttling. With schedules, you specify when certain events should occur, and the system automatically performs those events at the specified time. Events can be one-time only, or they can reoccur at defined intervals

To access the Scheduler page, click the Configuration menu, and then click the Scheduler tab.

Scheduler Page

Viewing Scheduled Events

The Scheduler page displays all replication and replication throttle events scheduled to occur in a selected time period. To view scheduled replication events for NAS shares or VTL partitions, click the arrow next to the folder to display all shares or partitions.

Scheduler Toolbar

Adding or Editing a Scheduled Event

To add or edit a scheduled event:

1. On the Scheduler page, adjust the schedule view to display the time period when the event will occur (see Viewing Scheduled Events). Then do one of the following actions:

Adding a New Event page

2. Define the start and, if applicable, the end of the event.

• • Specify the Start Date and Start Time using the pop-up calendar and drop-down box.
  • (Replication throttle events only) Specify the End Date and End Time. The end date and time must occur after the start date and time.

3. Enter a brief description of the event in the Description box. (This description will display on the schedule view.)

4. Specify options specific to the type of event. See the following sections:

• • Scheduling a Share or Partition for Replication
    
  • Scheduling Replication Throttling
    
    

5. Specify when and how often the event reoccurs (see Setting Recurrence for a Scheduled Event).

6. Click Apply.

7. Refresh the browser window to make sure the event settings are applied.

Scheduling a Share or Partition for Replication

Configure a replication schedule for a NAS share or VTL partition to automatically replicate the share or partition data to the target system at regular intervals. Disable scheduled replication if you do not want to automatically replicate the share or partition data to the target.

To configure a replication schedule for a share or partition:

1. On the Scheduler page, add or edit an event in the NAS Replication or VTL Replication row (see Adding or Editing a Scheduled Event).

2. In the Share or Partition drop-down box, select the share or partition to schedule for replication.

Only shares or partitions that are enabled for deduplication appear in the drop-down box.

3. In the Target drop-down box, select the replication target you want to replicate the share or partition to.

4. Click OK.

5. (Optional) Specify when and how often the event reoccurs (see Setting Recurrence for a Scheduled Event).

6. Click Apply.

Scheduling Replication Throttling

During replication throttling, the InfiniGuard DDE limits the amount of source replication data it sends to not exceed a specified maximum bandwidth. Schedule replication throttling to control the amount of network bandwidth used by source replication at certain times. For example, you might configure replication throttling to occur during planned backup times to avoid network contention.

To schedule replication throttling:

1. On the Scheduler page, add or edit an event in the Replication Throttle row (see Adding or Editing a Scheduled Event).

2. Specify the maximum allowed bandwidth by entering a value in the Bandwidth box and selecting the units in the drop-down box (KB/s or MB/s). The lowest value you can set is 32 KB/s. The highest value you can set is 125 MB/s for 1 GbE and 500 MB/s for 10 GbE.

3. (Optional) Specify when and how often the event reoccurs (see Setting Recurrence for a Scheduled Event).

4. Click Apply.

Setting Recurrence for a Scheduled Event

To specify when and how often the event reoccurs:

1. On the Scheduler page, add or edit an event (see Scheduler).

2. In the Repeats drop-down box, select Does not repeat to disable recurrence. Or to enable recurrence, select how often the event reoccurs:

• • Daily - Specify the recurrence interval in days.
  • Weekly - Specify the recurrence interval in weeks, and select the days the event occurs on.

3. For recurring events, specify how long the recurrence continues (forever, for a certain number of occurrences, or until a specific date).

4. Click Apply.

Deleting a Scheduled Event

To delete an event occurrence or event series.

1. On the Scheduler page, right-click an event.

2. On the pop-up menu, select an option:

• • Delete this occurrence - Remove the selected occurrence in an event series from the schedule.
  • Delete all occurrences - Remove the entire event series from the schedule.

The event or series is deleted from the schedule and will no longer occur.