Scheduled Dates
This setting is only visible when the schedule type is set to run on selected days. It consists of a list of selected days to run the job. To add days to or remove days from the schedule, click the Calendar... button to open the schedule calendar. To schedule the job to run on a day,
Interval Settings
This setting is only visible when the job is scheduled to be run repeatedly. It contains controls for specifying which types of jobs (full, incremental, or differential) will be run on which intervals and the number of media sets that will be used. You can use the Calendar... button to view of the schedule. The calendar will show when daily, weekly, monthly and yearly backups will be run. Clicking a day will display a message along the bottom of the dialog explaining the type of job that will be run, the name of the media that will be created, and whether the media will be appended to or overwritten. To override the schedule on a an individual day,
TIP: HP recommends that you deselect holidays from your schedule if you don't have a tape library or if nobody will be available to put the correct media into the device.
Media to be used
Select the folder in which the job will look for existing media that it can reuse. Note that the default folder is the current Job folder. If you wish to use media from another folder, specify which folder by clicking the Add button to open a catalog browser and navigating to the desired folder.
Auto format mode
Auto format mode
Before data can be written to media, the media must be formatted. When media is formatted, any data on it is lost and all record of the media is removed from the catalog.
No auto format
Instructs Data Protector Express to send an alert to the alert window if it encounters media that needs to be formatted (either blank or unrecognized media). While waiting for a user reply, Data Protector Express scans the network for devices with the media it was expecting.
Auto format blank media only
Instructs Data Protector Express to automatically format all new or blank media. However, if Data Protector Express encounters unrecognized media, it sends an alert to the alert window and then scans the network for the media it was expecting. This setting can help prevent data from being accidentally destroyed by formatting, while not needlessly querying the user before formatting a blank media.
Auto format all media
Instructs Data Protector Express to automatically format all of the media inserted into the tape drive which require formatting. With this setting selected, Data Protector Express will automatically format all new or blank media and all unrecognized media.
New media location
Specifies the folder in which Data Protector Express will store any new media created while the job is run. By default, Data Protector Express stores media under the backup job to ensure the media isn't used by another backup job. To change the default, click the Browse button and select the folder from the Browse dialog box.
20 Configuring Backup Jobs