Schedule tape job to run every 3 weeks on Sun

[rosmith42]

We want to schedule a "File to tape" job to run every 3 weeks but it seems the options are only the following
Everyday
On Weekdays
On these days

Are there any other options?
Any help would be appreciated.

[Dima P.]

Hello rosmith42,

Unfortunately is no possible: you can schedule tape outs once a week and that would give you 4 weeks per month. There might be a possible workaround via PowerShell by starting tape job via script on the demanded days. Thank you!

[rosmith42]

Would anyone have a sample PowerShell script we could use to create a tape job to run every 3 weeks?

[soncscy]

Hi RobS,

Just use Task Scheduler to handle the schedule:



Your script should look like:

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$job = Get-VBRTapeJob -name 'name of your job here'
Start-VBRJob -Job $job

If you want to make it do a full, then add the -FullBackup flag to the 2nd line