Add option Start time when using Periodically schechuler

[Oren]

Hi,

If I have few jobs, and setting the scheduler to periodically, all of the jobs are running at the same time.
Because the default hour is 12:00
That causes a bottleneck issue.

Please add the option to setup start time, so we can avoid situation of bottleneck

Thanks!!

[foggy]

Oren, what kind of bottleneck are you referring to? Have you considered decreasing the maximum allowed number of concurrent tasks for proxy/repository servers?

[veremin]

Also, you can specify different backup window options for existing jobs, so that, their start times do not overlap. Thanks.

[nefes]

There is an option to set start time within an hour for periodically jobs.
It can be found in Schedule... menu at the right of Periodically setting.
Is it what you are looking for?

[Oren]

Hi,

Playing with backup windows, is creative idea, but it is not really practical...

Nefes, what you wrote is exactly what I need but is resolution of hour + min, not just Minutes

[nefes]

Oren, could you please describe, what exactly do you need? Not sure if I got you correct.
Do you need same shift within an hour for periodically job that run every X minutes?

[mario007]

I have an example.
With v7, I have 2 replication jobs that run periodically every 4 hours at 12am, 4am, 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm, etc. Then another 2 replication job that runs every 3 hours at 11pm, 2am, 5am, 8am, 11, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm, etc. Now, I've updated to v8 and the 3 hour interval job runs at 12am, 3am, 6am, 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm, etc. It seems that all starts from 12:00. I want a job not to start based from 12:00 but to start for example 11:00.

[Oren]

mario007 has explained it better than i did...

Veeam support, i will be glad to hear any comments from you as well ...

Thanks!

[veremin]

Hmm, what do you think about disabling the second job and enabling it closer to the desired hour? You can do that in automatic fashion, using simple script:

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Enable-VBRJob -Job (Get-VBRJob -name "Name of your Job")

Thanks.

[mario007]

With V7, i disabled the job then enabled closer to desired hour. With V8 (8.0.0.917), that no longer works. With V8, every time i disable then enable to desired hour, it sets to next available 12:00, 4:00, and 8:00 hour. Very frsutrating. To get it working the way I want it to for the non-12:00 starting jobs, i had to deny it in time periods 12:00am-1:59am, 3:00am-4:59am, 6:00am-7:59am, 9:00-10:59am, 12:00pm-1:59pm, 3:00pm-4:59pm, 6:00pm-7:59pm, 9:00pm-10:59pm.

[veremin]

With v8, the starting hour is calculated from 00-00, meaning that a period (in your case 3 hours) is added several times to 00-00 in order to get the closest hour.

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Starting hour: 00-00 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12-00

You can utilize either backup window or minute offset ("start time within an hour") to start different jobs at different times.

Otherwise, if the suggestions don't work for you, you might want to open a support ticket and request a regkey that controls a starting hour. The key is still in experimental stage, though.

By the way, as Foggy's mentioned, haven't you considered avoiding bottleneck by controlling number of concurrent tasks, not by specifying different job schedules?

Thanks.

[tpayton]

You might find this KB interesting:

http://www.veeam.com/kb1868