You can use the VSS Snapshot Scheduler wizard to add a snapshot schedule.
The scheduling capability automates the process of refreshing snapshots sets. At the scheduled time for the snapshot, the snapshot volumes are automatically reattached, resynchronized, and then split again. Once configured and applied, the schedule is maintained by a scheduler service, VxSchedService.exe, that runs in the background. In a clustered server environment, ensure that the scheduler service is configured on each node with domain administrator privileges so that any node in the cluster can run the schedule after a failover.
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To view the information about the operations that the schedule performs expand the appropriate application node to locate the schedules for that application, right-click the node, and select . |
The VSS Snapshot Scheduler wizard does not prepare the snapshot mirror. Prepare the snapshot mirror with the
command before running the VSS Snapshot Scheduler wizard.To schedule a snapshot for a selected component
If the Applications node is not shown, start the SQL Server VSS Writer service and then select the Storage Agent node and refresh the VEA display (Actions > Refresh).
This panel is displayed only in an environment using Volume Replicator (Volume Replicator). Otherwise, you are directly taken to the Schedule Information panel.
See Volume Replicator Administrator's Guide.
If two schedules overlap for the same snapshot set, only one snapshot is taken. For example, if you select every Thursday plus the last day of the month, and the last day of the month occurs on Thursday, only one snapshot is taken on Thursday.