Scheduler

Scheduler lists all the available information about the scheduled backup jobs and allows you to Add, Edit, Delete and Schedule new backups. This only applies to the current backup job.

Right-clicking an existing scheduled backup (or using the top buttons) will display the following options:

·	Add - opens the Schedule Job window and allows you to add a new scheduled backup

·	Edit - opens the Schedule Job window where you can edit selected backup's options

·	Delete - removes the selected scheduled backup

·	Schedule - opens the Windows Scheduled Tasks properties window that allows you to set the time and frequency for the selected scheduled backup.

·	Refresh - refreshes the scheduled backups list

There are several columns in the Schedulers window that provide information for each scheduled backup:

·	Enabled - if the checkbox is marked then the scheduled backup will run, if is unchecked it will not be executed

·	Action - shows the type of action associated with the scheduled backup (full, differential, incremental, default)

·	Job Name - shows the backup job name assigned by the scheduler

·	Status - displays the status of the scheduled backup

·	Next Run Time - calculates the date and time when the scheduled backup will run next

·	Last Run Time - shows the date and time when the scheduled backup last ran

·	Schedule - shows the type of schedule selected for the backup job

The scheduled backups in the list can be sorted by clicking on the column headers. The right-click menu on the column header provides a handy way to show/hide columns (except the Enabled and Name columns which are grayed out).

·	Show warning and error messages - If this option is checked, after a backup job executed with errors/warnings, a window will prompt the user that there were errors/warnings and give an option to open the log file for more details.

·	Abort backup when network sources are not available - If this option is checked the backup will be aborted when using sources from unavailable network files

·	Ask for user input when backup cannot continue - If this is checked, the scheduled backup job will be paused when errors/warning occur and the user will be prompted to take an action (skip/retry/continue).

Backup4all uses by default the Windows Task Scheduler in order to run the scheduled backups so you need to make sure that the Task Scheduler service is enabled on your computer. Use the Windows Help in order to find out more information about scheduling a task using the Task Scheduler. If you don't want to use the Windows Task Scheduler, you can use Backup4all's standalone scheduler by selecting Use Standalone Scheduler.