Pre-Installation Setup for Generic Backup > Probe Schedule Examples
  
Version 9.2.00
Probe Schedule Examples
The format for the schedule follows the cron standard:
 
*
minutes
*
hours
*
day of month
*
month
*
day of week
 
Probe Schedule Allowed Values:
Field
Allowed Values
minutes
0-59
hours
0-23
day of month
1-31
month
1-12
day of week
0-6 (0 is Sunday)
A field may also be an asterisk (*), which means the full range - i.e. “first” to “last”.
When configuring the probe’s start window, you need to consider the wake up period of the data collection processes. If you configure a probe schedule as “* 2-3 1 * *” (that is, between 2 and 3 am on the first day of each month), the process might run more than once if it wakes up at 2 am and takes 15 minutes to execute. Since the start window is still active at 2:15 am, it will run again.
 
Probe Schedule Examples
Scheduled Run Time
* 14-15 * * 1
Every Monday, between 2 and 3pm
* * * * *
Anytime
* 16-17 * * 1
Every Monday, between 4 and 5pm
0 */2 * * *
To run the probe every 2 hours, put */2 in the hour position. This schedules the probe at 2am, 4am, 6am, 8am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, and so on.
*/30 * * * *
Every 30 minutes
*/20 9-18 * * *
Every 20 minutes between 9 am and 6 pm
*/10 * * * 1-5
Every 20 minutes, Monday through Friday