Step 5. Specify Job Scheduling Options

At the Schedule step of the wizard, you can instruct Veeam Backup & Replication to start the backup job automatically according to a specific backup schedule. The backup schedule defines how often data of the VMs added to the backup job will be backed up.

To help you implement a comprehensive backup strategy, Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to create schedules of the following types:

• Daily — the backup job will run at a specific time on specific days.

To create a daily schedule for the backup job, select the Daily at this time option and define the exact hour when the job will create restore points. Then, use the drop-down list to choose whether you want the backup job to run every day, on weekdays (Monday through Friday) or on specific days.

• Monthly — the backup job will run at a specific time on specific days of specific months.

To create a monthly schedule for the backup job, select the Monthly at this time option and define the exact hour when the job will create restore points. Then, use the drop-down lists to schedule the specific days and months for the backup job to run.

• Periodically — the backup job will run repeatedly throughout a day with a specific time interval.

To create a periodical schedule for the backup job, select the Periodically every option and define the frequency (in hours or minutes) with which the job will create restore points.