Specifying Monthly Schedule

To create a monthly schedule for the backup policy, at the Schedule step of the wizard, specify the following:

1. Turn on the Monthly Retention toggle to open the Monthly schedule window.
2. In the Backups field, select months when the backup policy will create SQL databases backups.

3. From the Create restore point at drop-down list, select time when the backup policy will create restore points.
4. From the Run on drop-down list, select a day of the month when the backup policy will run.
5. In the Backup Settings section, specify the retention period to keep backups in days or months.