Schedule by events

When setting up a schedule for a protection plan, you can select the event type in the schedule selector. The backup will be launched as soon as the event occurs.

You can choose one of the following events:

  • Upon time since last backup

    This is the time since the completion of the last successful backup within the same protection plan. You can specify the length of time.

    Because the schedule is based on a successful backup event, if a backup fails, the scheduler will not run the job again until an operator runs the plan manually and the run completes successfully.

  • When a user logs on to the system

    By default, logging on of any user will initiate a backup. You can change any user to a specific user account.

  • When a user logs off the system

    By default, logging off of any user will initiate a backup. You can change any user to a specific user account.

    The backup will not run at a system shutdown because shutting down is not the same as logging off.

  • On the system startup
  • On the system shutdown

  • On Windows Event Log event

    You must specify the event properties.

The table below lists the events available for various data under Windows, Linux, and macOS.

WHAT TO BACK UP Upon time since last backup When a user logs on to the system When a user logs off the system On the system startup On the system shutdown On Windows Event Log event
Disks/volumes or files (physical machines)

Windows, Linux, macOS

Windows

Windows

Windows, Linux, macOS

Windows

Windows
Disks/volumes (virtual machines)

Windows, Linux

–

–

–

–

–
ESXi configuration

Windows, Linux

–

–

–

–

–
Microsoft 365 mailboxes

Windows

–

–

–

–

Windows
Exchange databases and mailboxes

Windows

–

–

–

–

Windows
SQL databases

Windows

–

–

–

–

Windows