Forcing all backups to end by a certain time?

[pizza9012]

Hello. Running backup Exec 11d. I need a way to globally set my backup window to end at 8am EVERY weekday. As in, if jobs don't finish by 8am on weekdays, they need to be automatically canceled.

I'm unable to find this option and I'd prefer not to have to edit every backup job. Is there a way to set this globally?

Thanks

 

[fdalmoro]

You can set a batch file to restart the services at 8AM.. It will look something like this:

c:
cd \

net stop "Backup Exec Agent Browser"
net stop "Backup Exec Job Engine"
net stop "Backup Exec Server"
net stop "Backup Exec Device & Media Service"
net stop "Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Servers"
net stop "Backup Exec Naming Service"

net start "Backup Exec Naming Service"
net start "Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Servers"
net start "Backup Exec Device & Media Service"
net start "Backup Exec Server"
net start "Backup Exec Job Engine"
net start "Backup Exec Agent Browser"


Fernando

 

[hmallett]

You can't set a time for jobs to be cancelled by, but you can set a maximum duration for a job.

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