Excluding dates from a schedule

You can exclude specific dates, such as holidays, from a schedule. When you select a date, the symbol on that date on the calendar changes to a red circle with a line through it.

To exclude dates from a schedule

  1. Determine the type of job that you want to schedule, and then on the navigation bar, click the appropriate button.

    For example, to schedule a backup job, click the arrow next to Backup.

  2. In the Properties pane, under Frequency, click Schedule.

  3. Click Run according to schedule.

  4. Do one of the following:


    To select run days for a new job

    Continue to step 5.

    To edit run days for an existing job

    Click Edit Schedule Details.

  5. Click the Exclude Dates tab.

  6. Do one of the following:


    To exclude a single date

    • Click New.

    • Enter the date.

    • Click OK.

    To exclude multiple dates

    Click the dates on the calendar.

    To add an excluded date back into the schedule

    • In the Exclude Dates box, click the date.

    • Click Delete.

  7. Click OK.

Excluding dates from a schedule