The duration value is only the window in which you wish the backup to
start, not finish.

Dianne Sharp
Operations Analyst
ISS CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Ext 4208

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>From:  Mark Rizzo[SMTP:RizzoM AT MAIL.DEC DOT COM]
>Sent:  Friday, 13 December, 1996 11:01AM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject:       Backup Duration
>
>ADSM folks,
>
>I have a scheduled backup that runs each night at 1830. I have the
>"Duration" value set to 9 hours. The problem I am having is the
>backups do not stop after 9 hours but continue to run. This 9 hour
>window is important to us due to the load on the system.
>
>Note: The file systems have never been backed up before so a
>level 0 must initially be run. Will ADSM ignore the "Duration"
>value if it can't complete the scheduled backup's within that
>time frame?
>
>Mark J. Rizzo
>rizzom AT mail.dec DOT com
>