Well, if he/she can wait until the next Version of NBU, 
you will be able to implement calandar based backup 
scheduling.

Until then, I think I'd question why the NT admin 
doesn't want to use an NT core util like AT for doing 
this 'special' scheduling?

I can't think of a way to 'rig' the current 
implementation of the Netbackup scheduler to do what 
you are asking...


Do you have an NT or Unix Master?

David

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Quoting Charles R Somogyi <charles.somogyi AT bms DOT com>:

> All:
>
> We have an NT administrator that is asking to make 
the first
> Saturday's FULL the monthly backup (with a 13 month 
retention as
> opposed to the weekly retention of 1 month). The 
admin does not
> want to run user directed backups (does not want to 
administer
> the AT Scheduler or install 3rd party product). Does 
anybody have
> any idea how to automate the process of making the 
first
> Saturday's backup the monthly (or the one with the 
monthly
> retention)? There will be 300 NT machines that need 
this process
> in place so it cannot be a manual process to change 
the retention
> on the tapes used on the first Saturday. This would 
be so much
> easier if the scheduler in NetBackup could be used as 
a scheduler
> (some type of calendar).
>
> Thanks all.
>
> Charlie Somogyi
> BMS
> Princeton, NJ
>
>