Are all operations supported by the blackout window?
Certain operations such as database jobs and administrative tasks cannot be assigned to blackout window operation rules.
Will all jobs be automatically queued when the blackout window is reached?
If a blackout window for auxiliary copy operations is set at the schedule policy level and scalable resource allocation is enabled, the auxiliary copy operation status is set to waiting and a job pending reason (JPR) is assigned.
Also, if the backup phase of a data protection operation for the following agents is not complete before the blackout window starts, the backup phase continues to run uninterrupted to completion:
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DataArchiver Agents
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DB2 Agent
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DB2 MultiNode Agent
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Informix Agent
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Notes Database Agent
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NDMP Agent
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Oracle Agent
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SAP MaxDB Agent
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SAP for Oracle Agent
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SharePoint Server Agent
How do job restarts function within the blackout window?
If a restartable operation has not finished when the window of time specified in the blackout window operation rule has started, the operation will be queued and restarted at the point from which it was suspended.
If a non-restartable operation does not finish before a blackout window operation rule starts, the operation will continue and run uninterrupted to completion.
If the time zone of a client differs from the time zone of the CommServe, then the time zone of the client is honored. However, if the blackout window operation rule is set at the CommServe level, the time zone of the client is not honored.
If a preemptible operation begins within the time window specified in the blackout window operation rule but does not complete before the time window expires, the Job Manager will put this operation into a queued state. The operation will then be restarted at the next occurrence of the time window.
If a non-preemptible operation begins within its window of operation but does not complete before the time window expires, the Job Manager will let the job run uninterrupted to completion.