# Creating a Schedule Policy in Command Center

A schedule policy is a scheduling template for operations which includes both backup and archive operations. This type of policy is useful when there are many clients or subclients within a CommCell environment that require the same schedules for various operations.

By default a system-created schedule policy covering all agents is available in the CommCell environment. Use this schedule policy to schedule backup operations for all agents. This schedule policy includes the schedules for the following:

- Full Backup, running every Friday at 6:00 P.M.

- Incremental/Log Backup, running every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6:00 P.M.

  Note: Transaction Log backups are initiated for Lotus Notes subclients configured with transaction log content but not for other agents.

If necessary you can manually create the following schedule policies:

- All Agent Type Schedule Policy: A generic scheduling template for various operations for all agents in a CommCell environment.

- Agent-Specific Schedule Policy: A scheduling template for various operations for one or more agents in a CommCell environment. Use this type of policy to granularly define advanced options specific to the selected agent.

## Before You Begin

You must have appropriate permissions to create a schedule policy. For more information, see User Security Permissions and Permitted Actions by Feature: Schedule Policy.

## Procedure

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Manage > Schedules.

   The Schedules page appears.

2. Select Schedule policies tab.

   The Schedule policies listing page appears.

3. At the top-right of the page, click Add.

   The Add Schedule Policy page appears.

4. Under General, in the Name box, type a name for the schedule policy.

5. From the Agent Type list, select the appropriate agents or agent groups:

   - To create a schedule policy for all agents, select All Agents.

   - To create a schedule policy for some agents, select the appropriate agents or agent groups. For example, select the SQL Server agent under the Database group.

6. Click Next.

7. Under Schedules, click Add.

   The Add schedule dialog box appears.

8. In the Name box, type a name for the schedule.

9. Beside Backup level, select the type of backup and other options that apply to your environment.

   If you selected Synthetic Full as backup type, for the agents that do not support Synthetic Full backup, the software creates a Full backup.

10. From the Frequency list, select the frequency of the schedule.

11. From the Time Zone list, select the time zone to run scheduled task.

    By default, the Client time zone is selected by default to run scheduled tasks using the local time zone of the client.

12. In the Time box, select the time to run the scheduled task.

13. Under Repeat, specify the frequency at which the scheduled task must repeat.

14. Click Save.

15. Click Next.

16. Under Associations, click Select and select the client computer or client computer group to associate with the schedule policy.

    The entities offered in the Associations depend on the agents selected in the Agent Type list. Expand the nodes to see additional choices. For example, associate the schedule policy to a specific agent, instance, backup set, or subclient.

17. Click Save.

18. Click Submit.

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