1. Administration Guide
  2. Backup Service
  3. Configure the Backup Service Using staservadm
  4. Define the Time of Day for Full Backups

Define the Time of Day for Full Backups

The Backup service performs a full backup at the time defined in the settings. The time is based on the system time on the STA server.

  1. Open a terminal session on the STA server, and log in as the Oracle user.
  2. Use the -T command to define the time to perform backups. For example:
    $ staservadm -T 23:30
  3. If you want the new settings to take effect immediately, you must stop and restart the STA services daemon. See Services Daemon - Stop, Restart, or Show Status.

    Note:

    If a full backup has already occurred earlier in the day, the service won't create a full backup today at the new time. See below.

Why didn't the backup run today after I changed the time settings?

The Backup service only runs a single full backup per day. Therefore, if a full backup occurred earlier in the day, the service won't run a second backup after you change the time.

For example, the previous settings were 1:00 (1 a.m.) and you change the settings to 23:00 (11 p.m.). If you changed the settings after the 1 a.m. backup has occurred, the service will not perform a full backup at 11 p.m. because a backup has already occurred today. The service will start performing backups at 11 p.m. the following day.