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ca_backup - Run Job Arguments

The ca_backup command provides run job arguments to allow you to specify the run job methods for your backup job. The ca_backup run job options allow you to submit the job to be run immediately, or to submit the job on Hold, or to schedule the job for a later date and time. The method you choose determines when your backup jobs are run.

Important! To ensure that all jobs start at the scheduled time, you must synchronize the system time of the Member Servers with the system time of the corresponding Primary Server. Use the Windows Time Service to synchronize the time on all ARCserve servers in your domain.

The ca_backup command includes the following run job arguments:

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[-at <hh:mm>]
[-on <mm/dd/yy[yy]>]
[-hold | -runjobnow]
[-description <description string>]

• -at <hh:mm>

  Specify the execution time of the backup job.

  Note: All scheduled times for CA ARCserve Backup jobs are based upon the time zone where the CA ARCserve Backup server is located. If your agent machine is located in a different time zone than the CA ARCserve Backup server, you will need to calculate the equivalent local time that you want the job to be run.

• -on <mm/dd/yy[yy]>

  Specify the execution date of the backup job.

• -hold

  Submit the backup job on hold.

• -runjobnow

  Submit and execute the backup job immediately.

• -description <description string>

  Add comments to the job.

  Note: You must use double quotes "" to enclose the string and handle blank spaces.