The Advanced scheduling option allows you to run a protection plan as an alternate user. That is, a user account that is different from the user which is currently logged in to the computer where the software is installed. See "Run as" below.


The Advanced option also allows you to create advanced scheduling behavior for your protection plan. See "Next run time" below.



Run as


You would use the “Run as” option, for instance, if you were backing up to an encrypted RDX cartridge that was encrypted with a user account other than the backup user account. In this case you would run the task with the account that was used for encrypting the cartridge.


When the Advanced option is chosen the right panel of the interface will change. The user account name of the currently logged in user will be displayed as a clickable link. When the link is clicked with the left mouse button a window will be displayed with the available user names.


Choose the user account you wish to be effective when the plan is run and enter the password for that user account.


You can choose to click "Finish" and save the plan or click the link next to "Run next time" for advanced scheduling options. You would normally uncheck the option "Run this plan only when logged on" when performing this operation.



Next run time


The "Next run time" option can be used to set up multiple run times for the protection plan. You can create a single schedule for a plan that covers multiple days, times and frequency of when the plan will run.


The creation of an enhanced schedule begins by clicking the "Not scheduled" link.


Click "New" to allow the various fields to be edited.


The field "Schedule Task" specifies how often the scheduled task (your protection plan) runs.

Options are:

  • Daily
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Once
  • At System Startup
  • At Logon
  • When idle


The field "Start Time" specifies the starting time of the protection plan if the plan is scheduled to run Daily, Weekly, Monthly or only Once.


The field "Schedule Task Daily" (or Weekly) specifies how often, in days or weeks, the plan will run.


An additional set of options to create enhanced schedules is available by clicking "Advanced".


The "Start Date" field allows you to choose the starting day for the plan to run.


The "End Date" field allows you to choose the date that the plan will stop running. This field is optional and does not need to be set. You might want to set an end date if you have a specific project that has a specific known end time.


The "Repeat task" field allows you to set a plan to run repeatedly at the interval specified in the "Every" fields.



General questions


Q. I am an administrator level user with a password on my local system and workgroup/network. Do I need to ever choose the Advanced option?


A. You only need to choose the Advanced option if advanced scheduling features are desired.


Q. I am an administrator level user without a password and only have a local system (not attached to any network). Do I need to ever choose the Advanced option?


A. You only need to choose the Advanced option if advanced scheduling features are desired.


Q. When would I need to log on to my system and run as a different user?


A. You might have your system configured to use a restricted account normally, and to have an Administrator account, which for safety reasons you only use when adding new applications or running this software.