EMC Avamar 6.1 - Scheduling backups

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Backup
8. Click OK.
The On Demand Backup Options dialog box closes and the following status message
appears: Backup initiated.
9. Click Close.
Scheduling backups
To schedule recurring VMware image backups:
1. Create a dataset for the backups.
2. Create a group for the backups. During the group creation process, you:
a. Assign the new dataset to the new group.
b. Assign a schedule to the new group.
c. Assign a retention policy to the new group.
d. Add virtual machine clients to the new group.
3. Enable scheduling for the group.
A thorough discussion of groups, group policy, datasets, schedules, and retention policies
is beyond the scope of this guide. The
EMC Avamar Administration Guide provides
additional information.