The preconfigured attributes for the Default group are described in "Groups Resource" on page 18. You can make changes to any Default group attribute, but you cannot delete the group. You can, however, create or delete as many customized groups as you need.

Using a Group Schedule to Override a Client's Regular Backup Schedule

You can use a group's Level and Schedule attributes to override a client's r egular backup schedule. For example, one evening you might want to run a full backup on all the clients in a group, regardless of the clients' regular backup schedules. The entry you make in the Level attribute overrides the backup level setting for every client in the group.
Alternatively, you might want a group of clients to follow the same backup schedule instead of each client's individual schedule. You could assign a group of clients to follow the default schedule (full every Sunday) regardless of each client's individual schedule. If you leave the group's Level and Schedule attributes blank (the preconfigured setting), the clients follow their individual backup schedules.

Monitoring and Managing Group Backups

Use the Group Control window in the Backup administration program to monitor scheduled groups during a backup. The Group Control feature, savegroup completion message, bootstrap printout, and system console log provide information about the success of scheduled backups and the information you need to recover your data.
The Group Control feature provides status information and contains controls for previewing, stopping, and starting scheduled backup groups.
The status information about the most recently started backup group is displayed as one of the following:
*Running
*Never Run
*Finished
*Not Finished (indicates the backup has exited without finishing) *Preview Run (indicates the test of the backup configuration)

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