Backup Scheduler: Every Hour (20:00–23:00)

Overview

This scheduler is designed to create remote backups every hour, but only during a defined evening window—from 20:00 to 23:00 (8 PM to 11 PM), in the Europe/London timezone.

The retention policy retains backups for the last seven days, ensuring there is a full week of hourly backups within the evening window. Older ones are automatically deleted to save space.

Scheduler Configuration

Backups per day: 4 (once every hour between 20:00 and 23:00)
Retention window: 7 days
Total retained backups at any time: 4 × 7 = 28 backups
Old backups: Automatically deleted after 7 days

Snapshot Timeline (1 Year)

Backups per day: 4 (once every hour between 20:00 and 23:00)
Retention window: 7 days
Total retained backups at any time: 4 × 7 = 28 backups
Backups older than 7 days are automatically deleted.

API Summary

Endpoint:

POST /api/2.0/backupschedulers/

JSON Payload:

{
  "incremental_backup": {
    "day_of_month": "*",
    "day_of_week": ["*"],
    "end_time": {
      "hour": "23",
      "minute": "00"
    },
    "hour": "*",
    "minute": "*",
    "month": "*",
    "repeat": {
      "hour": "*/1",
      "minute": ""
    },
    "start_time": {
      "hour": "20",
      "minute": "00"
    }
  },
  "is_default": false,
  "is_enabled": true,
  "manual_incremental_backup": "",
  "name": "Every hour",
  "enable_backup_policy_notifications": true,
  "enable_retention_policy_notifications": false,
  "remote_location": "ZRH",
  "retention_policy": {
    "name": "Last 7 days",
    "rules": [
      {
        "period": "days",
        "quantity": 7
      }
    ]
  },
  "tags": [],
  "type": "backup",
  "user_timezone": "Europe/London"
}