Sequence/Chained Backup Assistance

Lulina

Hi there

As I understand it, Sequence backups still need the schedule of the existing backup jobs to run
I have 3 backup jobs, their schedules were different in that they start at different times
The first one in the chain started at midnight and its backup schedule was enabled
The other two jobs disabled their schedules

Expected (According to this thread)
Backup A (which is enabled) will run
Backup B (which is disabled) will run after Backup A
Backup C (which is disabled) will run after Backup B

Outcome:
Only Backup A worked as expected while Backup B & C never ran at all

Perhaps I misunderstood the thread. I kept the Sequence job as is but enabled the schedules for them all
I figured the time of the schedules should not matter, as long as they are enabled, they should run in sequence

Expected:
Backup A (enabled, midnight) run first
Backup B (enabled, midnight) will run after Backup A
Backup C (enabled, midnight) will run after Backup B

Outcome:
All three backup jobs started at the same, hypervisor nearly died, I restarted xen-server service. Whoops

My Goal:
These backup jobs should run in this order
Backup A - start at midnight
Backup B - start after Backup A finishes
Backup C - start after Backup B finishes

Any suggestions on how I can accomplish the above with Sequence backups? Thank you

florent

Hi Lulina
you need to disable the schedul on the backup job (but don't remove them)
Then you schedule the sequence ,and backup A, B and C should run

Note that if theses job uses the sam VM ( like a delta backup followed by a mirror to S3 ) , you should enabled " merge backup synchronously" option on the advanced tab of the first job

Lulina

@florent
Expected:
Backup A (disabled) run first
Backup B (disabled) will run after Backup A
Backup C (disabled) will run after Backup B

Outcome:
All three backups ran in sequence as expected

Thank you Florent for the help here