O&O DiskImage 7 User's Guide - O&O Software

Scheduling functions
Scheduling functions
The Job Assistant provides options for scheduling program functions to be run automatically. You can, for example,
plan to have your data drives imaged once a week.
• You will be forwarded to the corresponding activity window for your selected job via Jobs and reports, which
lists all jobs and reports created in O&O DiskImage. With a double click you can see the corresponding report or
edit the job.
• You can create a new job schedule by clicking the Add as job symbol after selecting the drive or a folder in the
activity window.
Note: In order to execute jobs on a regular basis, the starting conditions (e.g., source drive, images, or target drives)
have to be the same. If you make changes to a drive's name, the storage location of the image, or on the layout of a
target drive, the job may no longer be executed successfully.
Example: If you've created a job for incremental imaging, you need to enter where you saved all the previous
images serving as a basis for the new incremental image. If you've moved the "base image" to another storage location,
you'll need to enter the new storage location in the Job Assistant: otherwise the new path will not be found and
the job cannot be run successfully.
Note: The tabs for Scheduling and Notification are not available in the Job Assistant when starting from the O&O
DIskImage bootable medium.
Create a Job – General information
Before setting up a job, you’ll have to select an activity.
1. On the start page, click the activity you want to perform, e.g. Drive imaging, or File backup.
2. Select a drive or, in case of a file backup, a folder.
3. Click Options if you want to specify certain settings for a job, such as the imaging method, encryption, or compression.
Your settings will then be saved and applied to the subsequent job.
4. Now click the symbol Add as job.
5. Enter the name of your job in the dialog. It will later be used for the creation of the report and serve as reference.
The name of the job has only symbolic meaning and may already be applied to other jobs.
6. Specify further settings such as scheduling, notification, imaging, etc.
In the field Notes you may enter text for providing a few details about the job.
Job enabled
If you don't wish to run a job for a short period of time but don’t want to delete it altogether, you may disable it. The job
will then not be run until you enable it once again.
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