Preventing backup jobs from running on a specific date

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
You can exclude specific dates, such as holidays, from your backup schedule for individual backup jobs.
When you exclude dates for a specific backup job, only that backup job is affected by the exclude date. The job does not run on the excluded date, even if it is normally scheduled to run. After the exclude date, the job resumes running on its normal schedule.
Note: Included dates are applied to the job schedule before excluded dates. When any excluded dates are applied, they may overwrite the included dates if there are any conflicts. Therefore, if you select the same date as both an included date and an excluded date, Backup Exec excludes the date from your backup schedule. SeeIncluding a specific date in the schedule for a backup job.
To prevent backup jobs from running on a specific date
  1. Create or edit a backup definition.
  2. In the Backup box, click Edit.
  3. In the left pane, click Schedule.
  4. Click the Recurrence field for the job to which you want to add an exclude date.
  5. On the Include/exclude datestab, clickExclude dates.
  6. Do one of the following:
    To manually enter the date Complete the following steps\:
    - In the Select Date field, type the date that you want to exclude from the backup schedule.
    - Click Add . Note: You can add only one date at a time.
    To select the date from the calendar Click the date that you want to exclude.
    The calendar displays 3 months at a time. You can navigate forward and backward to view additional months by clicking the arrows.
    Note: You can select only one date at a time.
  7. Click OK.
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