Including a specific date in the schedule for a backup job

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
You can include specific dates with your backup schedule for a backup job. When you include a date with your backup schedule, the backup job runs on the included date, even if it is not normally scheduled to run on that date. You may want to schedule an include date to run an extra backup job, outside of the job's normal schedule. Scheduling an include date does not affect a backup job's 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. SeePreventing backup jobs from running on a specific date.
To include a specific date in the schedule for a backup job
  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 include a date.
  5. On the Include/exclude datestab, clickInclude 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 include with 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 include with the backup schedule.
    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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