Create replication schedules

You can optionally define replication schedules to schedule replication for particular times, or to not replicate during certain times. If you do not use a schedule, the server schedules replication whenever a change is made. This is equivalent to specifying a schedule with immediate replication starting at 12:00 AM on all days.

Expand the Replication management category in the navigation area and click Manage schedules.

On the Weekly schedule tab, select the subtree for which you want to create the schedule and click Show schedules. If any schedules exist, they are displayed in the Weekly schedules box. To create or add a new schedule:

1. Click Add.
2. Enter a name for the schedule. For example schedule1.
3. For each day, Sunday through Saturday, the daily schedule is specified as None. This means that no replication update events are scheduled. The last replication event, if any, is still in effect. Because this is a new replica, there are no prior replication events, therefore, the schedule defaults to immediate replication.
4. You can select a day and click Add a daily schedule to create a daily replication schedule for it. If you create a daily schedule it becomes the default schedule for each day of the week. You can:
   • Keep the daily schedule as the default for each day or select a specific day and change the schedule back to none. Remember that the last replication event that occurred is still in effect for a day that has no replication events scheduled.
   • Change the daily schedule by selecting a day and clicking Edit a daily schedule. Remember changes to a daily schedule affect all days using that schedule, not just the day you selected.
   • Create a different daily schedule by selecting a day and clicking Add a daily schedule. After you have created this schedule it is added to the Daily schedule drop-down menu. You must select this schedule for each day that you want the schedule to be used.
   See Create a daily schedule for more information on setting up daily schedules.
5. When you are finished, click OK.