How to change the time of the Backup Copy Activity Report

SUMMARY

Change Backup Copy Report scheduled email time

ISSUE

You need the Backup Copy Activity report to send out at a different time.  

RESOLUTION

1. Use an SSH client such as  PuTTY to access the Unitrends system at the command line level.  Note:  Ensure you have the OS password to access the Unitrends system’s command line.  The OS  password may differ from the password used to access the User Interface.

2. Get the current time of the report from crontab:

[root@Hostname ~]# crontab -l | grep replication
0 9 * * * php /var/www/html/recoveryconsole/bpl/reports/replication_report.php -f >/dev/null 2>&1

crontab -e
Type "/^.*replication_report.php" to get to the correct line.
Type "w" to position the cursor to the second column, which is for the hour of the day (0-23).
Type "cw" for change word.
Enter the new hour number that you want to have the report run.
Type "<Esc_key>:wq<Enter_key>"
crontab -l

[root@Hostname ~]# crontab -l | grep replication
0 8 * * * php /var/www/html/recoveryconsole/bpl/reports/replication_report.php -f >/dev/null 2>&1