NetBackup IT Analytics - Change from native CRON to ITA CRON format in scheduled reports

Article: 100063118
Last Published: 2024-02-09
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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics, NetBackup & Alta Data Protection

Problem

NetBackup IT Analytics (ITA) uses ITA CRON format for scheduled reports and you may get an error below in the portal.log.
 

Error Message

<TIMESTAMP> ERROR com.aptare.sc.domain.scheduler.Schedule.isValidCronExpression - {} - Invalid cron expression: 0 - Unexpected end of expression.
 

Cause

NetBackup IT Analytics changed to using the ITA CRON format for scheduled reports.
 

Solution

Use the ITA CRON format which uses 6 or 7 fields:

ITA CRON format
Field Name Mandatory Allowed Values Allowed Special Characters
Seconds YES 0-59 , - * /
Minutes YES 0-59 , - * /
Hours YES 0-23 , - * /
Day of month YES 1-31 , - * ? / L W
Month YES 1-12 or JAN-DEC , - * /
Day of week YES 1-7 or SUN-SAT , - * ? / L #
Year NO empty, 1970-2099 , - * /

References

JIRA : SC-55329

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