Can I Pause a channel during a backup window.

Question

I have a backup that runs at night and need to pause a channel to avoid errors.

Answer 1

This is done via the scheduled Scripts in the channel

You then add the following 2 items. Schedule when you want the pause and resume with the cron string.

Pause:

 

Resume:

 

Comments

It's easy to miss, so I'll point it out here -- make sure on your 'resume' script that you click the 'Run script while channel is paused' checkbox, or else it won't run!