Schedule & power settings
The service-mode switch, and the wake, catch-up, battery, quiet-hours, performance and after-backup defaults that new jobs start with.
Settings ▸ Schedule & power has one switch that changes how GBM AI runs, service mode, and a set of defaults. Everything else on the page seeds new jobs: a job you already saved keeps its own conditions and limits, which you change on its Schedule and Settings steps. The page says so under its title: New jobs start with these settings; each job then keeps its own, in its Schedule and Settings steps. The service setting is for the whole PC.
Unattended#
Run scheduled backups even when nobody is signed in (off; Pro). Turning it on installs the GBM AI Windows service and asks for administrator approval once. Waiting for the administrator prompt… shows until you approve. Jobs then run machine-wide, before anyone signs in, and the page says Connected to the machine-wide service. Jobs and settings shown here are the service's. The pill beside the switch reads Service running or Service installed, not running.
From 10.0.56 only your Windows account and the PC's administrators can reach the service. The full story is in Running backups with nobody signed in.
The two rows under it are defaults for new jobs:
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Wake the computer to run a backup | on | A Task Scheduler entry wakes the PC a minute before the next scheduled run, whether or not GBM AI is open. In service mode the service wakes it. Needs wake timers allowed in the Windows power plan. If Task Scheduler does not answer, the row is greyed and says so. On a PC that sleeps in Modern Standby the row says Windows lets no app wake it from that sleep, only from hibernation; see Keeping the PC awake for a backup. |
| Run a missed backup as soon as possible | on, but not more than 12 hours late | When the PC was off or asleep at the scheduled time, the run starts when the PC is next on, unless it would be more than the given hours late (1 to 72). See Missed runs. |
Conditions#
Defaults for new jobs; each job can differ.
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Skip a run if the computer is on battery | on | A due run waits while a laptop is unplugged and starts when it is on power again, inside the catch-up window. |
| Slow down while I'm in a full-screen app | on | Games, presentations and video calls keep their CPU and disk. |
| Quiet hours | off (22:00 to 07:00 when turned on) | No scheduled run starts inside the window. A run already going carries on. |
Performance (Pro)#
On Home and Free these three rows are locked, with a note that CPU and disk limits are part of Pro.
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Default CPU limit | 100 % | 10 to 100 %. Below 100 % the backup pauses between files to leave that share of the time free, and runs at below-normal priority. |
| Default I/O priority | Normal | Low lets other programs use the disk first. High puts the backup ahead of them. |
| Default bandwidth limit | 0 (unlimited) | In Mbit/s. Applies to network shares and cloud destinations only; a local drive is never slowed down. |
These values seed new jobs. Each job keeps its own limits, and a running backup's limits can be changed on its run page.
When a backup finishes#
Do nothing, Sleep, Hibernate or Shut down. This is the default for new jobs; each job sets its own on its Settings step. It is in every edition. The page says: New jobs start with this; each job keeps its own. A 60-second cancellable countdown always appears first. Changing it here does not change a job you already saved: open the job and change it on its Settings step. With the window closed, a Windows notification and the icon in the notification area show it, and the icon's menu has Keep the computer on. See After a backup finishes: sleep, hibernate or shut down.