Scheduling your AWS DataSync task - AWS DataSync
Configuring a task schedule

Scheduling your AWS DataSync task

You can set up an AWS DataSync task schedule to periodically transfer data between storage locations.

A scheduled task runs at a frequency that you specify, with a minimum interval of 1 hour. For example, your task could run every Sunday and Wednesday at 12:00 PM UTC. Here's how you'd configure this schedule with a cron expression:

0 12 ? * SUN,WED *
Important

You can't use a cron expression for scheduling a task to run at an interval faster than 1 hour.

For information about cron expression syntax, see the Amazon EventBridge User Guide.

Configuring a task schedule

You can schedule how frequently your task runs by using the DataSync console or API.

The following instructions describe how to configure a schedule when creating a task. You can modify the schedule later when editing the task.

  1. Open the AWS DataSync console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/datasync/.

  2. In the left navigation pane, expand Data transfer, then choose Tasks, and then choose Create task.

  3. Configure your task's source and destination locations.

    For more information, see Where can I transfer my data with AWS DataSync?

  4. For schedule Frequency, do one of the following:

    • Choose Not scheduled if you don't want to schedule your task to run periodically.

    • Choose Hourly and choose the minute in the hour that the task should run. The task runs every hour on the specified minute.

    • Choose Daily and enter the UTC time that you want the task to run in the format HH:MM. This task runs every day at the specified time.

    • Choose Weekly and the day of the week and enter the UTC time the task should run in the format HH:MM. This task runs every week on the specified day at the specified time.

    • Choose Days of the week, choose the specific day or days, and enter the UTC time that the task should run in the format HH:MM. This task runs on the days and the time that you specified.

    • Choose Custom if you want to use a custom cron expression to run your task, with a minimum interval of 1 hour. Then enter your expression in the Cron expression box.

You can configure how DataSync verifies data by using the Schedule parameter with any of the following operations: