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Scheduling consecutive backup tasks

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If I would like to have three different backup tasks run on a consecutive schedule back-to-back - meaning as soon as #1 finishes, #2 starts - then when #2 finishes, #3 will start. Is the best way to accomplish this to schedule them one minute apart, e.g. 8:30 PM, 8:31 PM, and 8:32 PM?

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Option 1 - create three backup tasks.  Use the automated schedule in each one and tell job 1 to run at 8:30, job 2 to run at 8:31 and job 3 to run at 8:32PM.  If the first backup is in progress while #2 is scheduled, it will get queued up to run as soon as Acronis is ready again.  Likewise, the third task will queue up behind the second so they should all run back to back, even though they are likely to take much longer than a minute a piece.

Option 2 - create three backup tasks. create a single scheduled backup task for job #2 that runs at 8:31PM and leave job 1 and job 3 as unscheduled.  Create a .bat file to run backup job #1 and a another .bat file to run backup job #3.  Put the .bat file for job #1 as a pre-backup task in backup job #2 and put .bat file for job #3 as post-backup task in backup job #2.

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Option 1 is the easiest, but option 2 may run more reliably since all tasks are assured to run in order as Pre (1), Main (2), Post (3).