# Step 11. Recurring Schedule

The **Recurring Schedule** wizard step has different layout depending on the options selected on the **Schedule** step:

### Predefined Templates

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* In the **Start backup** field, specify the date and time of the first backup plan run
* Select the required schedule from the **Select schedule template** drop-down list. The following schedules are available:
  * **Incremental backup every week, block-level backup every day**
  * **Incremental backup every day, block-level backup every hour**
  * **Incremental backup every day**
* In case you want to customize the schedule templates:
  * Select or deselect the **Incremental backup every:** check box, and, if the check box is selected, specify the period of an incremental backup run in hours and minutes
  * Select or deselect the **Block-level every:** check box, and, if the check box is selected, specify the period of a block-level backup run in hours and minutes.

Click **Next**.

Note that block-level backup can be enabled only on **Recurring Schedule** steps of the backup wizard.

### Advanced Settings

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* Select or deselect the **Incremental backup:** check box, then click **Edit schedule** and specify the period of an incremental backup in the **Recurring Schedule Options** dialog box. Once you are finished, click **OK**

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* Select or deselect the **Block-level backup:** check box, then click **Edit schedule** and specify the period of a block-level backup in the **Recurring Schedule Options** dialog box. Once you are finished, click **OK**

In case you Select the **Run Incremental Backup instead of Block-level Backup if total size of previous Block-level backups exceeds:** check box, then specify the size of the block-level backup in percent. The default value is 50%.

Note that block-level backup can be enabled only on **Recurring Schedule** steps of the backup wizard. 

Click **Next**.