Open Settings → Server → Schedule as the owner. Scheduled jobs shows scheduled work, the windows it runs in and the last and next run when available.

Schedule backups

The built-in Maintenance windows schedule runs Backups. Choose the window’s name, whether it’s on, its cadence, start time and duration, and whether backups are included. Times use the server’s time zone. Select Save after editing.

The default window is Overnight, starting at 03:00 for four hours each day. Scheduled backups use the retention count under Settings → Server → Storage & backups → What Portico keeps.

Disabling the window or its backup task stops future scheduled backups. It doesn’t cancel a backup already running. Check Backups under Storage & backups for progress.

Control other background work

Maintenance windows don’t schedule every kind of server work:

  • Library scans follow each library’s settings under Settings → Server → Libraries, in its Scanning tab.
  • Metadata matching, artwork and analysis follow library settings and the server’s background-work controls.
  • Remote Live TV sources have their own guide-refresh interval under Settings → Server → Live TV & Channels → Sources.
  • Recording jobs follow program times and recording rules.

On Schedule, choose the background speed or select Pause for an hour. Use Resume to end the pause early. These controls manage background work; check Settings → Server → Dashboard → Background activity for what’s actually running.

Additional schedules

If an integration or API client has created additional scheduled jobs, they also appear under Scheduled jobs. Their Edit dialog controls whether they’re enabled, the daily start window, its length, time zone and catch-up behaviour. The job kinds available depend on the server, including library scans, lyric fetching, retention and playback cleanup, notification maintenance and missing-title cleanup.

Repeated failures

Check storage, permissions, network access, provider responses and database health before shortening a failing job’s interval. Heavy scans, analysis, guide imports, image work and backups can compete with playback for resources.