OpenDS 2.0 has been out for a couple of months now but the development team kept on the pace of development.
Beside its ability to manage remote OpenDS servers, the Control Panel has been enhanced to support the Recurrent Tasks introduced in the OpenDS 2.0 server, and both Export LDIF and Backup can be scheduled to happen at a later time or on a regular basis.
Notice the "Change" button in the Backup Options.
You can then choose the proper kind of scheduling and tune it very simply as illustrated below.
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