diff --git a/java/google/registry/env/alpha/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml b/java/google/registry/env/alpha/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
index 21535c5b2..845822129 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/env/alpha/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
+++ b/java/google/registry/env/alpha/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
@@ -152,8 +152,11 @@
     <!--
       Keep google.registry.export.CheckBackupAction.MAXIMUM_BACKUP_RUNNING_TIME less than
       this interval.
-      -->
-    <schedule>every day 07:00</schedule>
+
+      To facilitate troubleshooting, run after the exportSnapshot task below (typically finishes in
+      90 minutes in production) has completed.
+      TODO(b/122271637): move to 06:00 (UTC) when the exportSnapshot task is removed. -->
+    <schedule>every day 09:00</schedule>
     <target>backend</target>
   </cron>
 
diff --git a/java/google/registry/env/production/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml b/java/google/registry/env/production/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
index c1ba7d62d..cf6090023 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/env/production/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
+++ b/java/google/registry/env/production/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
@@ -174,6 +174,24 @@
     <target>backend</target>
   </cron>
 
+  <cron>
+    <url><![CDATA[/_dr/cron/fanout?queue=export-snapshot&endpoint=/_dr/task/backupDatastore&runInEmpty]]></url>
+    <description>
+      This job fires off a Datastore managed-export job that generates snapshot files in GCS.
+      It also enqueues a new task to wait on the completion of that job and then load the resulting
+      snapshot into bigquery.
+    </description>
+    <!--
+      Keep google.registry.export.CheckBackupAction.MAXIMUM_BACKUP_RUNNING_TIME less than
+      this interval.
+
+      To facilitate troubleshooting, run after the exportSnapshot task below (typically finishes in
+      90 minutes in production) has completed.
+      TODO(b/122271637): move to 06:00 (UTC) when the exportSnapshot task is removed. -->
+    <schedule>every day 09:00</schedule>
+    <target>backend</target>
+  </cron>
+
   <cron>
     <url><![CDATA[/_dr/cron/fanout?queue=export-snapshot&endpoint=/_dr/task/exportSnapshot&runInEmpty]]></url>
     <description>
diff --git a/java/google/registry/env/sandbox/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml b/java/google/registry/env/sandbox/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
index 9ed16a801..a02d57f7c 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/env/sandbox/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
+++ b/java/google/registry/env/sandbox/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
@@ -151,6 +151,24 @@
     <target>backend</target>
   </cron>
 
+  <cron>
+    <url><![CDATA[/_dr/cron/fanout?queue=export-snapshot&endpoint=/_dr/task/backupDatastore&runInEmpty]]></url>
+    <description>
+      This job fires off a Datastore managed-export job that generates snapshot files in GCS.
+      It also enqueues a new task to wait on the completion of that job and then load the resulting
+      snapshot into bigquery.
+    </description>
+    <!--
+      Keep google.registry.export.CheckBackupAction.MAXIMUM_BACKUP_RUNNING_TIME less than
+      this interval.
+
+      To facilitate troubleshooting, run after the exportSnapshot task below (typically finishes in
+      90 minutes in production) has completed.
+      TODO(b/122271637): move to 06:00 (UTC) when the exportSnapshot task is removed. -->
+    <schedule>every day 09:00</schedule>
+    <target>backend</target>
+  </cron>
+
   <cron>
     <url><![CDATA[/_dr/cron/fanout?queue=export-snapshot&endpoint=/_dr/task/exportSnapshot&runInEmpty]]></url>
     <description>