Schedule a Task

This section covers most tasks that can be scheduled. See Schedule a Device Firmware Upgrade for details on scheduling device firmware upgrades.

• To schedule a task:

1. Choose Administration > Tasks.
2. Click New.
3. In the Main tab, type a name and description for the task. Names can have 1-32 alphanumeric characters or underscores, no spaces.
4. Click the Task Data tab.
5. Click the Task Operation drop-down menu and select the task you want to schedule. Note that the fields requiring data will vary according to the task selected. See the following sections for details on each task.
   • Active Directory Synchronization: See Synchronize All AD Modules
   • Backup CommandCenter: See Backing Up CC-SG for details on backups and configuring automatic delete of old backup files.
   • Backup Device Configuration: See Backing Up a Device Configuration
   • Pause/Resume Device Management: See Pausing CC-SG's Management of a Device and Resuming Management for pausing and resuming individual devices. See Pause and Resume Management of Devices Using a Scheduled Task for details on scheduling a task to pause and resume multiple devices or device groups.
   • Copy Device Configuration: See Copying Device Configuration
   • Group Power Control: See Node Group Power Control
   • Outlet Power Control: See the CC-SG User Guide.
   • Power IQ Synchronization: See Synchronize Power IQ and CC-SG.
   • Purge Logs: See Configuring Logging Activity.
   • Restart Devices: See Restarting a Device
   • Restore Device Configuration: See Restoring Device Configurations (does not apply to device groups)
   • Upgrade Device Firmware (individual device or device group): See Schedule a Device Firmware Upgrade.
   • Generate all reports: See Reports.
6. Click the Recurrence tab. The Recurrence tab is disabled for Upgrade Device Firmware tasks.
7. In the Period field, click the radio button that corresponds to the period of time when the scheduled task will recur.
   1. Once: Use the up and down arrows to select the Start time at which the task should begin.
   2. Periodic: Use the up and down arrows to select the Start time at which the task should begin. Type the number of times the task should be executed in the Repeat Count field. Type the time that should elapse between repetitions in the Repeat Interval field. Click the drop-down menu and select the unit of time from the list. To set the task to run at a selected interval forever or until you change or delete the task, select the "Ongoing - until the task is changed or canceled" checkbox. The Repeat Count is disabled. Set the Repeat Interval.
   3. Daily: Click the Every day radio button if you want the task to repeat every day of the week. Click the Every weekday radio button if you want the task to repeat each day from Monday through Friday.
   4. Weekly: Use the up and down arrows to select how many weeks should elapse between task executions, then select the checkbox next to each day on which the task should recur each week that it runs.
   5. Monthly: Type the date on which the task should execute in the Days field, and then select the checkbox next to each month in which the task should recur on the specified date.
   6. Yearly: Click the drop-down menu and select the month in which the task should execute from the list. Use the up and down arrows to select the day in that month on which the task should execute.
8. For Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly tasks, you must add a start and end time for the task in the Range of recurrence section. Use the up and down arrows to select the Start at time and Start date. Click the radio button next to No end date if the task should recur as specified indefinitely, or click the radio button next to End date, and then use the up and down arrows to select the date at which the task should stop recurring.
9. Click the Retry tab.
10. If a task fails, CC-SG can retry the task at a later time as specified in the Retry tab. Type the number of times CC-SG should retry to execute the task in the Retry count field. Type the time that should elapse between retries in the Retry Interval field. Click the drop-down menu and select the unit of time from the list.

    Important: If you are scheduling a task to upgrade SX or KX devices, set the Retry Interval for more than 20 minutes, because it takes approximately 20 minutes to successfully upgrade these devices.

11. Click the Notification tab.
12. Specify email addresses to which a notification should be sent upon task success or failure. By default, the email address of the user currently logged in is available. User email addresses configured in the User Profile. To add another email address, click Add, type the email address in the window that opens, and then click OK. By default, email is sent if the task is successful. To notify recipients of failed tasks, select On Failure.
13. Click OK to save your changes.