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Components 53
View > Update
Window
This menu item is enabled when there is some pending information to be
added to the inventory. This occurs after a scheduled refresh has
completed. Selecting this option adds the newly refreshed information to
the inventory file.
Tools > Scheduled
Task s
This menu item launches the Scheduled Tasks dialog as shown in
Figure 18
:
Figure 18 Scheduled Tasks
The Scheduled Tasks dialog displays a list of all currently scheduled tasks.
Operations that may be scheduled include Device Backup, Agent Update
and Refresh. Each task has a name, a start time and how often the task
repeats (if applicable). For tasks that are not repeatable, for example, the
backup operation, the Repeat column displays N/A.
Only one scheduled task can run at a given time. If two or more tasks are
set to run at the same time, the first task is executed and all others enter
a 'pending' state (the Start Time column displays Pending). The pending
task is executed immediately after the currently scheduled task finishes.
A scheduled task also enters the pending state if it is scheduled to start
but cannot for some reason. For example, if a manual refresh is currently
in progress which prevents a scheduled refresh from executing. Once the
blocking task has finished the pending scheduled task is executed.
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