Owner's Manual

748 Schedules
that occurs, the application works on the jobs sequentially, creating a queue of unfinished work that it
continues to process. Processing this backlog during something like a network slowdown may cause
resource issues within the application server itself.
New Schedules
When you click New , the application prompts you for the type of schedule to create (available
types depend on your installation). Depending on the type you select, the next screen changes.
Device Resync and Device Discovery are the default scheduled task types available. The Schedule
Info on page 750 is common to all schedules. You can schedule several things, including the
following tasks:
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Database Aging Policy— Policy implementation. See Chapter 25, DB Aging.
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Device Discovery —Select a Resource Discovery Profile, then enter what’s described in Schedule
Info on page 750.
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Device Resync —See Resynchronization, below.
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Firmware Download— Schedules updates from supported Firmware suppliers. See Firmware
Download on page 749.
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Group Operation —Schedule a group operation.
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Inventory Reports —This allows you to schedule already configured reports.
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Link Discovery — See Discovering Links on page 642 for more information about what you are
configuring here.
The following appear if you have installed the optional File Management:
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Configuration File Restore —Push backed up configuration file down to device.
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Configuration File Backup —Backup configuration files from the device.
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OS Image Deploy —Push operating system (or patch to O/S) to device.
NOTE:
If you start equipment-specific tasks from the Schedule Manager, you must select the equipment in
addition to selecting the schedule parameters with the command (...) button next to the appropriate field
in the scheduler screens.
Resynchronization
If you select Device Resync when creating a new schedule, you can select devices to re-query
(resync) so the database contains the latest device configuration.