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Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and Alarms
Removing a Scheduled Task
Removingascheduledtaskremovesallfutureoccurrencesofthetask.Thehistory
associatedwithallpreviousexecutionsofthetaskremainsintheVirtualCenter
database.
To remove a task that has been scheduled
1FromtheVIClientconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServer,clicktheScheduledTasks
optioninthenavigationbar.
Thelistofscheduledtasksappears.
2 Selectthe
appropriatetaskfromthelist.ChooseInventory>ScheduledTask>
Remove.
VirtualCenterremovesthetaskfromthescheduledtasklist.
3Toverifythatyouwanttoremovethetask,clickOK.
Thetaskisdeletedfromthelistoftasks.
Canceling a Task
Onlytasksthatareinprocesscanbecanceled.Andonlyselected(scheduledor
manuallyinitiated)taskscanbecanceledwhileinprocess.Cancelingataskwhileitis
runningrequiresthatyouhavetheappropriatepermissionsassignedtothehostwhere
thetaskisoccurring.
Cancelingataskdiffersfrom
removingatask.Cancelingataskstopsataskcurrently
occurring,whetherstartedmanuallyorscheduled.Removingataskremovesfuture
occurrencesofascheduledtask.
Thetasksthatcanbecanceledaftertheystartare:
 Connectingtoahost
 Cloningavirtualmachine
 Migratingavirtualmachine
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OTERemovingataskdiffersfromcancelingatask.Cancelingataskstopsatask
currentlyoccurring,whetherstartedmanuallyorschedule.Removingataskremoves
futureoccurrencesofascheduledtask.
NOTEThecancelingoperationisnotallowedifoneorbothofthehostsinvolvedisan
ESXServerversion2.0.1.