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NOTE: Scheduled tasks are displayed in the Scheduled Tasks task module on the Device, Discovery,
Configuration, Firmware, Reports, Storage, Solutions, and Application Management pages. You can
also display any task module on the Overview page.
4. Click Next. The Select devices page is displayed.
5. Select the device by highlighting it and clicking the arrow buttons between the two lists. To select
multiple devices, use either Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click. To move all devices from one list to the other, use
the double arrow buttons. You can sort the list of available devices by clicking the column headers, or
view more columns by right-clicking the column headers.
You can also select an entire group instead of individual devices, by changing the selection method to
Groups. Tasks (for example configurations and more) can be performed on a single group or a group
and all of its subgroups.
NOTE: Including all subgroups can potentially take much longer and cause much more network traffic,
so it should be used only when appropriate.
If you schedule a task using a group, the task will apply to the devices in the group at the time the task
starts. This makes it easy to redefine the devices used in regularly scheduled tasks without having to
delete and create a scheduled task.
NOTE: The columns displayed on the Select devices page are defined in View > Preferences > Device
Identification.
Click Next. If you chose to specify settings, the Specify device settings page is displayed.
6. The settings displayed are the ones supported by the devices selected in Step 5. Settings are organized
alphabetically within each category. You can also use the personalized My Settings category to easily
find your favorite settings. If My Settings is not visible, then right-click and select Show ‘My Settings’.
Select the configuration options and then click Next.
NOTE: For information about specific configuration options that might not work properly in a batch
mode, see
Captured Configurable Options and Configuration Templates on page 170.
If you chose to schedule this configuration, the Specify schedule options page is displayed.
If you did not choose to schedule this configuration, go to Step 8.
7. Select the start date and time for your configuration, specify how often it should run, and give it a
name. Configuration schedules can have the following flexible settings applied:
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Name: Enter a name for this scheduled task, for easier identification in the task modules and the
configuration history.
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Start time: Specifies when the configuration will launch.
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Recurrence, Once: Launches only once in the specified schedule.
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Recurrence, Daily: Task will recur daily once per day or once per weekday depending on the
selected setting.
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Recurrence, Weekly: Task will recur once every X weeks on the day specified depending on the
setting.
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Recurrence, Monthly: Task will recur once every X months on XX day depending on setting; or,
task will recur on specified day pattern depending on setting.
Click Next. The Confirm page is displayed.
NOTE: For more information about the Confirm page, see Complex Data in the Confirm, Results, and
Configuration History Pages on page 159.
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