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NMS300 Network Management System Application
Manage Jobs User Manual257
Schedule jobs
The application supports regular and time-consuming jobs that are used for configuration and
management tasks. You can schedule these jobs for future execution on a one-time basis or
on a recurrent basis for batch operations.
The application supports the following jobs, which are scheduled when you complete the
corresponding procedures (see the section references in the following list):
Configuration file backup. Both one-time and recurrent jobs are supported. For more
information, see
Schedule a backup job on page 131.
Configuration file restore. One-time jobs are supported. For more information, see
Restore the configuration of a single device on page 138 and Restore the configuration
of several identical devices on page 148.
Firmware upgrade. One-time jobs are supported. For more information, see
Execute or
schedule a firmware upgrade on page 165.
Report generation. Both one-time and recurrent jobs are supported. For more
information, see
Schedule a report on page 250.
Resource discovery. Both one-time and recurrent jobs are supported. For more
information, see
Schedule or reschedule an existing discovery job on page 47.
Output files from completed jobs are saved for the data retention period. For more
information, see Set the data retention period on page 271.
View and manage jobs
You can view job detail and status information. You can also enable, disable, and delete jobs.
For information about modifying or rescheduling jobs, see the section references in the
previous section,
Schedule jobs.
When you delete any of the following items from the Jobs table, the application deletes its
corresponding profile or template from its database:
Discovery job.
You can create a discovery profile. For more information, see Add or
modify a discovery profile on page 42.
Backup job.
You can create a new backup profile. For more information, see Add or
modify a backup profile on page 126.
Report generation job.
You can create a report template. For more information, see
Manage report templates on page 243.