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Change or Reschedule a Task
After a scheduled task is created, you can change the timing, frequency, and specifics of the task. You can
edit and reschedule tasks before or after they run.
Required privilege:Schedule Task.Modify Task
Prerequisites
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Open a vSphere Client session to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, click Home > Management > Scheduled Tasks.
2 Select the task.
3 In the toolbar, click Properties.
4 Change task attributes as necessary.
5 Click Next to advance through the wizard.
6 Click Finish.
Remove a Scheduled Task
Removing a scheduled task removes all future occurrences of the task. The history associated with all
completed occurrences of the task remains in the vCenter Server database.
Prerequisites
To remove scheduled tasks, the vSphere Client must be connected to the vCenter Server system.
Required privilege:Scheduled Task.Remove Task
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, click Home > Management > Scheduled Tasks.
2 Select the task.
3 Select Inventory > Scheduled Task > Remove.
4 Click OK.
The task is removed from the list of scheduled tasks.
Canceling Scheduled Tasks
Canceling a task stops a running task from occurring, regardless of whether the task was a real-time task or
a scheduled task. The operation cancels only the running task. If the task being canceled is a scheduled task,
subsequent runs are not canceled.
Tasks that aren’t running can be cleared when they are in a queued or scheduled state. In such cases,
because the cancel operation is not available, either remove the task or reschedule it to run at a different
time. Removing a scheduled task requires that you recreate it to run it in the future, rescheduling does not.
You can cancel the following tasks:
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Connecting to a host
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Cloning a virtual machine
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Deploying a virtual machine
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