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Working with Tasks 10
vSphere tasks are activities and actions that occur on an object within the vSphere inventory.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Managing Tasks,” on page 107
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“Schedule Tasks,” on page 107
Managing Tasks
Tasks represent system activities that do not complete immediately, such as migrating a virtual machine.
They are initiated by high-level activities that you perform with the vSphere Web Client in real time and
activities that you schedule to occur at a later time or on a recurring basis.
For example, powering o a virtual machine is a task. You can perform this task manually every evening, or
you can set up a scheduled task to power o the virtual machine every evening for you.
View Tasks
You can view tasks that are associated with a single object or all objects in the vSphere Web Client.
By default, the tasks list for an object also includes tasks performed on its child objects. You can lter the list
by removing tasks performed on child objects and by using keywords to search for tasks.
If you are logged in to a vCenter Server system that is part of a Connected Group, a column in the task list
displays the name of the vCenter Server system on which the task was performed.
Procedure
1 Navigate to an object in the inventory.
2 Click the Monitor tab, then click Tasks.
The task list contains tasks performed on the object and detailed information, such as target, task status,
initiator, and start/completion time of the task.
3 (Optional) To view related events for a task, select the task in the list.
Schedule Tasks
You can schedule tasks to run once in the future or multiple times, at a recurring interval.
The tasks you can schedule are listed in the following table.
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