The Schedule Types

The following table describes each of the schedule types.

Schedule Type Description

Daily

Runs the scheduled item daily. Daily includes specifying a run time window, running randomly within the window of time, and running repeatedly every xxx hours or minutes. Used by all Policy and Distribution Services components.

Event

Runs the scheduled policy according to the specified event, such as at system startup or shutdown, or a third-party application-defined event. Used only by policies.

Interval

Repeats running the scheduled item every xxx days, hours, minutes, and/or seconds. For Distributors only, the interval begins after the Distributor re-reads eDirectory. Any frequency from a few seconds to many days can be specified. Used by policies, Distributors, Distributions, Channels, and Subscribers.

Monthly

Runs the scheduled item on the selected day of the month. Monthly includes specifying a run time window and running randomly within the window of time. Used by all Policy and Distribution Services components.

Never

Prevents a TED Distribution from running automatically. Used only by TED.

Because the Distributor reads eDirectory but the Subscriber does not, the Subscriber will not know its working directory for a Distribution until its configuration is sent to it from the Distributor. Therefore, do not use the default of Never in any of the schedules, or you can receive an error that the Subscriber's working directory is unknown.

Package Schedule

Runs the scheduled item according to the default schedule, which can be changed on the Policies tab. Used only by policies.

Relative

Runs the scheduled policy one time relative to a specified number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds from when the policy package is extracted.

For example, if you set the time to one hour and refresh the Distributor, a new policy package will be sent to the Subscriber, and it will run one hour after extraction. Used only by policies.

Any time range, from a few seconds to many days, can be specified.

Run Immediately

Runs the scheduled item immediately upon refreshing the policy, beginning after the Distributor re-reads eDirectory. Includes repeating the action every xxx days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Any frequency from a few seconds to many days can be specified. Used only by policies, Distributions, Channels, and Subscribers.

Time

Runs the scheduled item once at the date and time specified. Used by all Policy and Distribution Services components.

Weekly

Runs the scheduled item on the selected day of the week. Weekly includes specifying a run time window, and running randomly within the window of time. Used only by policies.

Yearly

Runs the scheduled item on the selected day of the year. Yearly includes specifying a run time window, and running randomly within the window of time. Used by all Policy and Distribution Services components.


Daily

To schedule an item to run daily:

  1. Click the down arrow on Schedule Type > select Daily > select one or more days of the week.

  2. In Start Time, select the time the schedule will start for the day.

  3. In End Time, select the latest time in the day for the schedule to run.

  4. To have the schedule start randomly during the selected time period, check the Randomly Dispatch check box.

  5. To have the schedule repeat the action, check the box for the Repeat the Action Every field > select how often the action should be repeated.

    You can leave any of the options zeroed, but you must have a value in at least one of the time increments.


Event

To schedule a policy to run when an event happens:

  1. Click the down arrow on Schedule Type > select Event > select which event will activate the schedule:

    Event Description

    System Startup

    Runs the action when the system starts up.

    System Shutdown

    Runs the action before the system shuts down.

    Custom Event ID

    Third-party application-defined event.


Interval

To schedule an item to run at an interval of time:

  1. Click the down arrow on Schedule Type > select Interval > select the interval of time for repeating the action.

    You can leave any of the options zeroed, but you must have a value in at least one of the time increments.


Monthly

To schedule an item to run monthly:

  1. Click the down arrow on Schedule Type > select Monthly > click the radio button > select the day of the month.

    or

    Click the radio button for the last day of the month (whether 28, 29, 30, or 31).

  2. In Start Time, select the time the schedule will start for the day.

  3. In End Time, select the latest time in the day for the schedule to run.

  4. To have the schedule start randomly during the selected time period, check the Randomly Dispatch check box.


Never

This type is only used by TED. It can be used to prevent a Distribution from running automatically.

To schedule a TED item to never run automatically:

  1. Click the down arrow on Schedule Type.

  2. Select Never.

Although you can specify to never run a Distribution, you can manually override this setting using the ZfS Management role in Novell iManager (see Forcing TED Agent Actions).


Package Schedule

Each policy package has a default schedule for all policies in that package.

You do not need to do anything to schedule a policy to run according to the current Default Package Schedule.

To change the Package Schedule:

  1. In ConsoleOne, click the OU containing your server policies > right-click the Distributed Server Package (in the right pane) > click Properties.

  2. Click Edit.

  3. Change the Package Schedule to one of the following:

       Daily
       Weekly
       Monthly
       Yearly
       Relative
       Run Immediately
       Event
       Interval
       Time


Relative

To schedule a policy to run relative to the time the policy package has been extracted:

  1. Click the down arrow on Schedule Type > select Relative > select an amount of time.

    You can leave any of the options zeroed, but you must have a value in at least one of the time increments.


Run Immediately

To schedule an item to run immediately:

  1. Click the down arrow on Schedule Type > select Run Immediately.

  2. If you want to repeat the action, click the Repeat check box.

  3. Select a length of time.

    You can leave any of the options zeroed, but you must have a value in at least one of the time increments.


Time

To schedule an item to run at a specific time:

  1. Click the down arrow on Schedule Type > select Time > click the calendar icon.

  2. In the Select Date and Time dialog box,

    1. Select the month.

    2. Select the year.

    3. Click the day of the month.

    4. Select the time of day > click OK.


Weekly

To schedule a policy to run weekly:

  1. Click the down arrow on Schedule Type > select Weekly > select one day of the week.

  2. In Start Time, select the time the schedule will start for the day.

  3. In End Time, select the latest time in the day the schedule can run.

  4. To have the schedule start randomly during the selected time period, check the Randomly Dispatch check box.


Yearly

To schedule an item to run yearly:

  1. Click the down arrow on Schedule Type > select Yearly > click the calendar icon.

  2. In the Select Date dialog box,

    1. Select the month.

    2. Click the day of the month.

  3. In Start Time, select the time the schedule will start for the day.

  4. In End Time, select the latest time in the day the schedule can run.

  5. To have the schedule start randomly during the selected time period, check the Randomly Dispatch check box.