B.0 Schedule Types

Table B-1 describes each of the Novell® ZENworks® schedule types, with links to the steps for configuring them.

Table B-1 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 Novell 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 any of the four possible schedules from occurring. Only used by Tiered Electronic Distribution.

This is generally used for manual control over a particular schedule. Typically, you do not need to leave an object configured with the Never schedule type for an extended period of time. If an object is no longer used, you can remove it using the Delete TED Object menu option in Novell ConsoleOne®.

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 is sent to the Subscriber, and it runs 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.