The Server Consolidation Utility lets you schedule projects to run at the most convenient time. This means that you can create a consolidation project during the day and schedule it to run during the night when there is a smaller chance that files that are to be moved will be open and being worked on.
The Server Consolidation Utility uses the Scheduled Tasks capability built into Windows to schedule a consolidation project to run at a time that is most convenient to you.
HINT:Before scheduling a consolidation project, Novell recommends that you complete the verification process and resolve all errors. When you have verified the project, resolved any errors, and reached the Start Novell Server Consolidation Utility dialog box, then the project can be scheduled.
To schedule a project to run at a later time:
Ensure that a Server Consolidation Project has been created.
Write down the project name and path of its location for later reference.
Click > > .
Double-click the icon.
Double-click the icon.
When the Scheduled Task Wizard launches, click .
Select the Novell NetWare Server Consolidation Utility from the list of programs provided, then click .
Assign the scheduled task a name, select its frequency, then click . You can run a project as often as you want.
Select the start time and date for the project to run, then click .
Enter the Windows username and password of the user that will perform the task, then click .
Verify that the time displayed for running the project is correct. If it is, check the check box, then click .
After the Advanced Properties dialog box opens, click .
In the dialog box that opens, complete the field.
The dialog box is populated with a pathname that ends in \fc.exe. Add the following parameters, separated by a single space, to this pathname for the scheduled consolidation project to run:
(Required) The pathname, in quotation marks, to the consolidation project that you are scheduling to run. For example:
“c:\my projects\sc1.mdb” (where sc1.mdb is the saved project)
(Required) The letter Y, to automatically run the selected Server Consolidation project.
(Required) The password for the admin on the source server.
(Required) The password for the admin on the destination server.
(Optional) The letter N, to skip the Error and Success Log review dialog box and simply exit the utility after it finishes.
When completed, the field of the Advanced Properties dialog box should look similar to this:
c:\program files\novell\netware server consolidation utility\fc.exe "c:\my projects\sc1.mdb" y test1 test2
In the previous example, c:\program files\novell\netware server consolidation utility\fc.exe is the pathname that was already in the field of the dialog box, "c:\my projects\sc1.mdb" is the saved project that is scheduled to run, y is the Yes parameter to automatically run the project, test1 is the admin password on the source server, and test2 is the admin password on the destination server.
After entering the parameters, click .
In the dialog box that appears, enter the Windows username and password of the admin running the project, then click .
The Server Consolidation project will run at the scheduled time.