Scheduling jobs

You can create schedules in Lenovo XClarity Administrator to run certain tasks at specific times.

About this task

You can schedule the following types of jobs:

You can schedule jobs to run:
  • Only one time (immediately or at a later time)

  • On a recurring basis

  • When a specific event occurs

Procedure

To create and schedule a job, complete the following steps.

After you finish

The Scheduled Jobs tab is displayed with a list of all job schedules in XClarity Administrator.
Illustrates the recent job that are listed in the Jobs page.
From this page, you can perform the following actions:
  • View information about all active and completed jobs for a specific job schedule by clicking the link in the Job column.

    • Narrow the list of job schedules that are displayed by a specific schedule type by clicking Schedule Types and choosing from the following options:

      • All Schedule Types

      • One Time

      • Recurring

      • Triggered

    • Hide or show only job schedules that are in a specific state by clicking one of the following icons:

      • All scheduled jobs that are active by clicking the Active icon (Active icon).

      • All scheduled jobs that are not active by clicking the Paused icon (Paused icon).

      • All scheduled jobs that already ran and are not scheduled to run again by clicking the Ended icon (Ended icon).

    • List only scheduled jobs that contain specific text by entering the text in the Filter field.

    • Sort the scheduled jobs by column by clicking a column heading.

  • View when the job ran last by looking at the Last Run column. View the status of the last run job by clicking the “Job Status” link in that column.

  • View when the job is scheduled to run next by looking at the Next Run column. View a list of all future dates and times by clicking the “More” link in that column.

  • Immediately run the job that is associated with the schedule by clicking the Run icon (Run scheduled job icon).

  • Disable or enable a job schedule by clicking the Pause icon (Pause job schedule icon) or Activate icon (Activate job schedule icon) respectively.

  • Copy and then modify a job schedule by clicking the Copy icon (Copy icon).

  • Edit a job schedule by clicking the Edit icon (Edit icon).

  • Delete one or more selected job schedules by clicking the Delete icon (Delete icon).

  • Export information about specific job schedules by selecting the schedules and clicking the Export as CSV icon (Export icon).

  • Refresh the list of job schedule by clicking the All Actions > Refresh.