How do I schedule or manually run a configuration task?

To schedule a configuration management task

To view schedules

To edit a schedule

To suspend or resume a schedule

To delete a schedule

Viewing an expired schedule

To manually run a configuration task

You can create, edit, delete, suspend and resume scheduled jobs under the Schedules tab on the Configuration Management page.

To schedule a configuration management task:

1. From the Main Menu, click Administration and then click Configuration Management.
   The Device Configuration Management page is displayed. 
2. Click the Schedules tab, and then click New at the top of the tab or from the Overflow Menu.
   
   
    
3. From the Select a task to schedule form that is displayed, select the task that you want to schedule, and then click Done.
   
   
   
   The Edit Schedule: [task] form is displayed.
    
4. Define the task schedule:
   
   
    
   1. In the Description field, enter a description for the task.
   2. From Entuity v23 upwards, click the Task Parameters field to specify parameter values for the task. 
      This field is available if the task contains any parameters with an empty Default Value or with a set Always Prompt flag (defined during task creation or editing).
      The Parameters form is displayed.
      
   3. Enter the task parameter values, and click Save.
      
      You are returned to the Edit Schedule: [task] form.
   4. If applicable, select the Server from the dropdown field.
      Note, this field has been removed from Entuity v22.0, v21.0 P05 and v20.0 P10 upwards. From these versions upwards, to create a schedule on a remote polling server from a consolidation server, you must first select the intended remote server from the server selection dropdown field in the top-left of the Schedules tab, and then follow these instructions.
   5. Specify the View with which the target device is associated on your network.
   6. Select the target Device or port against which you want to run the task. 
      From Entuity v20.0 upwards, only the devices that are licensed for configuration management will appear in this list.
   7. Click the Schedule field to open the Schedule form, from which you can choose to run a Predefined Schedule or a New Schedule, and define the schedule. 
   8. Specify when to start the schedule, specify its Recurrence, and click Done.
      
      
       
5.  Click Done on the Edit Schedule: [task] form to save the schedule. Otherwise, click Cancel.

To view schedules:

1. Navigate to the Schedules tab of the Device Configuration Management page.

2. Review the values in the table.
   The table lists all your schedules, detailing the following information:

   Column Name	Column Description
   Task	task schedule name.
   Description	description.
   Schedule	details of the schedule.
   Server	name of the Entuity server on which the schedule is defined.
   Target	target device against which the task is scheduled.
   Last Run Time	date and time the schedule was last run.
   Next Run Time	date and time the job is next scheduled to run.
   Last Run Status	status of the last execution - Completed, Running, or Suspended.

To edit a schedule:

Note, as a result of changes made in Entuity v22.0, v21.0 P05 and v20.0 P10 (see step iv in the 'To schedule a configuration management task' procedure), any schedules previously created from the consolidation server for a remote polling server (using the Server field in the Edit Schedule: [schedule] form) will continue to work, but you'll be unable to edit them. Instead, you must delete each schedule and recreate it.

1. Navigate to the Schedules tab of the Device Configuration Management page.
2. Select the schedule that you want to edit and click Edit at the top of the tab (or from the Overflow Menu or right-click Context Menu).
   The Schedule Task form is displayed.
3. Edit the schedule and then click Done to save your changes. Otherwise, click Cancel.

To suspend or resume a schedule:

1. Navigate to the Schedules tab of the Device Configuration Management page.
2. Select the schedule that you want to suspend/resume and click Suspend or Resume at the top of the tab (or from the Overflow Menu or right-click Context Menu).

To delete a schedule:

1. Navigate to the Schedules tab of the Device Configuration Management page.
2. Select the schedule that you want to delete and click Delete at the top of the tab (or from the Overflow Menu or right-click Context Menu).
3. At the deletion confirmation window, click Yes.

Viewing an expired schedule:

When you view a schedule that is expired, a warning message is displayed, stating that the expired schedule cannot be edited. Click OK to close the message and view the schedule. You can view it, but the options are grayed out.

To manually run a configuration task:

You can manually run a configuration task from the right-click Context Menu of a View, device, or port. In the following example, 'Microsens Test' is a custom configuration task that can be run from the right-click Context Menu.

From the right-click Context Menu, you can access a number of configuration management and monitoring tasks and functionality.

Note, from Entuity v22.0 upwards, a device can either have one or two configuration files (just a 'configuration file', or a 'startup configuration file' and a 'running configuration file'). If you are using an earlier version of Entuity, devices only have two configuration files (startup and running). For more information, see this article.

For devices/managed objects:

For device configurations: