The ServeRAID Manager Task Scheduler allows you to run lengthy operations at a convenient time, such as a logical drive migration or synchronization. You can run the task at the given date and time or make it a recurring task. If the task is recurring, it runs on a regular basis according to the interval you choose: the same time each day, each week, or each month. Not all tasks can be recurring tasks. For example, a logical drive migration cannot be a recurring task.
The Task Manager is a tool that you can use to manage scheduled tasks. It allows you to:
When you schedule a task, it executes on the agent machine which may be a remote machine in a different time zone. To prevent scheduling problems due to time differences between the agent and client machines, the Task Scheduler performs the following checks:
If a non-recurring task misses its start time, the Task Manager flags it with an error. You must modify the task schedule if you want to run it at another time.
If a recurring task misses its start time, it is rescheduled to run at the next scheduled interval. Example: a recurring task runs every Monday at 1:00 AM. The agent machine is powered off at that time. When you restart the agent machine, the missed task is rescheduled to run the following Monday at 1:00 AM.
Note: To accommodate
temporary or brief interruptions on the agent machine, each task has a 30-minute
grace period built into its start time. Example: a task is scheduled to run
at 10:00 PM. A power outage lasts 20 minutes, from 9:55 PM to 10:15 PM. The
task runs at 10:15 PM.
When a scheduled task does not run successfully, the Task Manager displays an error icon and updates the "Status" column with an Error. If a task misses its start time, it is flagged with a warning error condition. You must reschedule the task to clear the error. If the error is non-recoverable it is considered critical. You must delete the task from the Task Manager; to reschedule it, you must create a new task. To see details about the error, use View task properties; examine the Error Description field for a description of what went wrong and what caused the task to fail.
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