New/Edit WhatsConfigured Schedulable Task
How to get here
- On the WhatsUp Gold console, select. The WhatsConfigured Task Library appears.
- Do one of the following:
- Click to configure a new task. The Select Task type dialog appears.
- Select Schedulable Task, then click . The New WhatsConfigured Task dialog appears.
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- Select an existing task, then click . The Edit WhatsConfigured Task dialog appears.
Use this dialog to configure a WhatsConfigured Schedulable Task.
Enter or select the appropriate information in the dialog fields.
: Select a dialog tab to view information for its specific dialog fields.
Devices
Use the Devices tab to select the device(s) to which you want to apply the task.
To apply the task to a device:
Click . The Select a Device dialog appears.
To remove a device from the task:
Select a device from the list, then click .
Threshold
Use the Threshold tab to configure an Alert Center threshold to notify you on the scheduled task.
To assign a threshold to a WhatsConfigured task:
- Select to enable and configure the threshold options. If you do not select this option, you are unable to configure the threshold.
- Enter a for the threshold. This name is displayed in the Alert Center Threshold Library.
- Select to have the alert when the task , if the task , if the task , if the task , or all four.
: If you do not see the appropriate policy, or if the list is empty, browse (...) to the Policy Library to configure a new policy.
- Select the policy you would like Alert Center to use to notify you when the threshold is met. If the list is empty or you want to configure a new notification policy, browse () to the Alert Center Notification Policy Library.
Schedule
Use the Schedule tab to configure the schedule on which you would like the task performed. You can configure the task to run daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or on a custom schedule. You can also specify if this task can be run on demand, outside of the schedule you configure.
Select to begin configuring the task's schedule.
Run this task
Select the type of schedule you are configuring, then configure its schedule.
: Select the type of schedule you are configuring to view information for its specific dialog fields.
To configure a Daily schedule
- Specify the task's .
- Specify how often the task should be performed. For example, if you want the task to run every other day, specify that the task should repeat every 2 days. You can select to have the task , or at the specified time.
To configure a Weekly schedule
- Specify the task's .
- Specify how often the task should be performed. For example, if you want the task to run to run every other week during the work week, specify that the task run every 2 weeks and select Monday through Friday.
To configure a Monthly schedule
- Specify the task's .
- Specify the day of the month the task should run. You can select a numerical date, such as the 15th, or a generic date, such as the third Wednesday.
- Specify how often the task should be performed. For example, if you want the task to run every other month, specify that the task repeat every 2 months.
To configure a Yearly schedule
- Specify the task's .
- Specify the day and month the task should run. You can select a month with a numerical date, such as the June 1st, or a generic date with a month, such as the first Friday of June.
To configure a Custom schedule
- Specify the task's .
- Specify how often the task should be performed. You can select minutes, hours, or days. For example, you can specify that the task run at 2:00:00 AM every 2 days.
At the bottom of the dialog, select either:
- or -
If you select the first option, specify the appropriate number of backup configuration files that WhatsConfigured should store for each device the to which task is assigned. The default number of backup configuration files saved per device is 5.