Use the New Schedule Task dialog to configure a task to run on a daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom schedule. To launch this dialog, from Task Library, click the Add icon, then select Schedule.

Configure the following:

General Tab

  • Name. Enter a name for the scheduled task. This name is listed in the Configuration Management Task Library.
  • Description. Enter a description for the scheduled task.
  • Script. Select the task script you want performed on the schedule you specify from the drop-down list provided. Or, you can click Add Script to create a new custom task script. For additional information, see Configuring custom task scripts.
  • Save copy of results. Enable this option to save task configuration information to a text file in a selected folder each time the scheduled task completes successfully. A separate file is created for each configuration key defined in the scheduled tasks script. Please note, if you select to save copies, be aware that new files are created/saved only when Configuration Management detects a change in the configuration.
  • Other Settings. Use the additional controls provided to indicate the following:
    • If the number of backups (or any other data resulting from the completed task) should be limited, and if so, by how many.
    • How many times a task should be repeated upon failure.
    • The number of maximum threads which is the number of devices the task can run against simultaneously.
    • If WhatsUp Gold should automatically add new monitored devices to the task.

Devices Tab

  1. Click the Add icon, then select either Groups or Devices from the list displayed.
  2. Browse to or Search for the group or device to associate with the task.
  3. Click Apply.

Threshold Tab

  • Enable this threshold. Select this option to enable and configure threshold options.
  • Threshold Name. Enter a name for the threshold. This name is displayed in the Alert Center Threshold Library.
  • Alert Center Threshold. Use the checkboxes provided to indicate what will trigger the alert:
    • Detects configuration changes on a device. The task detects changes between the backup file createdby the task and the previous backup
    • Fails to run for a device. The task fails to run for the device to which it is assigned.
    • Successfully runs for a device. The task succeeds for the device to which it is assigned
    • Fails these policies. The backup file that is created by the task is validated against one or more policies.An alert is created if the backup file fails the audit. Please note, if the Fails these policies option is enabled, you must click Select Policies and/or Configuration Management Policy Library to select one or more specific policies which must fail to trigger the alert.
  • Alert Center Notification Policy. Select a notification policy from the drop-down list provided, if needed. Enable the Email Details option to include detailed information about the configuration change in the body of the resulting email. If this option remains disabled, the email contains a summary of the change and a hyperlink with which you can access the applicable device in Alert Center.
  • Automatically resolve old alerts after the task is run. Enable this option to resolve old alerts after the task is run.

Schedule Tab

  • Schedule. Select this option to enable and configure schedule options.
  • Schedule options. Use the controls provided to specify when and how often the task should be performed.