Scheduling Tasks

This section describes how to schedule update and backup tasks through the NMC-RX application. Although the procedure in this section begins from the Network Workshop, you can schedule tasks from several starting points:

• Network Workshop—Right-click on the device for which you want to schedule the update or backup task.
• Device Workshop—Right-click on the system folder from either the Interface Explorer or Device-wide Explorer.
  

  NOTE: Before you schedule tasks, you must start the Config Sync Services.

  
  

To schedule a task:

1. In the Network Workshop, select a device, right-click, and select Schedule Tasks.

The Schedule Tasks tab appears in the work area.

2. Depending on the type of scheduled task you want to create, click Add Backup or Add Update.
3. Go to either Add Backup Task or to Add Update Task.

Add Backup Task

To add a backup task:

1. From the Scheduled Task tab, click Add Backup.

The Schedule Backup Task dialog box appears. Note that the name of the device associated with this task is listed in the title bar.

2. Set the parameters (Table 29).

 Table 29:  Backup Task Parameters 

 Parameter
 Description

 Task Name

 Name of the scheduled tasks; 1-64 characters 


 Start Time

 Current time and date appear when the dialog box opens. Change the date by clicking 
. See Related Dialog Boxes.


 Recurrence

 Set recurring task patterns by clicking the Recurrence button. See Related Dialog Boxes. 


 Description

 Description of the task; can be up to 1024 characters


 Backup FTP Destination

  IP Address

 IP address of the device from which the running configuration is saved


 Sub Directory

 Directory path from the point of the FTP site (FTP root directory). Combined with the filename, the subdirectory can be a maximum of 247 characters.


 Login

 User login ID for the FTP site; can be up to 32 characters


 Config File Name


  
 Filename for the saved configuration. This user interface appends the .cnf file extension to the filename.
  
 Filename has a date/timestamp appended to it in the format MMDDHHmm to represent the date and time the file was created.
  
 Can be up to 36 ASCII characters; spaces are allowed if the filename is in quotes. 
  
 Combined with the subdirectory, the Config File Name can be a maximum of 247 characters.



 Password

 User login password for the FTP site. The password entry is masked with "*" characters. The password cannot be empty and can be up to 1024 characters.


 Timeout (ms)

 Number of milliseconds to wait for the FTP process to complete; range 300-2147483647; default 480000



 

3. Click OK.

The backup task is added to your list of tasks and appears in the table on the Scheduled Tasks tab.

Add Update Task

To add an update task:

1. From the Scheduled Tasks tab, click Add Update.

The Schedule Update Task dialog box appears. Note that the name of the device associated with this task is listed in the title bar.

2. Set the parameters (Table 30).

 Table 30:  Schedule Update Task Parameters

 Parameter
 Description

 Task Name

 Name of the scheduled tasks; 1-64 characters 


 Start Time

 Current time and date appear when the dialog box opens. Change the date by clicking the 
. See Related Dialog Boxes.


 Recurrence

 Set recurring task patterns by clicking the Recurrence button. See Related Dialog Boxes. 


 Description

 Description of the task; 0-1024 characters



 

3. Click OK.

The update task is added to your list of tasks and appears in the table on the Scheduled Tasks tab.