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Schedule tasks.

Options
Category Option Definition
Schedule Enable schedule Schedules the task to run at a specified time. (Enabled by default)

This option must be selected to schedule the task.

Schedule type Specifies the interval for running the task.
  • Daily — Runs the task every day, at a specific time, on a recurring basis between two times of the day, or a combination of both.
  • Weekly — Runs the task weekly:
    • On a specific weekday, all weekdays, weekends, or a combination of days
    • At a specific time on the selected days, or on a recurring basis between two times of the selected days
  • Monthly — Runs the task monthly on either:
    • The specified day of the month
    • The specified days of the week — first, second, third, fourth, or last
  • Once — Starts the task on the time and date that you specify.
  • At system startup — Runs the task when the system starts.
  • At login — Starts the task the next time the user logs on to the system.
  • Run immediately — Starts the task immediately.
Frequency Specifies the frequency for Daily and Weekly tasks.
Run on Specifies the days of the week for Weekly, and Monthly tasks.
Run in Specifies the months of the year for Monthly tasks.
Only run this task once a day Runs the task once a day for At system startup and At login tasks.
Delay this task by Specifies the number of minutes to delay before running At system startup and At login tasks.
Start date Specifies the start date for Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Once tasks.
End date Specifies the end date for Daily, Weekly, and Monthly tasks.
Start time Specifies the time to start the task.
  • Run once at that time — Runs the task once at the specified Start time.
  • Run at that time, and then repeat until — Runs the task at the specified Start time. Then, starts the task every number of hours/minutes specified by Start task every until the specified end time.
  • Run at that time, and then repeat for — Runs the task at the specified Start time. Then, starts the task every number of hours/minutes specified by Start task every until it has run for the specified amount of time.
Options Run this task according to Coordinated Universal Time Specifies whether the task schedule runs according to the local time on the managed system or Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Stop this task if it runs longer than Stops the task after the specified number of hours and minutes.

If the task is interrupted before completing, the next time the task starts, it resumes where it left off.

Randomize the task start time by Specifies that this task runs randomly within the time you specify.

Otherwise, this task starts at the scheduled time regardless of whether other client tasks are scheduled to run at the same time.

Run missed task Runs the task after the number of minutes specified by Delay start by once the managed system restarts.
Account Specifies the credentials to use for running the task.

If no credentials are specified, the task runs as the local system Administrator account.

User name Specifies the user account.
Password Specifies the password for the specified user account.
Confirm password Confirms the password for the specified user account.
Domain Specifies the domain for the specified user account.