Schedule Operations
Create a schedule for certain operations to be performed on the HMC itself without operator assistance.
Scheduled operations are helpful for situations where automatic, delayed, or repetitious processing of system operations is necessary. A scheduled operation is started at a specified time, without operator assistance to perform the operation. A schedule can be set for one operation or repeated many times.
For example, you could schedule a backup of important HMC information to storage devices to occur once, or set up a repeating schedule.
- The processor that is the object of the operation.
- The scheduled date
- The scheduled time
- The operation
- The number of remaining repetitions
- Schedule an operation to run at a later time
- Define operations to repeat at regular intervals
- Delete a previously scheduled operation
- View details for a currently scheduled operation
- View scheduled operations within a specified time range
- Sort scheduled operations by date, operation, or managed system
An operation can be scheduled to occur one time or it can be scheduled to be repeated. You will be required to provide the time and date that you want the operation to occur. If the operation is scheduled to be repeated, you will be asked to select:
- The day or days of the week that you want the operation to occur. (optional)
- The interval, or time between each occurrence. (required)
- The total number of repetitions. (required)
- Backup Critical Console Data
- Schedules an operation to back up the critical console hard disk information for the HMC.
To schedule operations on the HMC, do the following:
- Open the Schedule Operations task from the HMC Management work pane.
- From the Schedule Operations window, click Options from
the menu bar to display the next level of options:
- To add a scheduled operation, point to Options and then click New.
- To delete a scheduled operation, select the operation you want to delete, point to Options and then click Delete.
- To update the list of scheduled operations with the current schedules for the selected objects, point to Options and then click Refresh.
- To view a scheduled operation, select the operation you want to view, point to View and then click Schedule Details.
- To change the time of a scheduled operation, select the operation you want to view, point to View and then click New Time Range.
- To sort the scheduled operations, point to Sort and then click one of the sort categories that appears.
- To return to the HMC workplace, point to Options and then click Exit.
Use the online Help to get additional information for scheduling an operation.
