Adding an action schedule

An action schedule is a tool for initiating one or more actions at a predetermined time or interval. The action schedule consists of a set of domain elements encompassed by a particular scope within one or more domains, the actions that it implements, and the timetable by which those actions are performed on those domain elements.

About this task

When you schedule an action for a scope, the action is executed on every member of the scope.

Some scopes are more appropriate than others for selection with action schedules. For example, the Db2® SQL statements included in the "Db2SqlStatements" scope changes frequently and depends on the alerts that are on the message board at a point in time. For this reason, it is not practical to use the Db2SqlStatements scope for scheduled actions. The Db2Dbms or OS390Images scopes would be better scopes to use with action schedules than the Db2SqlStatements scope.

Procedure

  1. From any window within the CAE browser client, click Configuration > Actions Schedules.
  2. Click Add.
  3. Type the name of the new action schedule and click OK.
  4. Select or deselect Enabled to toggle the action schedule on or off.
  5. If you want to execute actions on specific domains, select the Execute Actions on These Domain Elements box and use the combo-box to select the appropriate domain elements.
  6. Specify the actions to execute by checking the boxes corresponding to the desired action.
  7. Define the schedule that will dictate when those actions are executed by clicking the Add button to select the interval and filling in the appropriate interval information.
  8. Specify the domains to which the schedule applies.
  9. Click Apply.