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<h1 class="topictitle1">Schedule tasks or jobs with Management Central scheduler</h1>
<div><p>iSeries™ Navigator
provides two different tools you can use to schedule tasks or jobs: an integrated
scheduler (the Management Central scheduler) and the Advanced Job Scheduler.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Management Central scheduler</h4><p>The Management Central
scheduler helps you to organize when you want your tasks to occur. You have
the option of choosing to perform a task immediately or choosing a later time.</p>
<p>You
can use the Management Central scheduler to schedule a variety of tasks. For
example, you can automate the process of collecting an inventory (such as
hardware, software, or fixes) on whichever day fits your operating schedule.
You might schedule such a collection to occur every Saturday night at 10 p.m.
You can also schedule to clean up the save files and cover letters of the
fixes from your systems on the first of every month. Or you might want to
install a set of fixes once. </p>
<p>Using the scheduler function gives you
the flexibility to do your work when it is convenient for you. In addition,
you can use the Management Central scheduler to do almost any task in Management
Central. For example, you can schedule when to do any of the following tasks:</p>
<ul><li>Run commands on selected endpoint systems and system groups</li>
<li>Collect inventory on selected endpoint systems and system groups</li>
<li>Collect system values inventory on selected endpoint systems and system
groups; then compare and update system values to those on a model system</li>
<li>Create, delete, edit, and send users and groups across multiple endpoint
systems</li>
<li>Send fixes or packages of files and folders to selected endpoint systems
and system groups</li>
<li>Start installing fixes, uninstall fixes, or install fixes permanently</li>
<li>Delete the save files and cover letters for selected fixes on selected
endpoint systems and system groups</li>
<li>Start and stop Collection Services on selected endpoint systems and system
groups</li>
</ul>
<p>You can schedule a task to run once, in which case the task runs a
single time beginning at the specified date and time.</p>
<p>To schedule a
later time to perform a task, click <span class="uicontrol">Schedule</span> from any
window in which the button is displayed. Your scheduling information is stored
on the central system and submitted from there. No scheduling function is
needed at the endpoint system.</p>
<p>The following scheduling options are
available from the Management Central scheduler:</p>
<ul><li><span class="uicontrol">Daily</span> <p>The task runs every day at the specified
time beginning on the specified date.</p>
</li>
<li><span class="uicontrol">Weekly</span> <p>The task runs every week at the specified
time beginning on the specified date. You may either accept the default (today's
date) or specify the day of the week when you want the task to run.</p>
</li>
<li><span class="uicontrol">Monthly</span> <p>The task runs every month at the specified
time beginning on the specified date. You may either accept the default (today's
date) or specify a day of the month (1-31), First day, or Last day.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="p">You can schedule any task for which a <span class="uicontrol">Schedule</span> button
is available. For example, you can schedule a specific time to collect inventory.
(If you want full calendar management, you should use the Advanced Job Scheduler.)<div class="important"><span class="importanttitle">Important:</span> <img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />Do not use the Work with Job Schedule Entries
(<span class="cmdname">WRKJOBSCDE</span>) to alter or delete a scheduled job if that
job was scheduled using the Management Central Scheduler or the Advanced Job
Scheduler. If the job is altered or deleted by using <span class="cmdname">WRKJOBSCDE</span>,
Management Central is not notified of the changes. The task might not run
as expected, and error messages can appear in the Management Central server
job logs. <img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></div>
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<p>For more information about these
and other Management Central tasks and topics, refer to the detailed task
help that is available from the iSeries Navigator window. Click <span class="uicontrol">Help</span> from
the menu bar and select <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">iSeries Navigator overview</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Management Central</span></span>.</p>
</div>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Advanced Job Scheduler</h4><p>The Advanced Job Scheduler
is a separate licensed program (5722-JS1) that you can install and use to
schedule tasks and jobs. This scheduling tool provides more calendar features
and offers greater control over scheduled events. If you have Advanced Job
Scheduler installed, click the <span class="uicontrol">Schedule</span> button from
any iSeries Navigator
window to schedule tasks and jobs. To find more information about installing
and using this tool, see the Advanced Job Scheduler topic.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaih2.htm" title="After Management Central has been set up, you can use it to streamline your server administration tasks.">Work with Management Central</a></div>
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