HP 5830 series User Manual

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Scheduling jobs
You can schedule a job to automatically run a command or a set of commands without administrative
interference. The commands in a job are polled every minute. When the scheduled time for a command
is reached, the job automatically executes the command. If a confirmation is required while the
command is running, the system automatically enters Y or Yes. If characters are required, the system
automatically enters a default character string or an empty character string when no default character
string is available.
Job configuration methods
You can configure jobs in a non-modular or modular method. Use the non-modular method for a
one-time command execution and use non-modular method for complex maintenance work.
Table 21 A comparison of non-modular and modular methods
Comparison item
Scheduling a job by using the
non-mod
ular method
Scheduling a job by using the
modular method
Configuration method
Configure all elements in one command
Separate job, view, and time settings
Can multiple jobs be
configured?
No Yes
Can a job have multiple
commands?
No
If you use the schedule job command
multiple times, the most recent
configuration takes effect.
Yes
You can use the time command in job
view to configure commands to be
executed at different time points.
Supported views
User view and system view. In the
schedule job command, shell represents
user view, and system represents system
view.
All views. In the time command,
monitor represents user view.
Supported commands Commands in user view and system view Commands in all views
Can a job be repeatedly
executed?
No Yes
Can a job be saved? No Yes
Configuration guidelines
• To have a job successfully run a command, check that the specified view and command are valid.
The system does not verify their validity.
• The configuration interface, view, and user status that you have before job execution restores even
if the job changed the user interface (for example, telnet, ftp, and ssh2), the view (for example,
system-view and quit), or the user status (for example, super).
• The jobs run in the background without displaying any messages except log, trap and debugging
messages.
• To make sure scheduled jobs can be executed at the expected time, you must configure an accurate
time setting or configure NTP for the device. For NTP configuration, see Network Management and
Monitoring Configuration Guide.
• Using the modular method:

HP 5830 series Specifications

General

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Model	5830 series
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