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Creating and managing Software Management tasks
Scheduling a task and selecting computers in Software Management Solution
Scheduling a task and selecting computers in
Software Management Solution
In the top section, click Advanced to change the task s settings for this
instance.
See
"Advanced options for tasks in Software Management Solution"
on page 70.
In the top section, edit the task s details. The type of task that you selected
determines the options that appear.
See
"Package settings for Package Delivery tasks"
See
"Software settings for Quick Delivery tasks"
See
"Configuration settings for Source Path Update tasks"
See
"Software Virtualization settings"
See
"Windows Installer Repair settings"
Under Task Status, click Quick Run to run the task on a single destination
as soon as possible.
Under Task Status, click New Schedule to schedule the task and select
the destination computers.
See
"Scheduling a task and selecting computers in Software Management
Solution"
on page 144.
Under Task Status, double-click an existing instance of this task to
re-schedule it.
You might want to reschedule an existing instance if the task failed due
to an incorrect setting. In that case, you can fix the setting and reschedule
the task instead of creating a new task.
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When you finish editing the task, on the task s main page, click Save changes.
Software Management tasks use the task management component of Notification
Server that provides flexibility in targeting computers and scheduling tasks. For
example, when you schedule tasks, you can configure multiple schedules for an
individual task, use maintenance windows, or use shared schedules. When you
select computers, you can build and re-use predefined groups of computers.
To schedule a task and to select computers
1
Open the task for editing.
2
On the task page, click either of the following:
Quick Run
on page 139.
on page 135.
on page 201.
on page 226.
on page 196.
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