Scheduling Jobs; Job Configuration Approaches; Configuration Guidelines - HP 6125G Configuration Manual

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 inputs Y or Yes. If characters are required, the system
automatically inputs a default character string, or inputs an empty character string when there is no
default character string.

Job configuration approaches

You can configure jobs in a non-modular or modular approach. Use the non-modular approach for a
one-time command execution and use non-modular approach for complex maintenance work.
Table 20 A comparison of non-modular and modular approaches
Comparison item
Configuration method
Can multiple jobs be
configured?
Can a job have multiple
commands?
Supported views
Supported commands
Can a job be repeatedly
executed?
Can a job be saved to the
configuration file?

Configuration guidelines

To ensure an accurate system time setting, you must configure the correct system time and date or
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configure NTP for the device. For NTP configuration, see Network Management and Monitoring
Configuration Guide.
To have a job successfully run a command, check that the specified view and command are valid.
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The system does not verify their validity.
The configuration interface, view, and user status that you have before job execution restores even
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if the job ran a command to change 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
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messages.
Scheduling a job in the non-modular
approach
Configure all elements in one command
No
No
If you use the schedule job command
repeatedly, only the last configuration
takes effect.
User view and system view. In the
schedule job command, shell represents
user view, and system represents system
view.
Commands in user view and system view
No
No
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Scheduling a job in the modular
approach
Separate job, view, and time settings.
Yes
Yes
You can use the time command in job
view to configure commands to be
executed at different time points.
All views. In the time command,
monitor represents user view.
Commands in all views.
Yes
Yes