Settings > Notification server > Task Settings details

Products

• Task Server

Issue/Introduction

 What do the different settings under Settings > All Settings > Notification Server > Task Settings affect?

Environment

ITMS 8.x

Resolution

This is a brief description of what the different settings do:

• Cleanup Task Data
  • This setting will delete old records in all TaskInstances* tables based on the specified row count.  It typically runs daily at 1:10am.  This was put in to typically prevent orphan's and old data.   Any tasks that have not completed should not be affected by this setting.
• Task Agent Settings
  • Task Update instructs the client to check-in for tasks every X minutes.
  • Note that if the agent has a tickle connection to the server the agent will still check-in for tasks every X amount of time and will check in whenever the server sends down a tickle.
  • Think of this setting like a backup in case the tickle connection is not working. Site Server will set the priority on which site server a client should connect to incase the client is assigned to multiple site servers under site management.
• Tokens
  • All of the different tokens that can be used in tasks that support tokens
• Update Summary data
  • This setting updates task data class tables used for hierarchy replication.
• Update Task Service Assignments
  • This will assign all unmanaged computers to a site server.