Create new Scheduler Task in Configuration Policy

Products

• CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager
• CA Client Automation

Issue/Introduction

In the Configuration Policy there are 6 tasks under DSM/Common Components/CAF/Scheduler :

Refresh Location Aware
Refresh registration
Run Mirrorsync
Run the UAM agent
Run the UAM agent in USD hint mode
Run the USD agent

How to create another task ?

Environment

Client Automation - All Versions

Resolution

1- Create a file new_scheduler_task.xml with following xml lines :

<configuration>
 <allusers>
  <paramsection name="itrm">
   <paramsection name="common">
    <paramsection name="caf">
     <paramsection name="scheduler">
      
      <paramsection name="amagentschedule2">
        <attribute name="helpid">9000</attribute>
        <attribute name="dis_en">Run the UAM agent 2</attribute>
        
        <parameter name="commandline" value="start amagent">
          <attribute name="dis_en">CAF Scheduler: command line</attribute>
          <parameterinfo name="pi_commandline">
            <attribute name="type">string</attribute>
            <attribute name="desc">The caf command which performs this job</attribute>
          </parameterinfo>
        </parameter>

        <parameter name="enabled" value="0">
          <attribute name="dis_en">CAF Scheduler: Enabled</attribute>
          <parameterinfo name="pi_enabled">
            <attribute name="type">bool</attribute>
            <attribute name="desc">Set to true if this job is enabled</attribute>
          </parameterinfo>
        </parameter>

        <parameter name="type" value="day">
          <attribute name="dis_en">CAF Scheduler: Type of Job</attribute>
          <parameterinfo name="pi_type">
            <attribute name="type">string</attribute>
            <attribute name="desc">Type of schedule interval. Possible values are: day, hour and minute. You can also add a number of optional qualifiers. Add "random" to run the job with a random time added to the specified time, up to the value of randomminutes. Add random_hour to run at a random hour during the day. Add random_minute to run at a random minute during the hour. Add "now" to run the job within "randomnowtime" seconds. Multiple values are separated by spaces.</attribute>
          </parameterinfo>
        </parameter>

        <parameter name="excludedays" value="">
          <attribute name="dis_en">CAF Scheduler: Days to exclude</attribute>
          <parameterinfo name="pi_excludedays">
            <attribute name="type">string</attribute>
            <attribute name="desc">The list of days which are excluded from the schedule. You can specify any combination of monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. Names are separated by spaces.</attribute>
          </parameterinfo>
        </parameter>

        <parameter name="excludehours" value="">
          <attribute name="dis_en">CAF Scheduler: Hours to exclude</attribute>
          <parameterinfo name="pi_excludehours">
            <attribute name="type">string</attribute>
            <attribute name="desc">The list of hours which are excluded from the schedule. You can specify hours using the 24 hour clock. Hours are separated by spaces.</attribute>
            <attribute name="incl">1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0, ,</attribute>
          </parameterinfo>
        </parameter>

        <parameter name="hour" value="1">
          <attribute name="dis_en">CAF Scheduler: Hour</attribute>
          <parameterinfo name="pi_hour">
            <attribute name="type">int</attribute>
            <attribute name="desc">For daily schedules, this value is the hour at which the job runs. For hourly and minute schedules it is not used.</attribute>
            <attribute name="incl">1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,</attribute>
          </parameterinfo>
        </parameter>

        <parameter name="minute" value="0">
          <attribute name="dis_en">CAF Scheduler: Minute</attribute>
          <parameterinfo name="pi_minute">
            <attribute name="type">int</attribute>
            <attribute name="desc">For daily and hourly jobs, this value is the minute past the hour at which the job runs. It is not used for minute jobs.</attribute>
            <attribute name="incl">1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0</attribute>
          </parameterinfo>
        </parameter>
        <parameter name="repeat" value="1">
          <attribute name="dis_en">CAF Scheduler: Repeat</attribute>
          <parameterinfo name="pi_repeat">
          <attribute name="type">int</attribute>
          <attribute name="desc">The time between repetitions of the job. This depends on the type - e.g. for a daily job, this is the number of days between jobs.</attribute>
          <attribute name="incl">1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0</attribute>
          </parameterinfo>
        </parameter>

        <parameter name="randomnowtime" value="0">
          <attribute name="dis_en">CAF Scheduler: Random now time</attribute>
          <parameterinfo name="pi_randomnowtime">
            <attribute name="type">int</attribute>
            <attribute name="desc">If "now" is specified in the type then this is the number of seconds within which the job runs.</attribute>
            <attribute name="incl">1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0</attribute>
          </parameterinfo>
        </parameter>

        <parameter name="randomminutes" value="10">
          <attribute name="dis_en">CAF Scheduler: Random minutes</attribute>
          <parameterinfo name="pi_randomminutes">
            <attribute name="type">int</attribute>
            <attribute name="desc">If "random" is specified in the job type then a random number of minutes between 0 and this value is added to the specified job time. This allows a job to run at "fuzzy" regular intervals.</attribute>
            <attribute name="incl">1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0</attribute>
          </parameterinfo>
        </parameter>

        <parameter name="depends" value="amagent">
          <attribute name="dis_en">Plugin dependency</attribute>
          <parameterinfo name="pi_type">
            <attribute name="type">string</attribute>
            <attribute name="desc">Name of plugin required by job</attribute>
          </parameterinfo>
        </parameter>

      </paramsection>

     </paramsection>
    </paramsection>
   </paramsection>
  </paramsection>
 </allusers>
</configuration>

This is an example for execution of another amagent.
This file could be adapted.

Adapt the values in this part :

<configuration>
 <allusers>
  <paramsection name="itrm">
   <paramsection name="common">
    <paramsection name="caf">
     <paramsection name="scheduler">
      
      <paramsection name="amagentschedule2">
        <attribute name="helpid">9000</attribute>
        <attribute name="dis_en">Run the UAM agent 2</attribute>
        
        <parameter name="commandline" value="start amagent">

In this example there is amagentschedule2 and “Run the UAM agent 2”

These values could be modified.

 

2- Execute this command on the DOMAIN (or ENTERPRISE) manager in order to import this configuration in the Default Computer Policy :

ccnfregdb -mlocalhost -fnew_scheduler_task.xml -o -e

The configuration appears in the Default Computer Policy :

 

3- Update or create a configuration policy applied on the agent and set True for Enabled settings for the new task and adjust the others settings with desired values :

 

4- Seal the policy and apply it on the agents.


5- On the Agent, the Scheduled task is created. We could see it in the DSM properties - Common Agent of CAF Systray.

But the description is empty :

In order to avoid empty description, execute this following command on the Agents. This will import the new section in the comstore.

ccnfcmda -cmd Merge -fi new_scheduler_task.xml

This command could be executed via a SD Package

After execution of this command the description field is filled :

 

 

 

 

A created scheduled task could be deleted. Here is the method to do this :

Delete a scheduled task

Here are the steps to remove a created scheduled task :

1- Create a file remove_scheduler_task.xml with following xml lines :

<configuration>
  <allusers>
    <paramsection path="/itrm/common/caf/scheduler/amagentschedule2" /> 
  </allusers>
</configuration>

Change the name amagentschedule2 with the appropriate name.

2- Execute this command on the DOMAIN (or Enterprise) Manager :

ccnfregdb -mlocalhost -rremove_scheduler_task.xml -o -e

The section disappear in the Default Computer Policy

 

3- On the target machine execute this command in order to remove the section in the comstore :

ccnfcmda -cmd DeleteParamsection -ps itrm/common/caf/scheduler/amagentschedule2 -manager

Remark : Replace amagentschedule2 by the correct section name.

This command could be executed via a AM or SD job.

The scheduled task disappears from caf systray properties