Administrator's Guide


Chapter 13. Automating Client Operations

ADSM includes a central scheduling component that allows the automatic processing of client operations during a specific time period when the schedule is activated.

Administrators can use central scheduling to automate client operations so that clients do not have to perform the operations manually. You can schedule the following client operations:

Each scheduled client operation is called an event. Each scheduled event is tracked by the server and recorded in the database. Event records can be deleted from the database as needed to recover database space.

See the following sections:
Tasks:
"Automating a Basic Client Operation"
"Issuing Commands for Immediate Processing on a Client Node"
"Coordinating Client Schedules"
"Tailoring Schedules"
"Copying Schedules"
"Deleting Schedules"
"Managing Scheduled Event Records"
"Managing Client Associations with Schedules"

In this chapter, most examples illustrate how to perform tasks by using the ADSM command line interface. For information about the ADSM commands, see ADSM Administrator's Reference, or issue the HELP command from the command line of an ADSM administrative client.

All of the ADSM commands can be performed from the administrative client web interface. A Version 3 administrative client GUI is also available for the Windows NT and Windows 95 operating systems. For more information about using the administrative interfaces, see ADSM Quick Start. You can find detailed help for using the graphical user interfaces in the online help facilities.


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