ADSM includes a central scheduling component that allows the automatic processing of administrative commands during a specific time period when the schedule is activated.
Administrative commands can be scheduled for use in tuning server operations and to start functions that require significant server or system resources during times of low usage. Automating these operations allows the administrator to ensure that server resources are available when needed by clients.
Each scheduled administrative command 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: |
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| "Automating a Basic Administrative Command Schedule" |
| "Tailoring Schedules" |
| "Copying Schedules" |
| "Deleting Schedules" |
| "Managing Scheduled Event Records" |
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.