rConfig - Scheduled tasks
5 mins V8 Pro V6 Core
Scheduled tasks are used to run a variety of rConfig features and commands at specified intervals. We regularly update the scheduled task types that rConfig can run, so check the version update notes frequently to get the latest list of task types.
Tasks Main View
Section titled “Tasks Main View”You can run tasks manually from here. Click “Run now” on any task to run it. View its progress from the Horizon Queue Manager.
Tasks Main View
Adding a Task
Section titled “Adding a Task”The table below details each Task Type and its configuration options. V6 core only allows config download tasks and not policy compliance tasks, snippets or others tasks. V8 Pro and MSP allow all task types.
| # | Task Type | Task Configuration |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Config Downloads - Devices | Download configurations at the set interval for the selected Devices |
| 2 | Config Downloads - Categories | Download configurations at the set interval for the selected Categories |
| 3 | Config Downloads - Tags | Upload configurations at the set interval for the selected Tags |
| 4 | Config Downloads - Policy Compliance | Run a Policy Compliance Assignment job as configured in the Compliance Policy Assignments view |
| 5 | Send Snippets - Devices | Send Snippets at the set interval for the selected Devices |
| 6 | Send Snippets - Categories | Send Snippets at the set interval for the selected Categories |
| 7 | Send Snippets - Tags | Send Snippets at the set interval for the selected Tags |
| 8 | Other Tasks - Full System Backup | Run a Full System Backup. There are no configuration options for this task type |
| 9 | Other Tasks - Clean Backups | Run a Clean Backups. There are no configuration options for this task type |
| 10 | Other Tasks - Purge Old Configs | Run a Purge Old Configs task. You can set the numbers of days of which to Purge all configs older than the No. of Days |
| 11 | Other Tasks - Archive System logs | Run a Archive System logs task. The number of days, or Rows (records) to archive from the system |
| 12 | Other Tasks - Integration Job | Run an Integration Job. You can select the specific integration to run on the following screens |
| 13 | API Collections - API Collections | Create a task to run downloads for the specific API Collection |
Deleting Tags does not impact individual or groups of devices, but will affect scheduled tasks if they are configured for a Tag.
Pausing a Task
Section titled “Pausing a Task”Troubleshooting Tasks
Section titled “Troubleshooting Tasks”If you have any issues with a task, you can view the task in the Horizon Queue Manager and see the logs. You can also view the logs in the Logs view. If you are unable to interpret the logs or Horizon output, open a case with rConfig support team.