Infrastructure management using the HP SIM command line interface (436331-002, January 2009)

You must use the following options when the sched parameter tasktype is schedule:

• I<intervaltype> are the values that you can define in minutes (runs every X minutes), hours

(runs every X hours), days (runs every X days at the specified time), weeks (runs every X weeks at

the specified day and time), months (runs every X months at the specified day and time), daily (at

the specified time), or runonce (at the specified date and time). Here, X is defined by the P option

below.

• P<periodic> defines the periodic interval for the task, and can be any number greater than zero.

For example, P3 runs the task every third time.

• D<day|date> defines the day or time for task execution, and is only required if the I parameter is

weeks, months, or runonce. For weeks, valid values are the days of the week (sunday, monday,).

For months, valid values range from 1-31, representing a day of the month. For runonce, the valid

date value uses the mm/dd/yy format.

• M<time> defines the time for task execution, and is required for all I parameter values except

minutes and hours. The format is hh:mm, using the 24 hour format. For example, 1pm is

represented as 13:00.

Using the –c option to create a task can be complicated if all of the options are required to properly

define the task. You can create a task by defining the task in XML format, and use the mxtask

command use the XML definition. The command is:

# mxtask –cf taskfile.xml

The XML format for the task is defined in the mxtask(4) man page. The general format of the XML

syntax for the task is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<task-list>

<task name="task name" type="add|remove|manual|schedule"

owner="taskowner" runmode="runnow|runatstartup">

<queryname>query name</queryname>

</task>

</task-list>

To remove an existing task, enter:

# mxtask –r taskname

Where taskname is the name of the task you want to remove.

To run an existing task immediately, enter:

# mxtask –e taskname

To change the owner of a task, use the –o option, for example:

# mxtask –o taskname newowner

In this example, newowner, an existing user in HP SIM, becomes the owner of the task taskname. To

execute this command, you must have the authorization to change task ownership (see Managing

users and authorizations).

There are different options available for displaying task information. To see a tabular list of all exiting

tasks in HP SIM, use one of the following commands:

# mxtask