User Guide

Updating and Mirroring Tasks
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•ForAt System Startup,thereis nothingmoretoconfigure.The task
will run when the system starts.
NOTE:On Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems, the user
must be logged-on for this option to work.
•ForAt Logon, there isnothing more to configure. The task will run
when a user logs on.
•IfyouselectWhen Idle, use to specify the number of minutes of
idleness that will trigger the task. This option is useful for some
kinds of tasks, but is not considered useful for an updating or
mirroring task.
•ForRun Immediately, thereisnothing more to configure.The task
will run when it is received by the computers that you selected in
the ePolicy Orchestrator console tree.
4. In the Start Time box, specify the starting time for the task.
• Select the two-digit figure in front of the colon, representing
the hour, then use to select a different hour.
• Select the two-digit figure following the colon, representing the
minutes, then use toselecta differentminutesettingon theclock.
• Indicate whether the time setting refers to GMT (Greenwich Mean
Time) or Local Time by selecting one of those options next to the
Start Time box.
– GMT is useful if you want the task to run simultaneously in
multiple domainsthatare indifferenttimezones.Thisisuseful
in outbreak situations when you want all of your ePolicy
Orchestrator agents to run the task at exactly the same time.
– Localtimeisusefulwhen you want everyePolicyOrchestrator
agent to run the update task at the time specified for its own
localtimezone.
5. You can set a pattern for randomizing the time at which the scheduled
task is to run. Randomization means that the event may not start at the
time specified, but rather at a time, randomly selected by the program,
within a specified time frame. This is especially useful if you want to
controlnetworktrafficwhena task, suchasAutoUpdate,isscheduledto
affectmultiple servers. By randomizingthe scheduled time,not allof the
servers will attempt to connect simultaneously to the serverwherethe
update files are stored. If you want to employ randomization, follow
these steps: