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Schedule an on-demand task

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You can create a task without assigning a schedule and use the vserver vscan on-demand-task schedule command to assign a schedule; or add a schedule while creating the task.

About this task

The schedule assigned with the vserver vscan on-demand-task schedule command overrides a schedule already assigned with the vserver vscan on-demand-task create command.

Steps

  1. Schedule an on-demand task:

    vserver vscan on-demand-task schedule -vserver data_SVM -task-name task_name -schedule cron_schedule

    The following command schedules an on-access task named Task2 on the vs2 SVM:

    cluster1::> vserver vscan on-demand-task schedule -vserver vs2 -task-name Task2 -schedule daily
[Job 142]: Vscan On-Demand job is queued. Use the "job show -id 142" command to view the status.

    To view the status of the job, use the job show command. The job pause and job resume commands, respectively pause and restart the job; the job stop command terminates the job.

  2. Verify that the on-demand task has been scheduled:

    vserver vscan on-demand-task show -instance data_SVM -task-name task_name

    For a complete list of options, see the man page for the command.

    The following command displays the details for the Task 2 task:

    cluster1::> vserver vscan on-demand-task show -instance vs2 -task-name Task2

                           Vserver: vs2
                         Task Name: Task2
                List of Scan Paths: /vol1/, /vol2/cifs/
             Report Directory Path: /report
                      Job Schedule: daily
Max File Size Allowed for Scanning: 5GB
            File Paths Not to Scan: /vol1/cold-files/
       File Extensions Not to Scan: mp3, mp4
           File Extensions to Scan: vmdk, mp*
      Scan Files with No Extension: false
           Request Service Timeout: 5m
                    Cross Junction: true
               Directory Recursion: true
                     Scan Priority: low
                  Report Log Level: info
After you finish

You must enable scanning on the SVM before the task is scheduled to run.