03 Adding a scheduled task

Accessing the Scheduled Tasks section

• Log in to Aruba CMP;
• from the menu, select UTILITIES > Scheduling;
• in the Cloud Essential, VPS Schedules area, select Go to Control Panel;
• you will be redirected to the Scheduled Tasks section of the Control Panel;
• select the data center hosting the Cloud Server or Cloud VPS on which you want to schedule the task.

Adding a scheduled task

• Access the Scheduled Tasks section and select ADD TASK;
• in the Create Scheduled Task window, select:
  • Cloud Server - select the Cloud Server or Cloud VPS from the switched on or switched off machines available in the data center;
  • Status - select the status of the scheduled task you are creating;
  • Task - select the task you want to schedule;
     
    If you have an OpenStack Cloud VPS migrated from a VMware Cloud VPS, you cannot use scheduled tasks to schedule snapshots: you can still create snapshots manually. 
  • Start Date / Time - specify the date and time when you want the task to be performed;
     
    The date and time cannot be earlier than the time when the task is created.
    The first scheduled task must be set at least 5 minutes after it is created.
  • Recurring Task - this option allows you to make the scheduled task you are creating a recurring scheduled task;
  • Notes - add any comments about the task you are creating;
• select ADD to confirm and complete the creation of the scheduled task.
• the scheduled task you have just created will be displayed in the View as Calendar and View as List sections.

Adding a scheduled task from the calendar