Scheduled Tasks

Use the Scheduled Tasks page to schedule storage resources discoveries and database cleanup tasks as well as schedule Groom policies.

Schedule a Storage Resources Discovery

This task initiates a search within the entire forest domain for any new shares or DFS namespaces. Depending on the size, configuration, and topology of your network, this can take a significant amount of time.

  1. In the Admin Client, click the Engine tab.
  2. Click Scheduled Tasks.
  3. From the list of scheduled tasks, double-click Storage Resources Discovery.
  4. In the Schedule Start region, set the time and data parameters when you want the storage resources discovery to take place.
  5. In the Schedule Recurrence region, specify the frequency of the storage resources discovery.
  6. Click OK.

Run a Storage Resources Discovery

In addition to scheduling a storage resources discovery, you can run the storage resources discovery immediately.

  1. In the Admin Client, click the Engine tab.
  2. Click Scheduled Tasks.
  3. From the list of scheduled tasks, right-click Storage Resources Discovery and select Run.
  4. Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box.

Schedule a Database Cleanup

A database cleanup reduces database bloat that can affect File Dynamics performance. A database cleanup does the following:

  • Removes old scan entries
  • Removes deleted path history entries
  • Removes deleted object entries
  • Removes events that are marked as completed
  • Cleans up DS objects based on their delete time
  • Removes orphaned action blocks

While the database cleanup is in process, event processing is turned off. Once the cleanup finishes, event processing is turned on.

  1. In the Admin Client, click the Engine tab.
  2. Click Scheduled Tasks.
  3. From the list of scheduled tasks, double-click Database Cleanup.
  4. In the Schedule Start region, set the time and data parameters when you want the database cleanup to take place.
  5. In the Schedule Recurrence region, specify the frequency of the database cleanup.
  6. Click OK.

Run a Database Cleanup

In addition to scheduling a database cleanup, you can run a database cleanup immediately.

  1. In the Admin Client, click the Engine tab.
  2. Click Scheduled Tasks.
  3. From the list of scheduled tasks, right-click Database Cleanup and select Run.
  4. Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box.

Schedule a Groom Policy

  1. In the Admin Client, click the Engine tab.
  2. Click Scheduled Tasks.
  3. Click Add.

  4. From the Task Name drop-down menu, select Policy-based Groom.
  5. Click Options to access the Take Action dialog box.
  6. Enter the settings in the dialog box and click OK.
  7. In the Description field, enter a description of the scheduled groom.
  8. In the Schedule Start region, set the time and data parameters when you want the scheduled groom to take place.
  9. In the Schedule Recurrence region, specify the frequency of the scheduled groom.
  10. Click OK.