Schedule a performance-data collection task Performance data collection task

After a performance data-collection task has been created, it can be scheduled to run immediately or at a later date and time. The IBM Director provides a scheduler interface that you can use to set the dates and times for a task to run.

You assign a unique name to each performance data-collection task. The unique name is listed in the scheduler when the task is saved. The task is associated with a set of devices of like types. The task has a sampling frequency and a duration for which performance data is sampled on each device associated with the task.

A scheduled performance data-collection task is called a job. A job consists of the tasks (such as the sampling frequency and duration) that are to be performed, and the specified dates and times the job is to be run. The job also includes the target systems or devices on which the job is to be run. You can schedule a job to repeat automatically at a given interval, such as, Every Saturday at 2:00 am or Every month on the 15th. You can also define a specific number of repeats, such as, Every Saturday at 2:00 a.m. for the next 6 weeks. You can also run the job manually at any time without assigning a schedule.

The IBM Director activates the performance data-collection task on the dates and times specified in the scheduler.

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