Deactivate and Activate Schedules#

sys-admin

VOSS Automate provides a bulk schedule tool for creating a catalog of active and inactive schedules, and for activating and de-activating these schedules. For systems with many schedules, this facilitates simpler activation and de-activation of scheduled tasks when downtime is needed, for example, when upgrading.

Exposing the utility#

The bulk schedule tool is comprised of a set of data models, views, configuration templates, and workflows.

High level administrators with access to the following data models can expose the utility on an administrator menu:

Data model

Description

data/BulkScheduleTool_Catalog

A data model that stores the list of created schedule catalogs. Each entry is identified by the entered catalog name and contains a list of schedules that were active on creation.

view/BulkScheduleTool

A form allowing the admin to create catalogs of schedules to deactivate and re-activate a selected catalog of schedules.

Note

The administrator’s access profile should also allow create permissions on these models.

Using the Bulk Schedule Tool#

Administrators with access to the bulk schedule tool from their menu can perform the bulk schedule deactivation and reactivation task, which is typically done before and after a system upgrade. This will allow better management of scheduled tasks during upgrades.

On the view interface:

  1. To create a new catalog of schedules and deactivate these:

    From Choose Action, select Catalog and Deactivate Schedules, enter a catalog name in New Catalog Name and click Save.

    A workflow will collect the name of all active schedules and add this list along with the catalog name to be stored in the data model. The list of schedules are also deactivated. This can be verified from the Administration Tools > Scheduling menu. See Add or Update a Schedule.

  2. To reactivate a catalog of schedules:

    From Choose Action, select Activate Deactivated Catalog, select the Restore catalog Name and click Save.

    A workflow will reactivate all deactivated schedules in the catalog.

    Note

    If any schedules in the selected catalog are not available or have already been activated, these are ignored.