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Unattended Workstation

Using the Unattended Workstation (UA), you can schedule tasks to be executed without supervision.

This document covers the following topics:


Scheduling Tasks

Each task that you want to schedule must already be defined as a task in the Configuration Manager.

Start of instruction set To invoke the unattended workstation

The task status is indicated by the character to the left of the task name. It can be one of the following: 

Status Description
A Active. The task is waiting to be processed.
S Suspended. The task has been deactivated.
N Never. The task was scheduled for processing, but at the defined processing time UA mode was not active. If you still want to process this task, you must define a new processing time.
C Completed. The task has been processed according to schedule. From now on, it will no longer be executed.

The Unattended Workstation dialog box contains the following buttons (in addition to the standard buttons):

Add Schedule a new task.
Delete Delete the selected task.
Modify Modify the selected task.

Suspend

Resume

Deactivate the selected task. The button name then changes to Resume.

Reactivate the selected task so that it can be executed according to its original schedule. The button name then changes to Suspend.

Start UA

Stop UA

Start UA mode. The button name then changes to Stop UA.

Stop UA mode. The button name then changes to Start UA.

When the check box Leave terminal window in background when running scheduled tasks is selected, message boxes that result from task execution are not shown.

Start of instruction set To schedule a task

  1. Choose the Add button.

    The Scheduled Task dialog box appears. The date and time formats used in this dialog box are determined by your Windows settings.

    Scheduled Task

  2. From the Task name drop-down list box, select the desired task.

  3. If the task requires parameters, enter them in the Parameter text box.

  4. In the Order of Events group box, select the desired option button. The group box to the right changes according to the selected option button.

  5. Optionally: specify the time at which the task is to be processed in the Start time spin box.

    By default, midnight is shown as the start time.

  6. If the task is to be repeated, mark the Repeat task check box.

  7. In the Repeat every spin box, specify the number of minutes (1 to 1439) after which processing of the task is to be repeated.

  8. Optionally: in the Until spin box, specify the time until when the task is to be repeated.

    By default, 11:59:59 PM (or 23:59:59) is shown indicating that the task will be repeated for the rest of the day.

  9. Choose the OK button.

    The new task is now shown in the Unattended Workstation dialog box. Its status is A (active).

Tip:
If you want to schedule a task that is to be repeated every n minutes without end, select Daily and choose the Select All button. Leave start time and end time with the default values, and specify the number of minutes after which processing of the task is to be repeated.

Example for a repeated task:

The task has been scheduled as follows:

UA mode is started at 09:00 AM.

In this case, where the start time has already passed, the task is started for the first time at 09:10 AM. It is repeated every 10 minutes until 10:00 PM.

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Starting and Stopping UA Mode

Scheduled tasks are only processed if UA mode is active. UA mode cannot be started, if a host session is still open. Moreover, UA mode cannot be started, if all tasks in the Unattended Workstation dialog box have the status S (suspended), C (completed) or N (never).

It is possible that a task does not start at exactly the time it was scheduled because a previously scheduled task must be completed first.

Start of instruction set To start UA mode

Start of instruction set To stop UA mode

  1. In the Unattended Workstation dialog box, choose the Stop UA button.

    The Entire Connection Logon dialog box appears. It shows the user name with which you are currently logged in.

  2. Enter your password (if required).

  3. Choose the OK button.

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