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(Optional) Configure Scheduler for Refresh Location Awareness

The Refresh Location Aware policy group folder contains a job that registers the CAF with the server at regular intervals. To change a policy parameter value, double-click a policy to display the Setting Properties dialog.

CAF Scheduler: command line

Defines the CAF command that performs this job.

Default: location aware

CAF Scheduler: Days to exclude

Lists the days to exclude from the schedule. Specify any combination of the following values: monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday. Separate multiple values with spaces.

Default: empty

CAF Scheduler: Enabled

Specifies whether to enable the refresh registration job.

Default: True

CAF Scheduler: Hour

For daily schedules, defines the hour at which to run the job. This policy is not used for hourly and minute schedules.

Default: 12

CAF Scheduler: Hours to exclude

Lists the hours to exclude from the schedule. Specify the hours, based on a 24-hour clock. Separate multiple values with spaces.

Default: empty

CAF Scheduler: Minute

For daily schedules, defines the minute after the hour at which to run the job. This policy is not used for minute jobs.

Default: 0

CAF Scheduler: Random minutes

Defines how many minutes the feature adds to a random_minute job. The job runs at the specified time plus a random number of minutes up to the specified value. The policy runs a job "fuzzy" regular intervals to spread the server load by partially randomizing when the agents make contact.

Default: 90

CAF Scheduler: Random now time

Defines the time (in seconds) within which to initiate a random_now job. The job runs within a random number of seconds up to the specified value. This policy ensures that computers that start together do not initiate their jobs simultaneously.

Default: 0

CAF Scheduler: Repeat Number

Defines the interval between repetitions of the job. This value depends on the job type. For example, if the type is day, this value represents the number of days between the job runs.

Default: 1

CAF Scheduler: Type of Job

Specifies the type of schedule interval. The valid values are day, hour, and minute. You can also add the following optional qualifiers:

random

Runs the job with a random time added to the specified job time, up to the value of Random Minutes.

random_hour

Runs at a random hour during the day.

random_minute

Runs at a random minute during the hour.

now

Starts the job immediately after the specified job time.

Separate multiple values with spaces.

Examples:

Run the amagent job every day at 2:30 p.m.:

type=”day”, repeat=1, hour=14, minute=30, cmd=”start amagent”

Run the amagent job when CAF starts and every day thereafter (except weekends) at a random time between 1:00 a.m. and 2:30 a.m.:

type=”day now random”, hour=1, minute=0, randomminutes=90, excludedays=”Saturday Sunday”, cmd=”start amagent”