DELAY Command

The DELAY command modifies the scheduled initiation time of a request to a later time, preventing CA VM:Schedule from interrupting an active terminal session.

DELay requestname {UNTIL hh:mm:ss | FOR hh:mm:ss} [("Options"]

Options:

[User userid]
[Password password]

Definitions

requestname: Specifies the name of the request being delayed.
UNTIL hh:mm:ss: Specifies the time of day that you want the rescheduled request to initiate. The time that the UNTIL parameter specifies is used for all subsequent initiations of the request. By using the DELAY command with the UNTIL parameter, you can schedule a request or series of requests to initiate earlier than the original scheduling command specified. To complete this task, specify an UNTIL time between the present time and the next scheduled initiation of the request. Any subsequent initiations of the request are based on this new, earlier time.
FOR hh:mm:ss: Specifies the amount of time that you want to delay a request. The delay interval that the FOR option specifies affects only the next initiation of the request. If the request to be delayed has already attempted to initiate, the initiation time of the request delayed using FOR is calculated by adding the delay time interval to the time the DELAY command is issued. Subsequent initiations of the request are not affected.
USER userid: Specifies the user ID whose request you are going to delay. If you do not specify a user ID, the default is your user ID.
Password password: Specifies the CP LOGON password of the user ID whose request you are going to delay.

Description

The DELAY command changes the scheduled initiation of a request time to a later time, preventing CA VM:Schedule from interrupting an active terminal session.

Example

You schedule a request, TASK1, to start now, but you are using your virtual machine. The server sends you the following warning message:

ATTEMPTING TO INITIATE REQUEST ‘TASK1’.

To delay this request for 5 minutes, enter the following command:

vmsched delay task1 for 00:05:00

Example

You schedule request TASK3 to execute at 9:00 a.m. every day from user ID LUCY. You decide to execute the request every day at 8:00 a.m. instead. If it is before 8:00 a.m., enter the following command:

vmsched delay task3 until 08:00:00 (user lucy

TASK3 runs at 8:00 a.m. (one hour earlier than it was originally scheduled to run) every day from now on.