System administration
Schedule system maintenance tasks
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If
Duration window
is set to
24 hours
,
Start time
is effectively obsolete and the
maintenance tasks will be scheduled to run at any time. Setting
Duration window
to
24
hours
can potentially overstress the device and should be used with caution.
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If
Duration window
is set to any value other than to
Immediately
or
24 hours
, the
maintenance tasks will run at a random time during the time allotted for the duration
window.
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If
Duration window
is set to one or more hours, the minutes field in
Start time
is
ignored and the duration window will begin at the beginning of the specified hour.
5. For
Duration window
, select the amount of time that the maintenance tasks will be run. If
Immediately
is selected, all scheduled tasks will begin at the exact time specified in
Start
time
.
6. For
Frequency
, select either
Daily
or
Weekly
for the frequency that the maintenance tasks
should be run.
7. (Optional) Click to enable
Modem firmware update
to instruct the system to look for any
updated modem firmware during the maintenance window. If updated firmware is found, it will
then be installed. Modem firmware update looks for updated firmware both on the local device
and over the network, using either a WAN or cellular connection.
8. (Optional) Click to enable
Configuration check
to allow for the configuration to be updated,
including by custom scripts, during the maintenance window.
9. (Optional) Configure automated checking for device firmware updates:
a. Click to expand
Firmware update check
.
b.
Device firmware update check
is enabled by default. This enables to automated checking
for device firmware updates.
c.
Modem firmware update check
is enabled by default. This enables to automated
checking for modem firmware updates.
d. For Frequency, select how often automated checking for device and modem firmware
should take place. Allowed values are
Daily
,
Weekly
, and
Monthly
. The default is
Daily
.
10. (Optional) Enable
Allow scheduled scripts to handle SMS
to allow scheduled scripts to
handle SMS messages.
11. (Optional) To schedule custom scripts:
a. Click
Custom scripts
.
Note
This feature does not provide syntax or error checking. Certain commands can
render the device inoperable. Use with care. Scripts created here are also automatically
entered in
Configuration
>
Applications
.
b. For
Add Script
, click
.
The schedule script configuration window is displayed.