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If you have a large number of devices, carrying out operations such as backup, upload etc., become monotonous, if they are to be done manually. You might also require to perform certain operations at regular intervals. Execution of these operations can be automated - that is they can be scheduled for execution at the required time automatically.
Tasks such as
for a specific device or group of devices could be scheduled for execution at a future point of time. These tasks can be scheduled for automatic execution at periodic intervals or for an one-time execution.
Go to "Admin" >> "Device Management" >> "All Schedules"
In the UI that opens, click "New Schedule"
In the UI that pops-up, provide a name for this schedule in the textfield for the parameter "Schedule Name"
Choose "Configuration Backup" in the drop-down for "Task type"
Specify the required recurrence option
Select the devices that are to be backedup. You can either choose a list of "Specific Devices" or a "Device Group" [if you choose a device group, all the devices in the group will be backedup]
The result of the scheduled task could be sent as an email notification to any number of users. Just add the email IDs to the "Recipient list" and select the recipients to whom notifications are to be sent. Sending notifications is optional. Finally, click "Save"
Go to "Admin" >> "Device Management" >> "All Schedules"
In the UI that opens, click "New Schedule"
In the UI that pops-up, provide a name for this schedule in the textfield for the parameter "Schedule Name"
Choose "Report Generation" in the drop-down for "Task type"
Select the required report from the drop-down for "Report Type"
Specify the required recurrence option
Select the devices for which the report is to be generated. You can either choose a list of "Specific Devices" or a "Device Group" [if you choose a device group, the report will be generated for all the devices in the group]
The result of the scheduled task could be sent as an email notification to any number of users. Just add the email IDs to the "Recipient list" and select the recipients to whom notifications are to be sent. Sending notifications is optional. Finally, click "Save"
Prerequisite:
Before adding a schedule for compliance check, compliance policy should have been associated with the devices. Refer to the section on Compliance Policies for more details.
Go to "Admin" >> "Device Management" >> "All Schedules"
In the UI that opens, click "New Schedule"
Choose "Compliance Check" in the drop-down for "Task type"
Specify the required recurrence option
Select the devices whose configuration has to be checked for compliance. You can either choose a list of "Specific Devices" or a "Device Group" [if you choose a device group, compliance check will be run for all the devices in the group]
The result of the scheduled task could be sent as an email notification to any number of users. Just add the email IDs to the "Recipient list" and select the recipients to whom notifications are to be sent. Sending notifications is optional. Finally, click "Save"
All the three types of custom templates - TFTP mode, script execution mode and advanced scripts could be scheduled for execution at a future point of time:
Go to "Admin" >> "Device Management" >> "All Schedules"
In the UI that opens, click "New Schedule"
In the UI that pops-up, provide a name for this schedule in the textfield for the parameter "Schedule Name"
Choose "Custom Template" in the drop-down for "Task type"
Select the required template from the drop-down for "Choose Custom Template"
You will see the list of 'Template Variables', if a variable has been created/defined in the template. You have two options here to enter the desired value for the respective template variables.
Same value for all devices
A different value for each device, picking the respective values from a file
Same value for all devices
If you want to specify the same value for a particular template variable for all devices, choose this option and enter the value. For example, for '%COMMUNITY%', you can provide 'public' as the value. After entering the values(s), you can preview the actual configuration with full configuration commands and value for community variable(s). To preview the configuration, click 'Preview'.
A different value for each device
In case, you want to specify a different value for different devices, you can provide your input in the form of a text file. This option will be highly useful in cases such as providing passwords. You assign a unique password to each device in a single click through this option. Ensure that the entries in the text file are in the following format:
Column headers should be the same as that of the Custom Template Parameters defined in the custom template with the entries separated by a comma.
"RESOURCE" column is mandatory and it should be the first column in the file to identify the devices on which the script needs to be executed. The value for RESOURCE should be either hostname / ipaddress. One line can hold the entries for one device.
Format: RESOURCE,<VARIABLENAME>,<VARIABLENAME>192.168.1.1,abcd
de-host,dced
RESOURCE,IPADDRESS,MGMTINTERFACE
de-host,192.168.122.2,vlan-mgmt
When executing the script, DeviceExpert will automatically pick the values as specified in the file at run time.
Note: The text file will be stored by DeviceExpert under <DeviceExpert-Installation-Folder>/templates directory.
After entering the values(s), you can preview the actual configuration with full configuration commands and value for community variable(s). To preview the configuration, click 'Preview'. If you have chosen to specify a different value for each device, the values will be taken from the file provided by in the previous step.
Specify the required recurrence option
Select the devices on which the template has to be executed. You can either choose a list of "Specific Devices" or a "Device Group" [if you choose a device group, the template will be executed on all the devices in the group]
The result of the scheduled task could be sent as an email notification to any number of users. Just add the email IDs to the "Recipient list" and select the recipients to whom notifications are to be sent. Sending notifications is optional. Finally, click "Save"
DeviceExpert provides the 'Switch Port Mapper' tool that helps network administrators identify the list of devices connected to each port of the managed switch. You can create a scheduled task to execute the switch-port mapping tool at periodic intervals.
Prerequisite:
To execute switch port mapper, you should have entered SNMP credentials through SNMP profiles. If you have not created any SNMP profile, create one before proceeding further. Refer to this section for more details.
Go to "Admin" >> "Device Management" >> "All Schedules"
In the UI that opens, click "New Schedule"
In the UI that pops-up, provide a name for this schedule in the textfield for the parameter "Schedule Name"
Choose "Switch Port" in the drop-down for "Task type"
Specify the required recurrence option
Select the devices on which the template has to be executed. You can either choose a list of "Specific Devices" or a "Device Group" [if you choose a device group, the template will be executed on all the devices in the group]
The result of the scheduled task could be sent as an email notification to any number of users. Just add the email IDs to the "Recipient list" and select the recipients to whom notifications are to be sent. Sending notifications is optional. Finally, click "Save"
Tasks that were executed for a particular schedule (from the time of creation of the schedule up to the current time) can be viewed as a snapshot. This history provides starting time of the schedules, their ending time and also the result of execution.
To view the Audit of Schedule task execution,
Go to "Admin" >> "Device Management" >> "All Schedules"
In the UI that opens, click the link "View" in Audit column of each schedule
Audit can also be viewed from the "Device Details" page of the respective devices.
The scheduled tasks once created, can be managed from the "All Schedules" UI from where you can
view the properties of scheduled tasks
edit the scheduled tasks
remove the schedules
To view the properties of scheduled tasks,
Go to "Admin" >> "Device Management" >> "All Schedules"
Click the name of the schedule whose properties are to be viewed
To view edit the properties of scheduled tasks,
Go to "Admin" >> "Device Management" >> "All Schedules"
Click the name of the schedule whose properties are to be edited
Edit the details and click "Save"
At times, you would require to temporarily stop the execution of a scheduled task and would like to resume it again at some other point of time.
To disable a schedule,
Go to "Admin" >> "Device Management" >> "All Schedules"
Select the name of the schedule which is to be disabled and click "Disable"
To enable the schedule,
click "Enable"
If a scheduled task is not needed, you can remove it from the list of schedules.
To remove a schedule,
Go to "Admin" >> "Device Management" >> "All Schedules"
Select the name of the schedule which is to be disabled and click "Disable"
Click "Remove"
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