17. Scheduling Maintenance

The ID-Synch Scheduler automates many of the jobs that should be performed periodically, in order to update and maintain ID-Synch. Scheduled jobs are executed by the PSSCHEDULER service, which is started and configured automatically when ID-Synch is installed. By default, the following jobs are scheduled to run nightly:

psupdate

runs the PSUPDATE.CMD batch file, which initiates the update process.

rotatelog

executes the ROTATELOG.EXE program, used to backup and rotate ID-Synch log-file directories.

You can also schedule other jobs to run automatically using the Scheduler.

Managing and scheduling jobs

Console users with assigned rights to manage ID-Synch can schedule jobs using the Central console (nph-psa.exe)

From the Central console main menu click Maintenance -$>$ Scheduler to see the Schedule programs page. You can update a currently scheduled job, view the log, or schedule a new job to run.

To add a new job to run:

1. Click Add on the Schedule programs screen of the Central console (nph-psa.exe).

2. Enter a Job ID, which is a unique identifier for the job. Once the job has been added, the Job ID can not be modified.

3. Enter the command to run (including the full path) in the Job to run row.

   ID-Synch verifies that the program exists, if the path is incorrect the job is not added.

4. Specify the Directory to run job in.

   If the directory is not specified, the directory to run the job in defaults to the directory where the program to run is located.

5. Set the Time to run the current job. The time must be in 24-hour format (hh:mm).

6. Select the days of the week to run the job.

7. Click Add.

In order for a job to execute, the PSSCHEDULER service must be running on the ID-Synch server. The service checks the database for new jobs to run at specified intervals (default is 10 minutes), and runs the appropriate job at the specified time.