Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite 5.10 introduced a new feature called “Task Automation”.  Task Automation is a feature for VDI that enables the administrator to schedule the following tasks to run once, or on a recurring schedule (similar to the options that exist in the recurring scheduler in Microsoft Ootlook). These tasks can be scheduled against Computer Groups (Pools) and individual VMs or Physical PCs. 

The tasks types that exist in 5.10 are:

Power Management

• Power Off
• Power On
• Reset
• Resume - for VMware and Hyper-V
• Standby - for ACPI & WoL Devices
• Suspend -for VMware and Hyper-V
• Wakeup - for ACPI & WoL Devices

Operating System operations:

• Log off user
• Reset Session
• Restart O/S
• Shutdown O/S

Virtual machines:

• Delete Virtual Machine
• Delete Computer Account from Active Directory
• Delete Virtual Machine not accessed in a specified number of days

Miscellaneous Tasks:

• Copy file to computer
• Enable/Disable Computer
• Initialize Computer
• Run Program/Script on Computer

MSI Packages:

• Install MSI Package
• Update MSI Package
• Uninstall MSI Package

So how does an administrator know what tasks have been scheduled against a given Computer Group or Computer?  When the Computer Group is selected in the Provision Management Console, a Summary page is exposed that lists valuable information about the group.

To view details about the tasks, view the properties of the Computer Group, or individual computer and select Task Automation.

To view the history of the tasks, view the log tab in the Provision Management Console.  When viewing the Computer Group Summary the log shows entries for all computers in the group.  When viewing the Computers tab the log displays entries for the selected computer.

The different scheduling options are once, every day, weekly, monthly and monthly by day of week.

     

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