7.9.1 Types of tasks

This section describes the tasks, the details of each task, and the default when each task is enabled that are set in Windows Task Scheduler.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Name and details of each task
(2) Default settings for the tasks

(1) Name and details of each task

This subsection describes the name and details of each task. Do not change the files that are used by each task.

Data maintenance (Asset Console)

Updates information related to updated information in order to maintain conformity of data in the asset management database. This task also deletes unneeded information.

After setting up the asset management server, make sure that this task is enabled.

For details about how to specify the tasks to be executed in Data maintenance (Asset Console), see 7.9.3 Specifying the task to be executed in the Data maintenance (Asset Console) task.

The following table describes the return values for the Data maintenance (Asset Console) task.

Table 7‒4: Return values for the Data maintenance (Asset Console) task
Return value	Description
`0x0`	Normal termination
`0x1`	No applicable data was found.
`0x2` or higher	Terminated with some other error.

Notification of invalid contract information (Asset Console)

Sends email notification to the asset manager concerning maintenance and lease contract information that is to expire within two months. The default is to send notification for contracts due to expire within two months. For details about how to specify the timing to send notification by email, see 7.9.4 Specifying the timing to send notification about impending contract expiration.

To send email notifications automatically, you need settings in both Asset Console and Microsoft Internet Information Services. For details about the setup procedure for email notification, see 7.10 Settings for using notification by email.

The following table describes the return values for the Notification of invalid contract information (Asset Console) task.

Table 7‒5: Return values for the Notification of invalid contract information (Asset Console) task
Return value	Description
`0x0`	Normal termination
`0x1`	No applicable data was found.
`0x2` or higher	Terminated with some other error.

Notice of license excess (Asset Console)

Totals the number of licenses retained and the number of licenses being used in each group, and sends email notification of excess licenses if the number of licenses being used exceeds the number of licenses retained. If email notification is not required, use the Totals number of licenses (Asset Console) task. For details about how to specify the timing to delete the summation results, see 7.9.5 Specifying the timing to delete the license totaling results.

Note: If totaling is executed multiple times in a large system with several thousand devices, then a large amount of old totals results data remaining in the database will reduce the performance of totaling. In such environment, longer time is required for searches, additions, and deletions. If you have a large asset management system with several thousand devices, it is important to delete old totals results periodically.

The following table describes the return values for the Notice of license excess (Asset Console) task.

Table 7‒6: Return values for the Notice of license excess (Asset Console) task
Return value	Description
`0x0`	Normal termination
`0x1`	No applicable data was found.
`0x2` or higher	Terminated with some other error.

Totals number of licenses (Asset Console)

Totals the number of licenses retained and the number of licenses being used in each group. No email notification is sent, even if the number of licenses being used exceeds the number of licenses retained.

If you want notification by email on exceeded licenses, use the Notice of license excess (Asset Console) task. Hitachi recommends that you do not use the Notice of license excess (Asset Console) task because this task takes time.

For details about how to specify the timing to delete the summation results, see 7.9.5 Specifying the timing to delete the license totaling results.

Note: If totaling is executed multiple times in a large system with several thousand devices, then a large amount of old totals results data remaining in the database will reduce the performance of totaling. In such environment, longer time is required for searches, additions, and deletions. If you have a large asset management system with several thousand devices, it is important to delete old totals results periodically.

The following table describes the return values for the Totals number of licenses (Asset Console) task.

Table 7‒7: Return values for the Totals number of licenses (Asset Console) task
Return value	Description
`0x0`	Normal termination
`0x1`	No applicable data was found.
`0x2` or higher	Terminated with some other error.

Notification of unauthorized install (Asset Console)

Sends email notification to the asset manager concerning devices on which unauthorized software is installed.

The following table describes the return values for the Notification of unauthorized install (Asset Console) task.

Table 7‒8: Return values for the Notification of unauthorized install (Asset Console) task
Return value	Description
`0x0`	Normal termination
`0x1`	No applicable data was found.
`0x2` or higher	Terminated with some other error.

Delete change log (Asset Console)

Deletes all logged information about maintenance, assets, and changes except for the information for a specified period.

In the default setting, the history information that is six months old or older will be deleted. For details about how to specify the history information to be deleted, see 7.9.6 Specifying the types of history information to be deleted and the deletion timing.

The following table describes the return values for the Delete change log (Asset Console) task.

Table 7‒9: Return values for the Delete change log (Asset Console) task
Return value	Description
`0x0`	Normal termination
`0x1`	No applicable data was found.
`0x2` or higher	Terminated with some other error.

Acquisition of ITDM2 - Manager management information (Asset Console)

Loads JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager management information into the asset management database.

For details about the information that can be acquired as management information, see 19.1 Management information that can be acquired from JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager.

The following table describes the return values for the Acquisition of ITDM2 - Manager management information (Asset Console) task.

Table 7‒10: Return values for the Acquisition of ITDM2 - Manager management information (Asset Console) task
Return value	Description
`0x0`	Normal termination
`0x1`	No applicable data was found.
`0xA`	Stopped by user direction.
`0x1F` or higher	Terminated with some other error.

If an error occurs, check the message log related to JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager linkage (ASTINVn.LOG) for the cause and handling.

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(2) Default settings for the tasks

The table below lists the default schedule settings that take effect when the various tasks are enabled.

Table 7‒11: Default settings when tasks are enabled
Task name	Default schedule setting
Data maintenance (Asset Console)	5:00 a.m. every day
Notification of invalid contract information (Asset Console)	6:00 a.m. on the first of every month
Notice of license excess (Asset Console)	5:30 a.m. every Monday
Totals number of licenses (Asset Console)	5:30 a.m. every Monday
Notification of unauthorized install (Asset Console)	5:30 a.m. every Tuesday
Delete change log (Asset Console)	6:00 a.m. on the first of every month
Acquisition of ITDM2 - Manager management information (Asset Console)	0:00 a.m. every day

Adjust the schedule so that multiple tasks are not executed concurrently.

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