Task Scheduling Options

Different options are available to run and/or schedule tasks, depending on the task:

• Run immediately (in foreground)
• Run in background (immediately)
• Run in background (scheduled)

Run immediately

If you select Run immediately, the task is run immediately in the foreground. This option blocks the current Administration Web Interface session, until the task completes.

Foreground tasks are stopped if the VASCO IDENTIKEY Authentication Server service is restarted.

Run in background

If you select Run in background, the task is run in the background and may optionally be scheduled to run at a specific time. This option does not block the current Administration Web Interface session, you can continue and perform other administration tasks.

The following scheduling options are available:

• Scheduled, no time specified. The task is run immediately, but in the background.
• Scheduled, time and date specified. The task runs at the scheduled time and date.
• Scheduled, recurring. The task is scheduled to run regularly on a daily or monthly basis.

Scheduled tasks are automatically restarted if the VASCO IDENTIKEY Authentication Server service is restarted.

The Schedule Task page in the Administration Web Interface offers the following schedule options (if applicable to the operation at hand):

• Notify me of completion by. Specifies whether and how to send notifications when completing the task. Possible values: None, Email, or SMS.
• Attach report to notification. This option is only available if you select Email as notification type. Select this option to receive the report with your email notification.
• Scheduled: No. Specifies to run the task immediately in the background.

• Scheduled: Yes. Specifies to run the task in the background at a scheduled time. Enter the time and date as required in the corresponding fields.

  If you want to schedule the task to recur on a daily or monthly basis, select the relevant option from the Recurrence Type list:

  • Daily. Select one or more days. The tasks will recur on the selected week day(s) on a weekly basis.
  • Monthly. Select the day of the month for the task to be run.