Tag Archives: scheduled task

How to Run a Remote Task Immediately After a Computer is Detected Online

By Scott | Published: December 20, 2023

BatchPatch has functionality built-in that lets you use the Task Scheduler to schedule tasks to run on target computers immediately after those target computers are detected online. This can be useful for computers that are often taken off the network. If you need to deploy an update to such a computer, it might be good […]

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Excluding Specific Dates or Date Ranges from Recurring Scheduled Tasks

By Scott | Published: November 11, 2021

We recently received a question from a user who has scheduled tasks configured in BatchPatch to run with recurrence set to ‘Monthly (2nd Tuesday) + 4 days‘. He asked how he can effectively exclude the entire month of December so that none of the recurring scheduled tasks run in December. Now, of course if you […]

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Using the Task Scheduler to Execute a Custom Job Queue

By Scott | Published: November 19, 2020

Create a custom job queue Let’s start by creating our custom job queue. Select ‘Actions > Job Queue > Create/modify job queue‘ In the Job Queue window, create your desired queue. In this case I have created a queue to execute an update + reboot cycle, indefinitely, until there are no more updates available to […]

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Using the Job Queue to Clear ‘All Messages’ Before Executing a New Action

By Scott | Published: April 23, 2020

Some of our users launch a fresh instance of BatchPatch each time they use it, and they start with a brand new grid (or a set of grids) each time. They load their hosts and then begin patching. However, some of our users prefer to re-use the same grid file (.bps) over and over and […]

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Using the Task Scheduler to Synchronize a BatchPatch Grid with Active Directory OUs and Groups

By Scott | Published: April 10, 2018

If you want to have BatchPatch automatically synchronize a grid with certain Active Directory organizational units (OUs) and groups at a scheduled time, you can do this now using the Task Scheduler in BatchPatch. The idea here is that instead of manually adding and/or removing computers from your BatchPatch grid, you can link a grid […]

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Creating a Recurring Scheduled Task in BatchPatch

By Scott | Published: March 5, 2018

Today I’m going to talk about the Task Scheduler, recurrence, and the alternative options available to BatchPatch users needing to create tasks that execute more than just one time. Let’s start with the standard recurrence options available in the Task Scheduler options. Scheduled Tasks with Standard Recurrence (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) To create a standard recurring […]

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Creating Multiple Scheduled Tasks for a Single Computer

By Scott | Published: October 12, 2017

In BatchPatch sometimes you need to be able to schedule more than one task for a given computer or group of computers. There are a couple of ways to do this. Multiple Tasks Scheduler If you need to schedule multiple tasks to run at different days/times for a single computer, and if you do not […]

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