Mastering VMware vSphere 6.5

Scheduling tasks

Tasks can be scheduled to run at specific times or at recurring intervals. A task cannot be scheduled to run on multiple objects. The available tasks you can schedule from the vSphere Web Client are the following:

• Add hosts and check compliance of a profile
• Change power state, clone, create, deploy, migrate, make a snapshot, edit resources of VMs
• Change cluster power settings
• Scan for updates
• Remediate

Tasks not included in the list can be scheduled using the vSphere API. To schedule a task, proceed as follows:

1. From the vSphere Web Client, select the object on which you want to schedule a task and select Monitor | Tasks & Events. Click Scheduled Tasks to create a new schedule.
2. From the Schedule a New Task drop-down menu, ...