Why would it not be used for Task Scheduling? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh420338
Not saying it's the best, just wondering why you can't use it for that. If you already have System Center suite then it's something you can try for 'free'. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yep - Opalis. Shame that - there aren't many packages in that spot. > > Winbatch might be your better bet, in that case. It's been a long time > since I played with those products, too. > > Kurt > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Adam Meixler <ad...@interlink1.com> wrote: > > I had thought the same thing! (was Opalis?) > > > > Some googling seems to suggest that it's not meant for Task Scheduling > any more. It can be made to do it, but its strong suit is repeatable Jobs > rather than scheduled tasks now. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 3:30 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Enterprise task scheduler > > > > It's been a lot of years since I touched it (more than 10!) and it's > since been acquired by MSFT and rolled into the SC suite, but Orchestrator > comes to mind... > > > > Might be worth a look. > > > > Kurt > > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Adam Meixler <ad...@interlink1.com> > wrote: > >> Happy New Year everyone! > >> > >> > >> > >> I was hoping to get The Lists opinion on a good, un-bloated enterprise > >> task scheduler. Right now we have about a thousand tasks scattered > >> across different servers using the windows scheduled task service and > >> it’s just not doing it for us. > >> > >> > >> > >> It’d be nice if jobs could be pushed down to workers as they were > >> available vs. being scheduled on specific instances, but we at least > >> want a central control of these jobs. > >> > >> > >> > >> We’re open to any ideas that don’t involve CA > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks all > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > >> --- > >> To manage subscriptions click here: > >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
