I'd hazard a guess that task scheduling includes the ability to run 'repeatable jobs' at a set time. Repeatable jobs on the other hand could be as simple as a VBScript file - but VBS files don't run themselves at a set time per day (and all the reporting, delegation etc. that comes with that type of app)
Cheers Ken From: Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 5 January 2013 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Enterprise task scheduler That was where I was confused as well. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Honestly, I'm not sure I see a difference between repeatable jobs and scheduled tasks, other than nomenclature. :) I use Orchestrator for this at a couple of clients and it seems to work just fine and the reports are sweet. YMMV. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 6:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Enterprise task scheduler 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 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > 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 > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> 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 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > 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 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > 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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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 [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
