I think it's great too. Lots of built in examples of what is going on with your system and what times it happens. We have one system that does it's most intensive work at night, so we were able to move the 'ScheduledDefrag' from 1am to 1pm when the system is sleeping. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > It’s part of the very modular redesign of 2008+. I think it’s great. It > gives you control when you NEED IT. > > > > And secondly, in order to see many of the tasks, you have to enable “view > hidden tasks”. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, April 15, 2011 12:31 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Scheduled tasks on a 2008 R2 box > > > > <rant on> > > > > While I really like 2008/2008R2 I'm a bit at a loss trying to understand > why there would be Tasks which would be considered core to the OS even > visible. I'm not a software developer, but why make important scheduled > tasks ,strictly designed for the OS, clearly visible to the server admin.. > > > > <rant off> > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> > wrote: > > *If there isn’t a problem they’re causing I wouldn’t go messing with it. > Much of this stuff is core to the OS and they aren’t likely to have done any > testing with it turned off…* > > * * > > *Thanks,* > > *Brian Desmond* > > *[email protected]* > > * * > > *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132* > > * * > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 12, 2011 5:25 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Scheduled tasks on a 2008 R2 box > > > > 2008 R2 seems to have a vast array of pre-configured scheduled tasks. I can > see the benefit from stuff like the Time Sync, IP address conflict, and Disk > Defragmenter, but are all the others strictly required? I'm trying to > streamline Terminal Services boxes and I'm thinking about disabling some of > these tasks, are there any gotchas I should be aware of? > > TIA, > > > > JRR > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > *IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual > addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, > no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the > intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email > is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an > irritating social faux pas. > > Unless the word absquatulation has been used in its correct context > somewhere other than in this warning, it does not have any legal or no > grammatical use and may be ignored. No animals were harmed in the > transmission of this email, although the kelpie next door is living on > borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of > the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message > revealed by reading this warning backwards, so just ignore that Alert Notice > from Microsoft. > > However, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your > computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have > received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk > and place in a warm oven for 40 minutes.* > > ~ 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 > > ~ 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 > > > > ~ 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 > > ~ 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 > ~ 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
