Writer instructions

Page title

For most spaces, this page must be titled Space announcements.

For spaces with localized content, this page must be titled Space announcements l10n.

Purpose

Provide an announcement banner on every page of your space.

Location

Move this page outside of your home branch.

Guidelines

Announcement Support for this product will end on November 3, 2025. We recommend that you use PATROL for Linux, PATROL for AIX, or PATROL for Solaris to monitor operating systems.

Schedule a PATROL PSL Script dialog box


This dialog box provides a means for you to schedule PATROL PSL scripts for execution.

Before you begin

BMC Software recommends that you should write a script for the task before scheduling it. The PATROL Agent must have read and execute permissions for the script.

Procedures related to this topic

Scheduling-a-PATROL-PSL-Script-for-Execution

Items on this dialog box

Item

Description

Execute Script At group box

fill in the following fields to schedule the task for its first execution

  • Month—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type a two-digit integer to indicate the month in which the task should execute
  • Day—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type a two-digit integer to indicate which day of the month the task should execute
  • Year—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type a four-digit integer to indicate in which year the task should execute
  • hh—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate at which hour of the day the task should executeEnter hours in military time. For example, if you want to schedule a script to execute at 4 P.M., enter 16 in this field.
  • mm—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate at which minute the task should execute
  • ss—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate at which second the task should execute

Repeat Execution group box

fill in the following fields to indicate how much time should pass between task executions:

  • Days—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate the number of days that should pass between executions
  • hh—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate the number of hours that should pass between executions
  • mm—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate the number of minutes that should pass between executions
  • ss—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an type an integer to indicate the number of seconds that should pass between executions

Execute Once Immediately option button

Select this option button if you want the script to execute once right after you finish configuring it. If you leave this option button unselected and the task is scheduled to execute in the past, PATROL will not run the script until the next repeat execution is scheduled.

Internal PSL Process Name

Type the name of the PSL process that will be run with the script

Script File Name

Type the full path and file name for the script

Write Compile Errors To

Type the full path name and file name for the error output file, if the script writes an output file. This field is optional. If you choose to create an error output file, the PATROL Agent must have write permissions for the file.

Write Compile Warnings To

Type the full path name and file name for the error output file, if the script writes an output file. This field is optional. If you choose to create a warning output file, the PATROL Agent must have write permissions for the file.

Accept

Closes the dialog box, checks the required arguments, and schedules the action for execution

Cancel

Closes the dialog box without saving any changes on the dialog box. If you click Close, the action will not be scheduled for execution.

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