Scheduling scripted migrations

After you have created a migration script, you can set up a date and time for the migration to occur, as well as a user or group to notify upon completion.

This is helpful for migrations that you perform regularly, during or after business hours. For example, you can schedule a scripted migration to run during off-peak hours when server usage is at a minimum.

Notifications are sent by way of the AR System Notification API and routed through an alert system within the AR System server or other mechanism, depending on your configuration.

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To test a scheduled migration script immediately, select Script > Execute Migration Script.

If Migrator is not running when a migration script is scheduled to begin, Migrator starts the migration immediately the next time it is activated.

Migrator uses the date and time on the client machine for running scheduled migrations. Migrator must also be running at the scheduled time for the migration to start.

To schedule a scripted migration

  1. Select Script > Schedule Migration Script.
  2. In the calendar, click the button to the right of the Migration Script field.
  3. In the dialog box, select a saved Migrator script file, and click Open.
  4. In the calendar, use the arrows to select a month and then click a date on the calendar for the migration to take place.
    • Use the > and < buttons to change the month.
    • Use the >> and << buttons to change the year. 
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  5. In the Time to Schedule field, enter or select the hour and minute at which the migration should begin.
  6. (Optional) In the Notify User on Completion text box, enter a user or group to notify on completion.
    Migrator interfaces with AR System by way of the Application Programming Interface (API), which must first be set up to send the type of notification you want to use.
  7. Click OK.
    The scheduled migration appears in the migration status pane of the Script window.

To change an existing migration schedule

  1. In the migration status pane of the Script window, click the Scheduled tab and select the scheduled migration you want to change.
  2. Select Script > Edit Scheduled Migration to display the Schedule Item dialog box.
  3. Make any of the following changes:
    • In the calendar, select a month, and then click a date on the calendar for the migration to take place.
    • In the Time to Schedule text box, select the hour and minute you want the migration to begin.
    • (Optional) In the Notify User on Completion text box, type in a user or group to notify on completion. Migrator interfaces with the AR System by way of the Application Programming Interface (API), which must first be set up to send the type of notification you want to use.
  4. Click OK. 


 

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