Overview

General information

You can create an NFM-P-based schedule for the automatic execution of tasks at a designated time as a one-time event or as an ongoing task. You can optionally specify the time at which an ongoing schedule is to stop functioning.

You can use NFM-P-based schedules for the following:

• STM test suites; see Chapter 89, Service Test Manager

• NE configuration backups; see Chapter 23, NE backup and restore

• NE checkpoint file creation and configuration rollbacks; see Chapter 24, NE configuration rollback

• NE software upgrades; see Chapter 26, NE software upgrades

• RCA service audits; see Chapter 95, RCA audit

• policy audits; see Chapter 49, Policies overview

• path optimization tasks; see Chapter 31, MPLS

A task such as running an STM test suite can be immediately processed, scheduled for later execution, or retained for future use. A task that is associated with a schedule is called a scheduled task. A schedule task must be created in the configuration form for the task. For example an STM test suite scheduled task must be created in the STM test suite configuration form. After scheduled tasks are created they are associated with a schedule.