Scheduling Deep Freeze Tasks

Deep Freeze Enterprise offers two types of Deep Freeze Tasks:

•	Single Task – Contains only one Deep Freeze task

•	Combination Task – Can contain up to 5 Deep Freeze tasks for a maximum of 20 hours. A Combination Task cannot be run immediately and it can only be scheduled.

To schedule a Deep Freeze task in the Enterprise Console using the Scheduled Task Wizard, complete the following steps:

1.	Open the Scheduled Task Wizard in one of the following ways:

>	Click Scheduler in the Network and Groups pane and click the Add Task icon

>	Right-click on Scheduler in the Network and Groups pane, and choose Add Task

The following screen is displayed:

2.	Double-click the preferred task or select the task and click Next. The following tasks are available for Deep Freeze:

>	Combination Tasks

>

Restart

>

Shutdown

>	Wake-on-LAN

>	Reboot Frozen

>	Reboot Thawed

>	Reboot Thawed Locked

>	Send Message

>	Login User

>	Run Windows Updates

>	Remote Launch

>	Push and Launch

>

Update

>	Format ThawSpace

3.	In the following screen, enter a name for the task and choose the preferred task execution schedule: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or One time only. Task names must be unique. No two tasks can have the same name. Click Next.

4.	Depending on the choice of task execution, the time and date configuration options that follow will vary. Click Next.

5.	Click Finish once the configuration is completed.

The default start time for a task is five minutes from the current time.

To schedule a Combination Task in the Enterprise Console using the Scheduled Task Wizard, complete the following steps:

1.	Open the Scheduled Task Wizard in one of the following ways:

>	Click Scheduler in the Network and Groups pane and click the Add Task icon

>	Right-click on Scheduler in the Network and Groups pane, and choose Add Task

The following screen is displayed:

2.	Select Combination Task and click Next.

3.	In the following screen, enter a name for the task and choose the preferred task execution schedule: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or One time only. Task names must be unique. No two tasks can have the same name. Click Next.

4.	Depending on the choice of task execution, the time and date configuration options that follow will vary. Click Next.

5.	Select the task from the drop-down and specify the time. Click the + sign to add another task. Repeat the process to add up to 5 tasks for a maximum of 20 hours. Click Next.

6.	Review the list of tasks and click Finish.