Accessing scheduled tasks remotely

 

You can use the scheduled tasks function of the Windows^® operating system with remote access to let your users update service packs and upgrade iSeries™ Access for Windows without administrator privileges.

If you do not use the scheduled tasks function, you can only upgrade service packs and iSeries Access for Windows if you signon as an administrator because of the restrictions built into Windows operating systems. By creating a scheduled task on your local computer and dragging the .job file to a remote computer account, a network administrator can create task files for maintenance and add them to users' computers as needed. You can send and receive task files in e-mail messages, and you can share the Scheduled Tasks folder on your computer so that users can access it remotely by using My Network Places.

To use scheduled tasks:

1. On the Windows desktop, double-click My Computer.

2. Double-click Scheduled Tasks.

3. Use the help to assist you in scheduling tasks.

Notes:

1. The remotely scheduled task will run under an administrator account on the PC. For the scheduled task to work, the same administrator user ID and password must exist on the System i™ platform. If the password changes on either the PC or the System i platform, any scheduled tasks must be edited or deleted and recreated with the new administrator password.

2. If the administrator account does not exist on the system, you can use a NetServer™ guest user profile to support any installation requests made from the PC on the administrator account's behalf. Guest user profiles can pose security risks. For information about creating guest user profiles, see Set the guest user profile for iSeries NetServer.

 

Parent topic:

Installing service packs

Related concepts
Obtaining and installing PTFs