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Configuration → Tasks
The Tasks page provides a glimpse under the hood of Lens and shows the tasks that are happening in real-time within the Lens system. This page is useful for debugging issues with things such as data collection, operations not working as expected and more.
The page has three tabs, see the sections below for more details.
The Scheduled tasks tab on the Tasks page
Scheduled tasks
The Lens system uses scheduled tasks for things such as data collection and housekeeping tasks. The tasks table show the following:
Column | Description |
|---|---|
Service | The Lens sub-system component that owns the task. |
Name | A description of the task. |
Next Run | The date and time when the task is next expected to run. |
Last Run | The time elapsed since the task last run. |
Progress | A progress bar indicating the progress of the task. Some tasks will report their progress and status messages during their execution. Clicking on the progress bar will open the details modal, where status messages can be reviewed. |
Settings sub-menu
The settings submenu contains options for troubleshooting processes. It’s recommended to not use any of these options unless instructed by 7fivefive.
Run all tasks
This instructs all Lens system components to run their scheduled tasks now, regardless of when the next execution is scheduled for.
Reset to default configuration
Replaces the task schedule configuration with the default scheduling values.
VMware tasks
This page shows any tasks that are currently running on connected VMware vCenters.
Collector jobs
The Lens system sends ‘jobs’ to the Lens collector for them to be processed. These are things such as data collection tasks, workstation control tasks, brokering tasks etc. The collector jobs page shows all tasks that are happening on the system. These tasks can be filtered by the site they are being run on, the task type and the status of the task.
Column | Description | Hidden by default |
|---|---|---|
ID | The UUID of the task. | Yes |
Name | A description of the task. | No |
Site/Location | Which collectors this task has been submitted to. | No |
Started | The date/time that the task was submitted. | No |
Finished | The date/time that the task finished executing. | No |
Complete | If a task has completed running. | Yes |