Schedule – a list of actions performed automatically at a preset time on workstations. Schedules are mostly used to scan stations for viruses at a time most convenient for users, without having to launch the Scanner manually. Besides Enterprise Agent allows to perform certain other types of tasks as described below.
There are two types of schedules:
◆Centralized (Enterprise) schedule. It is set by the anti-virus network administrator and complies with all the rules of configuration inheritance.
◆Local schedule of a station. It is set by the user of the specific station (if the station has the permissions) and stored locally on this station; Enterprise Server does not control this schedule.
Using the Dr.Web Control Center you can schedule tasks for a certain workstation or a group of workstations. This service facilitates all basic operations necessary to assure anti-virus protection of your network in the automatic mode.
To edit centralized schedule:
1.Open the window for editing the schedule: select the Network item in the main menu, then select a group or workstation in the hierarchical list and click the Schedule item in the control menu (panel on the left).
2.You can add, remove and edit tasks in the schedule. You can also enable or disable any existing tasks (this is described below).
By default for stations operated under Windows and Windows Mobile OS, two tasks are available:
◆Startup scan (enabled by default),
◆Daily scan (disabled by default).
3.After editing, click Save in the Dr.Web Control Center to save changes or a newly created tasks.
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If, when edited, the schedule is empty (without any task), the Dr.Web Control Center will offer you to use either the schedule inherited from groups, or the empty schedule. Use empty schedule to override the schedule inherited from the groups. |
To add a new task:
1.To create a new task, click 
New job on the toolbar.
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Values of fields, marked by the * sign, must be obligatory specified. |
2.On the General tab:
◆Give a name to the task in the Name entry field.
◆To enable the job, set the flag Enable execution.
To disable the job, clear the flag. The job will remain on the list but will not be executed.
◆The Critical job flag instructs to perform the job at next Enterprise Agent launch, if execution of this job is omitted (Enterprise Agent is switched off at the due time). If a task is omitted several times within a certain period of time, then it will be performed only once after Enterprise Agent has been launched.
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If several scan tasks via the same Scanner (Dr.Web Scanner for Windows or Dr.Web Enterprise Scanner) must be implemented during station startup, only one task will be executed - the first one in the queue. For example, if Startup scan is enabled and critical scan via the Enterprise Scanner is omitted, only Startup scan will be executed during station startup and omitted critical task will not be done. |
3.On the Action tab, in the Action drop-down list, select the type of the task. After the selection is made, the bottom part of the window will look differently depending on the selected action.
◆If you want a certain program to be launched, select Run. Then type the full name (with the path) of the executable file to be launched in the Path entry field, and type command line parameters for the program to be run in the Arguments field.
◆If you want the Scanner to be run, select Dr.Web Scanner for Windows or Dr.Web Enterprise Scanner for Windows and specify the Scanner settings, described in the p. Launching and Terminating Anti-Virus Scanning on Workstations.
◆If you want this event to be logged, select Log, and in the String field type the text of the message to be added to the log.
4.On the Time tab, in the Time drop-down list set the time mode of the task:
◆Daily,
◆Every N minutes,
◆Hourly,
◆Monthly,
◆Startup,
◆Weekly.
The parameters of different types of the time modes are described below.
5.When all parameters for the task are specified, click Save to accept changes.
The parameters of different types of the time modes
Type |
Description |
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Daily |
Enter the hour and the minute, for the task to be launched at the time specified. |
Every N minutes |
The N value should be specified to set the time interval for the execution of the task. At N equal 60 or more the task will be run every N minutes. At N less than 60, the task will be run every minute of the hour multiple of N. |
Hourly |
Enter a number from 0 to 59 to set the minute of every hour the task will be run. |
Monthly |
Enter the day of the month, the hour and the minute, for the task to be launched at the time specified. |
Startup |
Have no additional parameters. The task will be launched at startup. |
Weekly |
Enter a day of the week, the hour and the minute, for the task to be launched at the time specified. |
To edit an existing task, left-click the task to select it in the list. The following actions are similar to adding a new task (see above).
To delete an existing task:
1.Set the flag next to the task.
2.Click the 
Remove these settings button on the taskbar of the Dr.Web Control Center.
To edit the local schedule on a workstation:
1.On the Agent context menu, select Schedule and then Local.
2.A window for editing the local schedule of Enterprise Agent will be opened.
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On the Agent context menu, the Schedule item will contain the Local option provided that the Create local schedule flag has been set in the station permissions from the Dr.Web Control Center.
Using the local schedule a user can plan scanning and set parameters of this task. Variants of setting objects for scanning, command line switches which specify the program settings as well as command line parameters for the Scanner are described in Dr.Web® Anti-Virus for Windows. User Manual. |
3.When you are done, click Close.
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With the default settings, the anti-virus Monitor runs on workstations, updating tasks and anti-virus scanning are launched from time to time – without the anti-virus network administrator’s intervention. |