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Scheduled Hibernation

Scenarios

This section describes how to hibernate a cloud desktop or a desktop pool periodically.

Impact on the System

This operation has no adverse impact on the system.

Prerequisites

This operation can be performed only on desktops that are running.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the console.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Tasks > Scheduled Tasks.

    The Scheduled Tasks page is displayed.

  3. Click Create Scheduled Task in the upper right corner of the page.

    The Create Scheduled Task page is displayed.

  4. Configure a scheduled task.

    • Task Type: Select Hibernation.
      1. Scheduled hibernation can be performed only on Windows desktops.
      1. After configuring a scheduled hibernation task, the desktop will not be hibernated when it is still connected, even if the scheduled time arrives. Instead, the task is automatically postponed to the next scheduled time. If you choose to force execute the hibernation task, the desktop will be force hibernated when the scheduled time arrives.
    • Task Name: This parameter is user-defined.
    • Execution Interval: You can select one of the following intervals:
      • Specified time: The time is accurate to seconds.
      • By day: You can specify Time, Executed Once Per, and Expires At.
      • By week: You can specify Weekday, Time, and Expires At.
      • By month: You can specify Month, Day, Time, and Expires At.
    • Time Zone: The local time zone is selected by default.
    • Description: This parameter is optional and user-defined.

  5. Determine whether to notify users.

    • Yes: Set Earlier Than Scheduled Task to a value ranging from 1 to 10,080 minutes. Enter the notification, which can only be text in 1 to 400 characters.
    • No: Perform 6.

      Notification messages are available only for Windows.

  6. Click Next: Select Object.

    The page for selecting target objects is displayed.

  7. Select All desktops, Desktop, Desktop pool, or Tag from the Available Objects drop-down list box, and select the objects to which the policy is to be applied in the list below.
  8. Click Create Now.
Parent topic: Scheduled Tasks