Scheduled System Disk Rebuilding

Scenarios

This section describes how to rebuild a system disk periodically for a cloud desktop or a desktop pool. For details about the impact and restrictions of system disk rebuilding on the system, see Rebuilding a System Disk or Rebuilding a System Disk.

Procedure

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

The Scheduled Tasks page is displayed.
Click Create Scheduled Task in the upper right corner of the page.

The Create Scheduled Task page is displayed.
Configure a scheduled task.
- Task Type: Select System disk recomposing.
- Task Name: This parameter is user-defined.
- Rebuilding Method: The default value is Reinstall OS.
- 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.
- Confirm System Disk Reinstallation: Enter Reinstall System Disk.
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.
Click Next: Select Object.

The page for selecting target objects is displayed.

For the first time when you click Next: Select Objects, the authorization description will be displayed.

Cloud service administrator permissions: Workspace supports scheduled system disk rebuilding and auto scaling. Therefore, the tenant administrator permissions are required.

After the permission is granted (only once), an agency named workspace_admin_trust will be created in IAM. Do not delete or modify the agency when performing a scheduled task or using a desktop pool. For details, see Entrustment Description.
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.
Click Create Now.