HP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.2 User Guide

Scheduling and managing tasks
This module discusses information about tasks and procedures for scheduling and managing tasks:
• About tasks, page 168
• About task statuses, page 169
• About task types (open systems), page 169
• About task types (mainframe systems), page 170
• Scheduling tasks, page 171
• Viewing a list of tasks, page 173
• Canceling tasks, page 173
• Deleting tasks, page 173
About tasks
A task is a type of operation, such as changing the status of a copy pair or creating a copy pair or
copy group based on a specified schedule. Tasks are managed based on copy groups as functional
units. Multiple tasks created for the same copy group using the Pair Configuration Wizard are
collectively known as associated tasks.
For example, if you create copy groups A and B, which constitute a multi-target configuration, and
copy groups C and D, which constitute a cascade configuration, Replication Manager generates two
tasks, each on a copy group basis, for each workflow.
Managing pair life cycle168