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After you set up your Ensim Unify platform servers, you must enable and configure the CronJob service. This service runs tasks scheduled by the Unify platform or services, such as usage data collection tasks. By default, the CronJob service is disabled when the Unify platform is installed.
If you do not enable and configure the CronJob service, usage and other information is not collected, and information displayed on the usage collection page is not updated.
You may choose to enable the CronJob service on multiple servers for reliability; however, it is required that you enable the CronJob service on at least one PE server in order to collect and retrieve usage information. Since scheduled tasks are often resource-intensive and can impact a server's performance, it is recommended that you enable the CronJob service on a PE server that is not used for provisioning.
To enable and configure the CronJob service:
Log in to the PE server as domain administrator.
You do not need to change the default settings for scheduled tasks when enabling the CronJob service. However, you can view or change scheduled tasks as follows:
Open a command window on the PE server.
Change (cd) to the CronJob service directory. If defaults were used during installation, the directory is: C:\Program Files\Ensim\Ensim Unify.
View the list of scheduled tasks by typing the following command: CronJobService.exe -list
Change the schedule of existing tasks as needed using the CronJob service commands.
Configure and enable the CronJob service account:
Click Start > Run, then in the Open text box, type services.msc. The Services window is displayed.
Right-click Ensim CronJob Service, then click Properties. The Ensim CronJob Service Properties window is displayed.
Click the LogOn tab, then select This account.
In the This account text box, type MPFServiceAcct@<your_domain_name>, where <your_domain_name> is the domain name of your Ensim Unify system. For example, MPFServiceAcct@example.com.
In the Password and Confirm password text boxes, type the Ensim Unify account password you specified when you installed the Unify platform software on the PE and CP servers.
Click the General tab, then in the Startup type box, choose Automatic.
Click Start. The CronJob service starts.
The CronJob service is enabled and scheduled tasks run as specified.
Alternate instructions for enabling the service through the command line (not used since we provide the Windows UI method). These instructions are hidden (by applying the Trinity condition) but available in case we want to use them in future.
Using the command line, change (cd) to the scheduled task directory. If defaults were used during installation, this directory is: C:\Program Files\Ensim\Ensim Unify
Configure the CronJob service account by typing the following command: sc config Ensim.CronJobService start= auto obj= MPFServiceAcct@buildunify1.com password= ensim@123
Start the CronJob service by typing the following command: sc start Ensim.CronJobService
After the CronJob service is configured and enabled, you can set the schedule for tasks using the CronJob service commands.
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