Managing tasks in the Administration Console

You can perform the following actions with the tasks for Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security in the Administration Console:

• Create new tasks.
• Edit task settings.

  If the user account which is used to access the Administration Server does not have permissions to edit the settings of certain functional scopes, the settings of these functional scopes are not available for editing.

• Start, stop, pause, and resume tasks.

  The Update task cannot be paused or resumed, it can only be started or stopped.

• Export and import tasks.
• Delete tasks.

In the list of tasks, you can monitor the task execution results: view the task status and the statistics for task performance on the devices.

Information on the progress and results of task execution can be viewed in the list of events that Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security sends to the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server (on the Events tab in the workspace of the Administration Server <server name> node). You can also create a selection of events to monitor the execution of tasks. For details on event selection, refer to Kaspersky Security Center documentation.

Task execution results are also saved locally on the device and in Kaspersky Security Center reports.

For general information about task management, refer to the Kaspersky Security Center Help system.

If the device is managed by a policy, it may not be possible to view and manage tasks created in Kaspersky Security Center using the command line or the graphical interface of the application.

Creating tasks in the Administration Console

To create a task for a group or set of devices in the Administration Console:

1. In the Administration Console, perform one of the following actions:
   • To create a task that will be run on devices included in the selected administration group, select this administration group in the console tree in the Managed devices folder, then select the Tasks tab in the workspace and click the New task button.

     The New task wizard starts for devices of the selected administration group.

   • To create a task that will be performed on one or multiple devices (a task for a set of devices), select the Tasks folder in the console tree and click the New task button in the workspace.

     The New task wizard starts for the set of devices.

2. At the first step of the wizard, select Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security 3.4 for Linux and the type of the task.

   Proceed to the next step of the wizard.

3. If you are creating a task for a set of devices, the Wizard prompts you to define the task scope. The task scope comprises the devices on which the task will be run.
   1. Specify the method for defining the task scope: select devices from the list of devices detected by the Administration Server; set device addresses manually; import a list of devices from a file or specify a previously configured selection of devices (for more details, refer to the Kaspersky Security Center Help system).
   2. Depending on the method you have specified for defining the task scope, in the window that opens, perform one of the following actions:
      • In the list of detected devices, specify the devices on which the task will be run. To do so, select the check box in the list to the left of the device name.
      • Click the Add or Add IP range button and enter the device addresses manually.
      • Click the Import button and select the TXT file containing the list of device addresses in the window that opens.
      • Click the Browse button and, in the window that opens, specify the name of the selection containing the devices on which the task will be run.

   Proceed to the next step of the wizard.

4. Configure the available task settings by following the instructions in the Wizard.
5. Enter the name of the new task and proceed to the next step in the Wizard.
6. To start the task immediately after the Wizard finishes, in the final step, select the Run task after the wizard finishes check box.
7. Complete the wizard.

   A new task will be displayed in the list of tasks.

To create a local task in the Administration Console:

1. In the Administration Console tree, in the Managed devices folder, select the administration group containing the necessary device.
2. In the workspace, select the Devices tab.
3. In the list of managed devices, select the required device and double-click it to open the Properties: <Task name> window.
4. In the displayed window with the properties of the managed device, select the Tasks section.

   The list of tasks created for this device is displayed.

5. Click Add.

   The Task Wizard starts.

6. At the first step of the wizard, select Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security 3.4 for Linux and the type of the task.

   Proceed to the next step of the wizard.

7. Enter a name for the new task and configure the available task settings following the instructions of the wizard.
8. Complete the wizard.

   A new task will be displayed in the list of tasks.

Changing task settings in the Administration Console

To edit task settings in the Administration Console:

1. In the Administration Console, perform one of the following actions:
   • To edit the settings of a task that is run on devices included in the specified administration group, select this administration group in the console tree, then select the Tasks tab in the workspace.
   • To edit the settings of a task that is run on one or multiple devices (a task for a set of devices), select the Tasks folder in the console tree.
2. In the list of tasks, select the required task and double-click it to open the Properties: <Task name> window.

   You can also open the task properties window using the Properties item in the task context menu.

3. Edit the task settings. The availability of configurable settings depends on the type of task.

   The General, Notification, Schedule, and Revision history tabs of the task properties window are standard for Kaspersky Security Center; for more details, refer to the Kaspersky Security Center Help system.

4. Click Apply or OK in the Properties: <Task name> window to save the changes made.

Starting, stopping, pausing, and resuming tasks in the Administration Console

To start, stop, pause, or resume a task in the Administration Console:

1. In the Administration Console, perform one of the following actions:
   • To start or stop a task that is run on devices included in the specified administration group, select this administration group in the console tree, then select the Tasks tab in the workspace.

     The list of tasks created for the selected administration group opens.

   • To start or stop a task that is run on one or multiple devices (a task for a set of devices), select the Tasks folder in the console tree.

     The list of all tasks created on the Administration Server opens.

2. In the list of tasks, select the required task, open the context menu of the task, and select the action that you want to perform.