Managing System Information, Processes, and Performance in Oracle^® Solaris 11.4

Chapter 4

Scheduling System Tasks

This chapter describes how to schedule routine system tasks or single (one-time) tasks using the Oracle Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF), the crontab command, and the at command.

It covers the following topics:

• Overview of Scheduled System Tasks

• Scheduling Repetitive System Tasks With SMF

• Scheduling a Repetitive System Task With crontab

• Scheduling a Single System Task With the at Command