Schedule General info

Overview

This page provides full information about a schedule, including its name, status, metadata, configured action, nearest execution date, schedule settings, associated resources, current costs, and cost changes. Additionally, users can navigate to a dedicated tab to view logs associated with the schedule.

Page description

• Name: each schedule should have a unique name to avoid confusion.
• Schedule Status: each status type's implications are elucidated in our FAQ section.
• Metadata: when you hover over this element, a tooltip displays the schedule creation and last edit date and time.
• Action: shows the action configured for the schedule. Each action is detailed in the FAQ.
• Nearest Date: indicates the forthcoming execution date for the schedule.
• Schedule: describes when the action is scheduled to occur.
• Search bar: enables quick location of schedules by typing the initial characters of their names.
• Name: the name of the virtual machine.
• Type: information about the object type and operating system.
• Resources: resource details for the virtual machine, such as the number of vCPUs, amount of RAM, and SSD size.
• Current Cost: shows the current cost of the resources affected by the schedule.
• Cost Change: provides estimates of the schedule's cost effect.
• Ellipsis ('...'): presents additional actions such as editing, immediate execution, scheduling, pausing, or deleting the schedule, depending on its current state.

Actions you can perform on this page

Actions:

• View full information about the schedule, including its name, status, metadata, action, nearest date, schedule settings, associated resources, current cost, cost change, and logs.
• By clicking the ellipsis on the schedule line, you can edit, execute now, delete, schedule, or pause the schedule depending on its status (see the FAQ):
  • Execute now: runs the scheduled action immediately. After manual execution, the schedule continues to work as configured.
  • Schedule: activates a paused schedule. The schedule will continue to work as configured.
  • Pause: pauses the schedule. The schedule will not run until it is scheduled again.
  • Edit: redirects to the Edit schedule page, where you can change scheduled objects or execution time.
  • Delete: deletes the schedule.

FAQ

What do schedule statuses signify?

• Scheduled: the schedule is active, and actions will commence as scheduled.
• Paused: the schedule is halted, and actions will not be initiated.
• In progress: actions on scheduled resources are currently underway.
• Error: an error has occurred.

What actions can I take with a schedule?

• Execute Now: triggers immediate execution of the scheduled action without disrupting subsequent scheduled runs.
• Schedule: reactivates a paused schedule so that planned executions resume.
• Pause: temporarily halts the schedule and stops all planned executions.
• Delete: permanently removes the schedule from the system.

What actions can I perform with scheduled resources?

• Start: power on virtual machines according to a schedule. For example, to start a virtual machine daily at 9 a.m.
• Shutdown: power off virtual machines according to a schedule. For example, to shut down a virtual machine daily at 5 p.m.
• Reboot: restart virtual machines according to a schedule. For example, to reboot a virtual machine every Friday at 11 a.m.
• Start/Stop: power on and power off virtual machines according to a schedule. For example, to start a virtual machine daily at 9 a.m. and shut it down daily at 6 p.m.
• Apply rightsize recommendations: apply advisor recommendations that reduce a virtual machine’s configuration to better match actual workload and lower costs. This action is typically used when CPU or memory utilization remains low over time.
• Apply upsize recommendations: apply advisor recommendations that increase a virtual machine’s configuration to ensure sufficient performance under sustained high load. This action is typically used when CPU or memory utilization remains high over time.
• Apply delete recommendations: apply advisor recommendations that delete idle virtual machines to eliminate unnecessary costs.
• Apply reallocate recommendations: apply advisor recommendations that move resources to a lower-cost location. Depending on the recommendation, this action can reallocate a virtual machine to another data center, move it to another provider, or reallocate a volume.
• Clone: create an identical copy of an existing virtual machine. For example, to clone a virtual machine every 5th day of the month at 10 p.m.
• Delete: delete virtual machines according to a schedule. For example, to delete virtual machines on the last day of each month at 8 p.m.

What actions can I take depending on my project role?

• Users with “Manage” infrastructure permissions in the project can perform any actions with any Schedules.
• Users with “Operate” infrastructure permissions in the project can perform any actions with Schedules for Start, Shutdown, Reboot, and Start/Stop.
• Users with “Read” infrastructure permissions in the project can only see a list of Schedules and their detailed information, but can not perform any actions with any Schedules.