Scheduling Software - TaskMaster

Description

TaskMaster ("TM") is avanti's award-winning flag-ship product that offers a simple, yet powerful, way to expand upon and automate server management tasks. It implements a scripting language that extends upon the NetWare NCF batch capabilities while incorporating the simplicity of DOS-like batch processing functions with Novell login script structures already familiar to NetWare administrators.


Server based (NLM) alternative to Novell's 'officially unsupported' CRON/Toolbox and Novell's 'discontinued' Replication Services (NRS) utilities. Adds over 60 new Server Console commands (COPY, DELETE, FLAG, PURGE, RENAME, etc.) designed to emulate their DOS/NetWare counterparts (including Server-to-Server operations), plus a SYNC command to synchronize directories, volumes, and Servers. Built-in script processor combines DOS batch and NetWare Login script simplistic English command structures, plus WHILE/LOOP and IF..THEN..ELSE structures supported by dozens of conditional tests and system environment variables. Schedule tasks by specific date, day of month, or day(s) of week and by specific time, minutes after each hour, or intervals.


When the TaskMaster NLM is loaded on a Server, it creates the TMConsole (Shell) screen which provides direct Server Console access to the File System through TaskMaster's Console Command extensions (similar to a Windows DOS box). Among the dozens of extended Console Commands which TaskMaster supports is the SYNC command. Through the SYNC command, which can be executed manually at the TMConsole (Shell) prompt or incorporated into scheduled tasks, TaskMaster provides an easy to use yet scalable option for replicating files and synchronizing data across directories, volumes, and Servers, local or remote, on a scheduled basis.


Tasks can be written to load/unload NLMs; capture screens, enter keystrokes; and copy files between volumes, servers, and the DOS partition. A powerful, yet easy to use Windows client interface for automating task writing and a remote console client (that does not require REMOTE.NLM) are also included.
Features of TaskMaster:


* TMConsole (Shell) interface providing 60+ Extended Console Commands which can be run interactively at the Server or in a task to perform most File System management and maintenance tasks, as well as numerous other Server management operations. Most of the commands emulate their popular Novell / DOS utility counterparts.
* Enhanced Batch Processor engine supporting both NetWare Command Files (.NCF) and TaskMaster Task files (.TSK) that provides extended Batch Commands, extended System Environment Variables, dynamic User Defined Variables, IF/WHILE conditional logic structures with a wide range of conditional tests, as well as string comparisons.
* Flexible Task Scheduler integrated to support the scheduling of .NCF and .TSK scripts based upon intervals (every xx minutes), an hourly time (xx minutes after each hour), or a specific time (hh:mm) on selected days of the week (MWF), a specific day each month (15), or a specific date (12/31).
* Secure Remote Console which utilizes a combination of Bindery/NDS rights and TaskMaster defined access control to grant Full, Limited, or View only access to the Server (via Remote Console DOS Client supported only by full TaskMaster version). Multi-Session, Multi-Server compatibility.
* Server-to-Server support for many commands. Transfer files between Servers, launch tasks on Remote (Slave) Servers from the Local (Master) Server, even send specific commands to Remote Servers manually or within scheduled tasks.
* File Replication / Data Synchronization for specific files, file patterns, directories, &/or volumes residing on Local &/or Remote Servers via the Extended Console Command: SYNC. SYNC utilizes a simple, yet flexible, command line interface, rather than a complicated database or an intermediate workstation, and processes Servers on the LAN/WAN, even across NDS trees.
* Server-based (Server-to-Server direct, no Client required)
* SYNC as a scheduled task or on demand (via Console)
* Master-to-Slave / Bi-Directional SYNC processing
* Multiple concurrent SYNC: 1-to-1 / 1-to-Many / Many-to-1
* SYNC a Server / Between Servers (LAN/WAN) / Across NDS trees
* SYNC a single file or a wild card pattern, in a directory or within a directory tree
* Exclude a file, a directory, patterns in a directory, or patterns in a directory tree
* Logging options to record processing activity / results, as well as the ability to view activity and processing statistics in real-time
* Intelligent, real-time compression of data during transfers
* Block level (delta change) updating of files during transfers
* Full NetWare compatibility (LONG / MAC / NFS Name Spaces, Attributes, Compression, Date/Time, IRM, Owner & Trustees)


Automate virtually any Server Management task normally performed at the Server Console and most File Maintenance tasks which normally required workstations or operator intervention to complete. Centralize Backup, Distribute New Data / Updates, Automate Fail-Over and Disaster Recovery Operations, and much more. All with one solution: TaskMaster.


This combination features provides virtually unlimited capabilities towards performing and automating Server management across the network, making TaskMaster not only an exceptional Server management solution but a powerful network management tool.
Platforms of TaskMaster:


Server Module:


* Novell's NetWare v5.x / v6.x / OES (NetWare kernel)
* Volumes: NSS / TFS
* Protocols: IPX / 'Pure' IP / Mixed


Windows Client: (32-bit application)


* Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / 2003 / XP
* Novell's 32-bit Client required (IPX, 'Pure' IP, or IP w/ IPX compatibility)


DOS Client: (16-bit application)


* Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / 2003 / XP (in DOS box)
* Novell's 32-bit Client required (IPX, 'Pure' IP, or IP w/ IPX compatibility)

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