Invitation to Create/Update Q&A Profile Task:
This task is used to enumerate users who are not registered with Password Manager or must update their Q&A profiles and send email notifications to such users. This task is applied to users who have not been invited to create or update their Q&A profiles.
The scope of this task corresponds to the scope of the Invite Users to Create/Update Q&A Profiles user enforcement rule. To each user from the user scope, the task is applied only once. After a user has been invited to create or update his Q&A profile, the Reminder to Create/Update Q&A Profile task will be applied to this user.
You should configure this scheduled task to enable the Invite Users to Create/Update Q&A Profiles user enforcement rule. If you disable this scheduled task, the user enforcement rule will not be implemented.
Reminder to Create/Update Q&A Profile Task:
This task is used to send notifications to users who have been invited to create or update their Q&A profiles. If you configure the notification schedule, the task will send notification messages (email and/or Secure Password Extension notifications) to corresponding users.
The scope of this task corresponds to the scope of the Remind Users to Create/Update Q&A Profiles user enforcement rule. You should configure this scheduled task to enable the Remind Users to Create/Update Q&A Profiles user enforcement rule. If you disable the scheduled task, the user enforcement rule will not be implemented.
Reminder to Change Password Task:
This task is used to send notifications about password expiration. Notifications will be sent to users whose passwords expire in the number of days specified in the Remind Users to Change Password user enforcement rule.
The scope of this task corresponds to the scope of the Remind Users to Change Password user enforcement rule. You should configure this scheduled task to enable the Remind Users to Change Password user enforcement rule. If you disable the scheduled task, the user enforcement rule will not be implemented.
Maximum Password Age Policy Task:
This task is used to force users to change passwords at next logon if password’s maximum age is reached. The scope of this task is the scopes of all configured Quest Software password policies.
This task applies the maximum password age rule set in the configured Quest Software password policies. If the maximum password age is reached, users will be required to change password at next logon.
If using the Max password age policy with the Password Policy, then Password Manager runs this task against AD and will update the user by flagging their account to "change password at next logon" if their password has expired.
User Status Statistics Task:
By default, the User Status Statistics task runs every day. Normally, it is not recommended to change the schedule, although if you have other heavy-duty tasks (for instance, an Active Directory backup task) running at that time, we recommend that you reschedule the User Status Statistics task to run in off-peak hours. The User Status Statistics task is used to do the following:
• Enumerating users for licensing purposes Password Manager is licensed for a specific number of user accounts enabled for management by Password Manager in all managed domains. The task checks whether the managed user count is within the license limit.
• Collecting statistic information about users including the total user count, the number of users registered and the users not-registered with Password Manager, number of users required to register with Password Manager, and the number of users required to update profile. This information is collected for all the domains managed by a specific Password Manager instance and displayed on the Reports page of the Administration site. The scope of this task corresponds to user scopes of all configured Management Policies.
Environment Health Checker Task:
This scheduled task is used to check the status of all domain controllers from all domain connections and select the best available domain controller for each connection. For example, to connect to a managed domain “mydomain.com” three domain controllers can be used: domain controller (DC)1, 2 and 3; the best available domain controller is DC 1. By default, the best available domain controller is used to connect to the domain. If this domain controller becomes unavailable, the next available domain controller is automatically selected. For example, DC 2 is now used to connect to the domain. But if DC 1 becomes available again, the connection will not be automatically switched to DC 1. To switch back to DC 1, the environment health checker task should be run. This task checks the availability of domain controllers for domain connections, and selects the best domain controller for each connection.
Active Directory Sites
This task is used to update Active Directory sites in the Domain Connection settings. Currently, it is a manual task where you specify the Active Directory sites in the domain connection settings by selecting the site in which you want Password Manager to replicate changes as soon as they occur in other sites. You can automate and schedule this task by using this option.
Clear Old Records from Reporting Database
Use this task to clean up records in the reporting database and archive the cleared records. The administrator needs to provide a date range and select particular record types to delete the records. The administrator can schedule a task on a specific date and time.
Update RADIUS server status
This task is used to update the RADIUS server status. By default, the schedule task runs for every 5 minutes.
