rsScheduledTask

The rsScheduledTask module allows management of the Windows Task Scheduler tasks.

Resources

rsScheduledTask

Configure Windows Scheduled tasks

• Name: Name of the task
• Ensure: Ensures that the task is Present or Absent
• ActionParams: A hashtable that contains all parameters that need to be passed to New-ScheduledTaskAction to define what you wish to execute
• TriggerParams: A hashtable that contains all parameters that need to be passed to New-ScheduledTaskTrigger to define the trigger for the task
• TaskSettings: An optional hashtable that contains all parameters that need to be passed to New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet to define task options

Note on valid cmdlet parameters

Please review help files for New-ScheduledTaskAction, New-ScheduledTaskTrigger and New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet to identify valid parameters and correct sets to use.

Some mandatory cmdlet parameters will be assigned a sensible value to simplify usage. For example, if you define a task that repeats every 5 minutes, you need to provide the RepetitionDuration parameter. If not provided, the rsScheduledTask resource will assign a maxvalue (([timeSpan]::maxvalue)) to this parameter by default to simplify usage. Similarly, the At parameter will be assigned the current date/time value by default.

Versions

1.1.0

• Converting to native PowerShell cmdlets
  • Added support for the complete set of task-creation options

1.0.0

• Original release
  • schtasks.exe used to create scheduled tasks

Examples

Create a 5-minute reoccurring task

In this example we're running powershell.exe (Execute action parameter)and executing Test-Connection cmdlet to ping a remote host (Argument action parameter that is passed to the executable). Note that the optional TaskSettings parameter is not used and default settings will be applied as a result.

The Trigger parameters are defined in a similar fashion.

Please note that any switch cmdlet parameters need to have a $true or $false value associated with them. Interval parameters, such as RepetitionInterval need to have a TimeSpan formatted value assigned to them (see help New-TimeSpan for more details). An alternative to the value for RepetitionInterval in below example would be "RepetitionInterval" = (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 5)

# Parameter variable definition
$AParams = @{
            "Execute" = "$pshome\powershell.exe";
            "Argument" = "Test-Connection -ComputerName www.google.com -Quiet";
            }

$TParams = @{
            "Once" = $true;
            "RepetitionInterval" = "00:05:00";
            }

# Resource Usage
rsScheduledTask TestTask
{
    Ensure = "Present"
    Name = "Ping Task"
    ActionParams = $AParams
    TriggerParams = $TParams
}

Create a Weekly task that runs every Monday at 3am

In this example, we're creating the same action, but this time it will be executed every Monday, at 3am.

# Parameter variable definition
$AParams = @{
            "Execute" = "$pshome\powershell.exe";
            "Argument" = "Test-Connection -ComputerName www.google.com -Quiet";
            }

$TParams = @{
            "Weekly" = $true;
            "At" = "3am";
            "DaysOfWeek" = "Monday"
            }

# Resource Usage
rsScheduledTask TestTask
{
    Ensure = "Present"
    Name = "Ping Task"
    ActionParams = $AParams
    TriggerParams = $TParams
}