Administration Guide

How to create a scan schedule

This guide shows you how to create a Scan schedule for a Segment so AlloyScan runs discovery on a recurring cadence.

A Scan schedule belongs to a Segment. Create it while creating a Segment, or later from the Segment view. Use Admin Center > Settings > Scan schedules to review existing scan schedules.

Prerequisites

  • You are signed in as a Site Administrator.
  • The Segment you want to scan already exists, unless you are creating the schedule as part of a new Segment.

Create a schedule while creating a Segment

  1. Create a Segment and complete the earlier wizard steps.
  2. In Step 4 - Scan schedule, click Create schedule.
  3. In Create schedule, choose Occurs:
    • Daily - run at a specific time, or repeat every N hours.
    • Weekly - choose one or more days, then run at a specific time or repeat every N hours.
    • Monthly - choose the day of the month, then run at a specific time or repeat every N hours.
  4. For a segment using AlloyScan cloud worker, set Cloud start window (minutes). See Cloud start window.
  5. Click Create.

Create a schedule for an existing Segment

  1. Open Network > Segments.
  2. Open the Segment that needs a recurring scan.
  3. In the left panel, next to Next scan, click Create schedule.
  4. Complete the same Create schedule fields.

Cloud start window

For segments using AlloyScan cloud worker, set Cloud start window (minutes) to allow a task to start within a window after its scheduled time. The default is 240 minutes; enter a whole number from 15 to 1440. The window controls when work may start, not how long it may run.

Local-service scan schedules do not use this setting.

Verify

The Segment view shows the scheduled next scan time. The schedule also appears in Admin Center > Settings > Scan schedules.

After the scheduled time passes, the Scan log records the resulting scan runs.