The Tealeaf Scheduling Service is a Windows™ service through that you can create and manage Tealeaf jobs. You can configure jobs, which the service then runs from the command line at the scheduled intervals.
To configure Tealeaf jobs, verify that the Tealeaf Scheduling Service is automatically started through the Services Control Panel.
<Install_Directory>\Tools\TLSchedulerSvcCfg.xml
The following types of jobs can be scheduled through the service:
TLBackup.exe: Cycle the Tealeaf services. This job should be scheduled to run once per day during off-peak hours.
Scheduling overnight Tealeaf tasks
During off-peak hours, some maintenance tasks must be performed or should be performed to the Tealeaf system, its Canister data, and the databases. This section provides a list of the most important Tealeaf tasks and a suggested schedule for their execution.
In the following table, time is listed on the 24-hour clock.
| Task | Product | Component | Description and Dependencies | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cycle Services | cxImpact | Scheduling Service | All Tealeaf services should be cycled once. | 0:30 |
| TLBackup | cxImpact | Scheduling Service | Tealeaf provides the TLBackup utility to backup Canister data. | 0:30 |
| Daily Data Aggregation | cxImpact | Data Collector | Once per day, daily reporting data is aggregated for insertion into the Reporting database. This task must be completed before the Data Collector's trimming task. | 2:00 |
| Data Trimming | cxImpact | Data Collector | Periodically, the Data Collector trims aged data from the reporting database. This option is applied if data trimming has been set to Daily or Monthly. |
3:00 |
| Dimension Trimming | cxImpact | Data Collector | On a nightly basis, the Data Collector trims dimension values if the number of values exceeds the preconfigured maximum number of them and if dimension trimming is set to Daily. The default is Hourly. |
3:00 |
| Dimension Log Aggregation | cxImpact | Data Collector | When dimension log aggregation is configured to occur on a daily basis, the Data Collector reviews dimension logs for aggregation of reporting data. | 3:00 |
| Top Movers | cxImpact | Data Collector | When Top Movers are enabled, the Data Collector performs calculations of Top Movers at the defined time. | 4:30 |
| Database Growth | cxImpact | Data Collector | Calculates the growth of each database for purposes of Portal reporting. | 5:00 |
Scheduling other tasks
| Task | Product | Component | Description and Dependencies | Default Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tealeaf Status | cxImpact | Scheduling Service | Tealeaf Status gathers information from Tealeaf servers known to the Portal about their current state. | Every 15 minutes |
| Extract Service | cxConnect for Data Analysis and cxVerify | Extract Service | If you have licensed and deployed cxConnect for Data Analysis or cxVerify, the Extract Service is used to extract session data on-demand for delivery to third-party systems. This service must be enabled. | On-Demand |