Scheduling automatic maintenance
RICOH ProcessDirector provides maintenance scripts that must be run regularly on the primary computer to
improve performance. By default, RICOH ProcessDirector runs these scripts every day at midnight. You can change the time or frequency, and
you can run your own maintenance scripts at the same time.
While these scripts are running, they might slow RICOH ProcessDirector down for a few minutes. Therefore, you should avoid running them at peak production times.
These entries in the crontab
file run the maintenance scripts:
00 00 * * 0-6 /aiw/aiw1/maintenance/maintenance.pl daily 00 00 * * 0 /aiw/aiw1/maintenance/maintenance.pl weekly
crontab
entries are in this format:
mm hh dd month weekday command
The first entry runs all scripts in the /aiw/aiw1/maintenance/daily
directory at 00:00 (midnight) every day from Sunday (0) through Saturday (6). The
second entry runs all scripts in the /aiw/aiw1/maintenance/weekly
directory at 00:00 (midnight) every Sunday. (By default, there are no scripts in
/aiw/aiw1/maintenance/weekly
.)
- To run the maintenance scripts weekly instead of daily, move them to the
/aiw/aiw1/maintenance/weekly
directory. - To change the time, day, or frequency for running maintenance scripts, edit the
crontab
file.- Log in to the primary computer as the RICOH ProcessDirector system user ( aiw1 is the default).
- Enter this command:
- crontab -e
- Make any necessary changes.For example, this entry runs all scripts in the
/aiw/aiw1/maintenance/daily
directory at 10:30 PM every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday:30 22 * * 1,3,5 /aiw/aiw1/maintenance/maintenance.pl daily
- To run your own scripts at the same time as the RICOH ProcessDirector maintenance scripts, copy them into the
/aiw/aiw1/maintenance/daily
or/aiw/aiw1/maintenance/weekly
directory.Make sure that the RICOH ProcessDirector system user ID has execute permission for your scripts.