Scheduled Restart - Scheduled Tasks question

[neal121 5]

Need some verification on setting 2 hour restarts via admin panel's scheduled tasks.

 

In TCAdmin or w/e your host company calls it, in Scheduled tasks I create a task for a Restart Schedule with the following options:

 

Name: 2hr

X enabled

Type Daily

Start (2 hours from now)

Recur every 1 day

X Repeat Task

Repeat Every 2 Hours

For 1 Minute

 

Is this right? Or is something wrong? I had something like this set on a different hosts panel and my server was flawless. I switched hosts due to ones lack of support and constant issues and now when the task starts it seems to start looping itself. It literally just restarts over and over.

[AmberHelios 2071]

Repeat Every 2 Hours

For 24 hours

[neal121 5]

I had for 24 hours originally but then it started going nuts and then I was thinking it was restarting FOR 24 hours (straight). So then I thought restart FOR 1 minute.

 

So Amber I set it back to 24 hours as you said and it went crazy again. Starts, restarts, restarts, restarts.

 

If I watch the "started on" time on the main screen itll say:

Started On: 11/16/2014 5:35:23 PM

Started On: 11/16/2014 5:36:12 PM

 and so on.

 

 

Thats the settings.

 

EDIT:

If I watch the task itself - the Last Run Time is literally updating every minute - pretty much like I said - infinite loop of restarts.

Edited November 16, 2014 by neal121

[neal121 5]

And does anyone know if the task time is the same to the started on time? Or is it set to server time?

[neal121 5]

Hey everyone is your host locking your scheduler in config only mode not allowing any changes to the restart time? Mine has it in config only to 4 hour as is required by the devs. I don't get why we can't change it to 3 or 2. They won't change it to text editor either all cause the devs say. Task scheduler breaks the server.

[The Riddler (DayZ) 410]

I believe its 4 hour restarts across the board, I.E. every provider has to do this per the Dev's rules. I'm ok with 4 hour restarts now that the servers are not locking up like they did in .49 when they got full.

 

I don't know what times the "mandatory restarts" are at but I just sent in a ticket to my provider asking for more info. What I'd like to do is setup messages to display 30, 15, 5 and 1 min before these "mandatory restarts" and therefore I could eliminate the need to have "scheduled restarts" written into the BEC scheduler.  If I get more info on this I'll reply back to the thread. We're hosted by Fragnet just FYI 

 

And does anyone know if the task time is the same to the started on time? Or is it set to server time?

 

 

Scheduled tasks are based on the game's time and not the server's time or timezone. That's what I've been led to believe. If i'm incorrect, please somebody chime in. 

[AmberHelios 2071]

scheduled tasks in tcadmin is set to the time that is configured in tcadmin, ie your tcadmin profile is set to  gmt+1 the tasks will run at that timezone, bec messages and tasks run at the time that is on the physical box as bec cannot see the time in game 

 

hope thats clear 

[neal121 5]

Well what's going on with other hosts? I left vilayer due to the server not working half the time but I could edit the scheduler. Gaming deluxe says no config only. I would prefer the 2 hour plus when my server gets max in population like it did the other day.

[neal121 5]

I sort of made a slightly sensitive ticket to gaming deluxe and I'll say it here about not allowing anything less than 4 hour restart. But unless it says it in the dayz server rules, then a 2 or 3 hour restart is allowed. If it said that the server provider is required to restart the server every 4 hours and no less or no more than 4 hours - then this wouldnt be a big deal.