Monitoring Windows Server Scheduled Tasks

Nodinite empowers you to monitor, manage, and optimize Windows Server Scheduled Tasks with ease. Instantly discover all scheduled jobs, automate alerts, and provide secure, role-based access to only the tasks you choose to share.

✅ Instantly discover and monitor all Windows Scheduled Tasks
✅ Set custom thresholds and receive real-time alerts for missed or failed jobs
✅ Share access to selected tasks with end-users for secure self-service
✅ Actionable alerts and Remote Actions within role-based Monitor Views to resolve issues fast

Example list of monitored 'Scheduled Tasks' as resources in a Monitor View.

Monitoring Features

• The Nodinite Windows Server Monitoring Agent uses WMI to automatically discover all Windows Scheduled Tasks. Sharing insights is easy with Monitor Views.
• State Evaluation – Set user-defined thresholds for job status and timing.
• Category-based monitoring – Group monitored Resources by Categories for streamlined management.

Prerequisites for Remote Monitoring

Important

Local vs Remote Monitoring: When the Nodinite Windows Server Monitoring Agent is installed on the same server as the scheduled tasks, no additional configuration is required. When monitoring remote Windows Servers, additional prerequisites apply.

Remote monitoring requires: Remote Registry service, firewall rules, and RPC connectivity.

Quick Requirements for Remote Servers:

• Service account must be in Administrators group on remote server
• Remote Registry service running on remote server
• Firewall rule "Remote Scheduled Task Management" enabled
• File and Printer Sharing enabled on remote server

Tip

Troubleshooting Remote Access: If you encounter "0 tasks and 0 subfolders" or "Access Denied" errors when monitoring remote servers, see the comprehensive How to Monitor Remote Scheduled Tasks troubleshooting guide.

For complete prerequisites, see Prerequisites for Windows Server Monitoring Agent.

Scheduled task as Nodinite Resource

Nodinite displays each monitored Scheduled Task as a Resources. For example, if you have 2 Windows Server configurations with 15 and 27 Scheduled Tasks, you will have 42 'Scheduled Task' resources in Nodinite.

• The Resource name matches the Scheduled Task name as seen in Windows Server MMC.

• The 'Scheduled Task' resource belongs to the following Category:

  Category	Description
  Windows Scheduled Task	Ensure Scheduled Tasks run on time and with successful execution status

  
  List of the Scheduled Task category as a filter in a Monitor View.

• The Application name is the Display Name from the Remote Configuration of the monitored Windows Server:
  
  Example of the Application path for a monitored Scheduled Task resource.

Each item (presented in Nodinite as a Resource) is evaluated with a state: OK, Warning, Error, or Unavailable.

You can reconfigure state evaluation at the Resource level using the Expected State feature.

Note

Depending on the user-defined synchronization interval for the Windows Server Monitoring Agent, there may be a delay before Nodinite Web Client/Monitor Views reflect changes. Click Sync All (or use the dropdown for individual agent selection) to force a resynchronization.

Option to force Nodinite to request a resynchronization with the monitoring agent.

State evaluation for Scheduled Task based monitoring

For the Scheduled Task category, Nodinite evaluates the monitored state as described below:

What Remote Actions exist for Scheduled Tasks?

The following Remote Actions are available for the Scheduled Task Category:

• Enable
• Disable
• Run
• Details
• Edit

Available remote actions for the Scheduled Task category.

Enable

Enable a disabled Scheduled Task by clicking the Action button and selecting Enable in the 'Control Center' section.

Enable a Scheduled Task using the 'Enable' action.

You will be prompted to confirm the operation:

Example of the 'Enable' prompt.

A modal will present the result of the operation:

Example of a successful Enable operation.

Disable

Disable an enabled Scheduled Task by clicking the Action button and selecting Disable in the 'Control Center' section.

Disable a Scheduled Task using the 'Disable' action.

You will be prompted to confirm the operation:

Example of the 'Disable' prompt.

A modal will present the result of the operation:

Example of a successful Disable operation.

Run

Run the enabled Scheduled Task by clicking the Action button and selecting Run in the 'Control Center' section.

Invoke the scheduled task using the 'Run' action.

You will be prompted to confirm the operation:

Example of the 'Run' prompt.

A modal will present the result of the operation:

Example of a successful invocation.

Details

View details for the selected Scheduled Task Resource by clicking the Action button and selecting Details in the 'Control Center' section.

Open the details modal for the selected 'Scheduled Task' using the 'Details' action.

Next, click the option to present the modal.

Example of the 'Details' modal.

Edit thresholds

Edit monitoring thresholds by clicking the Action button and selecting Edit in the 'Control Center' section.

Edit thresholds using the Action button menu item.

Next, click the option to present the modal.

Example of editing monitoring thresholds for a selected 'Scheduled Task'.

You can manage the following monitoring properties:

• Warning – Number of days before Certificate expires to trigger the Warning alert
• Error – Number of days before Certificate expires to trigger the Error alert
• Error Codes – User-friendly description of this specific Certificate monitoring configuration

By default, the Agent evaluates the following values as state OK:

You can provide other values for state OK:

1. Add the Scheduled Task as a specific scheduled task (or use the Edit action from a Monitor View)
2. Add expected exit code(s) for this job

   Note

   Only the provided values in the list will now be used; Any other value returned will set the resource in the Error state

Click the Save button to persist changes.

Save button.

View History

View the history for the selected Scheduled Task Resource by clicking the Action button and selecting View History in the 'Control Center' section.

Open the history modal for the selected 'Scheduled Task' using the 'View History' action.

Next, click the option to present the modal.

History for a Scheduled Task as presented in a paged table.

Configuration

Note

Remote Server Prerequisites: Before configuring scheduled task monitoring for remote Windows Servers, ensure all prerequisites are met. See How to Monitor Remote Scheduled Tasks if you encounter issues.

Use Remote Configuration to manage Scheduled Task configuration.

Scheduled Tasks tab

Click the Scheduled Task General tab to manage Scheduled Tasks monitoring options.

Example of the 'Scheduled Tasks' tab.

• Enable Windows Scheduled Tasks Monitoring – When checked, Windows Scheduled Tasks are monitored for this Windows Server

Scheduled Task General Tab

Click the Scheduled Task General tab to manage monitoring options.

Example of the 'Scheduled Task General' tab.

• Polling Interval of scheduled tasks – Polling interval in seconds
• Warning Time Span – The longest allowed timespan since the last run (days.hours:minutes:seconds, e.g. 7.12:30:59)
• Error Time Span – The longest allowed timespan since the last run (days.hours:minutes:seconds, e.g. 7.12:30:59)

Scheduled Task Source Tab

Click the Source tab to manage include options.

Example of the 'Scheduled Task Source' tab.

• Include Disabled Scheduled Tasks – When checked, disabled scheduled tasks are monitored
• Include Scheduled Tasks in folder '\Microsoft\Windows' – When checked, internal Windows scheduled tasks are monitored

Specific scheduled tasks

You can configure named scheduled tasks with specific settings that override the global ones:

Example of specific 'Scheduled Task' configuration.

• Name – Name of the task for this specific configuration, e.g. \Folder\Task Name
• Warning time span – The longest allowed timespan since the last run (days.hours:minutes:seconds, e.g. 7.12:30:59)
• Error time span – The longest allowed timespan since the last run (days.hours:minutes:seconds, e.g. 7.12:30:59)

Exit Codes

You can specify further the expected exit codes for the scheduled task.

Example of exit codes for specific 'Scheduled Task' configuration.

• Exit code – HEX or decimal exit code for the task (default OK values are 0, -2147479295, 267009 or -2147023840)

Scheduled Task Options Tab

Click the Options tab to manage exclude options.

Example of the 'Scheduled Task Options' tab.

You can add multiple RegEx expressions to exclude scheduled tasks from monitoring.

• RegEx filter expression – RegEx will match with 'Folder\Task Name' of the scheduled task

Next Step

Add or manage Monitor View

Related Topics

Prerequisites for Windows Server Monitoring Agent
How to Monitor Remote Scheduled Tasks
Windows Server Monitoring Agent
Resources
Monitoring
Monitor Views