Applicable to:
- Plesk for Linux
- Plesk for Windows
Question
How to check Daily Maintenance Task execution time?
Answer
The behavior is configured by /etc/crontab file:
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Connect to the server via SSH.
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List the task execution time:
# grep "cron.daily" /etc/crontab
9 2 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )In this case, Plesk Maintenance task is executed on 02:09 AM every day.
Daily Task script is run by /etc/cron.daily/50plesk-daily script. To see the time of execution cron.daily jobs, check /etc/cron.d/dailyjobs:
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Connect to the server via SSH.
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List the task execution time:
# grep -rin "/etc/cron.daily" /etc/cron.d/dailyjobs
9 2 * * * root [ ! -f /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron ] && run-parts /etc/cron.daily \In this case, Plesk Maintenance task is executed on 02:09 AM every day.
Note: If /etc/cron.d/dailyjobs is missing, check /etc/anacrontab (See CloudLinux section below).
Execution time is configured in /etc/anacrontab by the parameter START_HOURS_RANGE :
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Connect to the server via SSH.
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List the task execution time:
# grep -E "START_HOURS_RANGE|cron.daily" /etc/anacrontab
START_HOURS_RANGE=3-22
1 5 cron.daily nice run-parts /etc/cron.daily
Note: the second column. It means that with a parameter START_HOURS_RANGE= 3-22, cron.daily scripts will be run on 03:05 AM.
Daily Maintenance Task is configured in Windows Task Scheduler:
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Connect to the server via RDP.
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Open Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Task Scheduler > Task Scheduler Library.
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Find a task with a name
Plesk Scheduler Task #{UUID}and a descriptionDaily script task.
Comments
2 comments
Hello,
The Answer for CentOS/RedHat may need an update. On CentOS 7, I believe, the cron.daily tasks are scheduled in "/etc/anacrontab".
Best Regards,
Bob
Hello @Bob B!
Please let me clarify that Anacron service may be installed or not in initilal Centos/RedHat OS.
The initial file for running tasks is /etc/cron.d/dailyjobs.
This file contains the following lines:
23 3 * * * root [ ! -f /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron ] && run-parts /etc/cron.daily
The script checks if Anacron file /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron persists. If the file is missing, /etc/cron.daily runs.
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