Task Scheduler - delay next action

[smurfomatic]

I've been playing around with Task Scheduler to notify me by email when certain errors occur on our HyperV host (specifically at the moment, replication errors). This is all set up and works fine.

 

However, I get a notification based on every time a particular error is recorded to the event log, meaning once there's a problem I get emails for every VM, about every thirty seconds. Great - I know there's a problem but I'm getting drowned under the email traffic...

 

Is there any way to get a scheduled task to "pause" for a period of time after it's been triggered? I've looked through the settings but can't find anything. Ideally, the task would do something like this:

 

Trigger - send email

Trigger

Trigger

Trigger

Trigger

(etc)

One hour later...

Trigger - send email

 

Once an hour is fine, once every ten seconds is crazy. Any suggestions?

[Steve21]

Put 2 tasks for the action, one being a BAT file that sleeps for X time.

 

Turn the setting on in the advanced pane not to start a new instance if one is already running.

 

Just means the task will take X minutes/time to stop and won't trigger again during it

 

Steve

[smurfomatic]

Thanks Steve, one of those simple solutions you should think of but miss it because you're too busy trying other things!

[Steve21]

Its pikey but it works haha

 

Steve