Creating tasks

In Kaspersky Security Center, you can create tasks that allow you to centrally manage the Kaspersky Security application. There is no need to create tasks that allow you to manage the application locally on protected virtual machines; such tasks are created automatically. You can configure the local tasks settings in the Light Agent for Windows local interface and using the command line.

To create a task in the Administration Console:

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
2. Do one of the following:
   • To create a task for SVMs or virtual machines within the selected administration group, select the folder with the name of this administration group in the console tree and in the workspace select the Tasks tab.
   • To create a task for one or more SVMs or virtual machines (tasks for a set of devices), select the Tasks folder in the console tree.
3. Click the New task button to start the New Task Wizard.
4. At the first step of the wizard, select the Kaspersky Security management MMC plug-in for which you want to create a task and the type of task.

   Proceed to the next step of the New Task Wizard.

5. If you started the New Task Wizard from the Tasks folder, specify the method of selecting SVMs or virtual machines for which you are creating the task. You can select SVMs or virtual machines from the list of devices detected by the Administration Server, manually specify the addresses of SVMs or virtual machines, import the list of SVMs or virtual machines from a file, or specify a previously configured selection of devices (for details, refer to the Kaspersky Security Center help). Depending on the specified method of selecting SVMs or virtual machines, perform one of the following operations in the window that opens:
   • In the list of detected devices, specify SVMs or virtual machines for which you want to create the task. To do so, select the check boxes in the list, on the left of the device names.
   • Click the Add or Add IP range button and specify the addresses of SVMs or virtual machines manually.
   • Click the Import button, and in the window that opens select a TXT file with the list of addresses of SVMs or virtual machines.
   • Click Browse and in the window that opens specify the name of the selection containing SVMs or virtual machines for which you want to create the task.

   Proceed to the next step of the New Task Wizard.

6. Configure the available task settings following the instructions of the New Task Wizard.

   If you want the task to start as soon as the wizard finishes, at the last step of the wizard, select the Run task when the wizard is complete check box.

7. Finish the wizard.