Period Element
Specifies how often the task needs to be started during Automatic maintenance.
The format for this string is PnYnMnDTnHnMnS, where nY is the number of years, nM is the number of months, nD is the number of days, T is the date/time separator, nH is the number of hours, nM is the number of minutes, and nS is the number of seconds (for example, "PT5M" specifies 5 minutes and "P1M4DT2H5M" specifies one month, four days, two hours, and five minutes). The minimum value is one minute. For more information about the duration type, see XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition.
<xs:element name="Period"
maxOccurs="1"
minOccurs="1"
>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction
base="duration"
>
<xs:minInclusive
value="P1D"
/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
The Period element is defined by the maintenanceSettingsType complex type.
Parent element
Element | Derived from | Description |
---|---|---|
MaintenanceSettings (maintenanceSettingsType) | maintenanceSettingsType | Specifies the task settings the Task scheduler will use to start task during Automatic maintenance. |
Remarks
For C++ programming, this idle setting is specified using the IMaintenanceSettings::Period property.
Examples
The following XML defines maintenance task with periodicity requirement set to 5 days.
<MaintenanceSettings>
<Period>P5D</Period>
</MaintenanceSettings>
Requirements
Requirement | Value |
---|---|
Minimum supported client |
Windows 8 [desktop apps only] |
Minimum supported server |
Windows Server 2012 [desktop apps only] |