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Jobs and schedules

MiniPAM represents background and agent work as jobs. A job records its request type, handler, status, creator, related resource, duration, failure reason, parent/child structure, and structured log entries.

Run and inspect jobs

Open Discovery → Job runs, choose an agent, and start one of the requests supported by that agent. Use text and structured filters to narrow history. Selecting a job opens its details and logs; active logs update through server-sent events.

Some completed discovery jobs offer follow-up import actions. These create separate server-side import jobs, preserving the original observation and the resulting inventory change as distinct work.

Schedule recurring work

Open Discovery → Schedules to create work from handlers registered by the server. Depending on the handler, schedules use either a cron expression and timezone or an interval. They also carry a start time and handler-specific arguments.

From the schedule directory you can:

  • create and edit user-managed schedules;
  • pause and resume a schedule;
  • run it immediately without waiting for its next trigger;
  • inspect the underlying handler and arguments;
  • delete user-managed schedules.

System-managed schedules are visible but intentionally restrict destructive changes.

Start conservatively

Use narrow scan targets and longer intervals first. Inspect run duration and failure history before increasing frequency or scope.