Server Tasks

With Verify Privilege Manager v11.2.0, UTC support on task schedules has been deprecated. IBM Security recommends to disable UTC on any configured task schedules.

Component Based List of Default Tasks

Component	Task	Description
Application Control	Get Security Rating for File	Get/update the security rating for the given file.
	Get Security Ratings for Files	Get/update the security ratings for the given files.
	Refresh Security Rating Reports	Refreshes old security rating reports for resources rated by the given provider.
Application Control Cylance
Email Tasks	Send Gauge Summary E-mail Task	Send a specific report on a schedule.
File Inventory	Inventory File	Run this task to collect detailed information on the selected file for reports, filters, etc.
	Inventory File Resource	Run this task to update information on an existing file resource for reports, filters, etc.
	Inventory Package	Run this task to scan the contents of a package and report detailed information on files it contains for reports, filters, etc.
	Inventory Package with Exclusions	Run this task to scan the contents of a package and report detailed information on files it contains for reports, filters, etc.
	Inventory Packages	Run this task to scan the contents of a list of packages and report detailed information on files it contains for reports, filters, etc.
	Inventory Packages Referenced in Allow Lists	Run this task to collect detailed information for files contained in packages referenced in one or more allow lists.
	Inventory Uploaded File	This task is used internally to collect detailed information from files uploaded remotely to the server. It is visible only for status information and troubleshooting.
Foreign Systems
	Refer to	Directory Services for details on the following Directory Services Tasks
Directory Services	Import Directory	Run this task to import/update directory OUs, users, and containers.
	Import Directory Computers	Run this task to import/update directory computer resources.
	Import Directory Sites	Run this task to import/update directory sites.
	Import Specific Azure AD Users and Groups	Import specific users and groups from Azure Active Directory.
	Synchronize Organizational Unit Server Task	Synchronize Organizational Unit Server Task.
	Update OU Directory Scope Collections Membership	This task updates the membership of Directory Services OU scope collections.
	Update OU Directory Scope Collections Membership 2	This task updates the membership of Directory Services OU scope collections.
DS - Maintenance	Delete Imported Azure AD Resources	This task will delete users, groups, and devices from Verify Privilege Manager that were imported from Azure AD.
	Refer to	Directory Services Maintenance for details on the following Directory Services Maintenance Tasks
	Delete Imported Directory Resources	This task will delete users, groups, computers, OUs, and Sites from Verify Privilege Manager that were imported from AD.
	Merge Computers with Duplicate Azure Device IDs	This task will merge computers with duplicate Azure AD Device IDs.
	Merge Duplicate Account SID Resources	Run this task to merge resources that have a duplicate account SID.
	OU Directory Scope Collection Update	This task updates the membership of Directory Services OU scope collections based on a selected Schedule Type.
	Update OU Directory Scope Collections Membership	This task updates the membership of Directory Services OU scope collections.
	Update OU Directory Scope Collections Membership 2	This task updates the membership of Directory Services OU scope collections.
Obsolete	Import Azure Ad Users/Groups	This task is obsolete and should not be used anymore.
	SCCM	Tasks here let you synchronize users, computers, and specific SCCM collection.
	ServiceNow	Creates ServiceNow Approval Request items.
	Symantec Management Platform	Tasks here let you synchronize SMP collections and package(s).
	Syslog	Creates tasks to send events to the configured syslog server based on specific templates.
Local Security	Update Primary User	Updates the primary user for the given computer resource.
	Update Primary User for Collection	Updates the primary user for each computer in the given collection.
Thycotic One Users	Sync users with Thycotic One	Run this task to synchronize PM users with a Thycotic One instance.
Security	Rebuild Item Security Cache	Run this task to mark all entries in the item security cache as invalid, forcing a rebuild.
	Refresh Agent Secrets	Run this task to refresh the agent secrets that were generated before the given max age.
	Revoke Agent Secrets	Run this task to revoke the secrets from one or more agents.
	Revoke Secrets from All Agents	Run this task to revoke the secrets from all agents.
	Set Security Rating	Run this task to manually set the security rating (used in filters) for the selected files.
	Update Security Ratings for Resource	Run this task to update the security ratings (used in filters) for the given resources using the given rating system.
Utility	Delete Item	This task will delete an item, and optionally dependent children.
	Reset Licensing	This task will reset licensing, deleting all installed license keys.
	Update Server Gauge State	This task will update the state of a server gauge.
	Merge Duplicate Resources	This task will identify and merge Computers, Domain Users and Domain Groups with duplicate attributes, based on the Auto-Merge Computer settings in the Advanced Configuration.
	Merge Specific Resources	This task will merge one or more resources into a selected target resource, regardless of whether they have any duplicate data.