vSphere tasks are activities and actions that occur on an object within the vSphere inventory. What to read next Managing TasksTasks represent system activities that do not complete immediately, such as migrating a virtual machine. They are initiated by high-level activities that you perform with the vSphere Web Client in real time and activities that you schedule to occur at a later time or on a recurring basis. Schedule TasksYou can schedule tasks to run once in the future or multiple times, at a recurring interval.