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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Creating a Task

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»About Default Polling Tasks
Creating a Task
»Navigating the All Scheduled Tasks Page
»Scheduling a Task
»Task Results List
»Stopping a Task
»Deleting Task Results
»Applying a Time Filter
»Task Status Types
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Command Line Interface
» Default Tools
» Related Topics

Create a task to execute a tool on specific systems or events.

If multiple users are accessing a task simultaneously, the changes from the last user to edit the task are saved. For example, if User1 and User2 sign into HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) with full-configuration-rights and User1 is editing a task while User2 is deleting the same task, then when User1 tries to save the edited task, a message appears, indicating that the task does not represent an object in the system. User1 is unable to save the edited task.

To create a task:

  1. Select a tool from the menu. The Select Target Systems page appears.

    Note: The Verify Target Systems page appears if targets are selected before selecting a tool.

  2. To add targets, select a group from the dropdown list. The contents of the selected group appear and can be selected as targets or to select the collection itself, select Select Name of Collection itself.

    Note: Selecting Select "collection” itself results in better performance overall when running the task on all systems in the collection.

  3. Click [Apply]. The targets appear in the Verify Target Systems section.

    Note: If any selected targets are not compatible with the tool, the Tool Launch OK? column provides a brief explanation of the problem. To remove a target, select the target’s checkbox and then click [Remove Targets].

  4. Select one of the following options:

    • Click [Add Targets] to add more targets to the Target System List.

    • To remove a target, select the target’s checkbox and then click [Remove Targets].

    • Click [Next] to specify tool parameters and to schedule the task.

  5. Specify tool parameters. If the tool does not require any parameters, [Next] is replaced with [Schedule] and [Run Now] buttons. The [Schedule] option is only present if the tool can be scheduled.

  6. Select one of the following options:

    • Click [Previous] to return to the previous screen.

    • Click [Schedule] to schedule when the task should run. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Scheduling a Task for more information about scheduling options.

    • Click [Run Now] to run the task immediately.

Command Line Interface

Use the mxexec command to execute tools immediately and the mxtask command to schedule tasks for later. Perform this task from the command line interface (CLI). For assistance with this command, refer to the HP-UX or Linux manpage by entering man mxexec at the command line or refer to the Windows command line help. Refer to Getting Started - Using Command Line Interface Commands for information on accessing the manpage.

Default Tools

Related Topics

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Managing with Tasks
» Managing with Tasks - Navigating the All Scheduled Tasks Page