HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

11 Managing with tasks
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) enables you to manage systems and events by scheduling and executing
tasks. Tasks are actions performed using an HP SIM tool . Task instances are an executed single instance of
a task .
Users can:
• Create their own variation of a task
• Schedule a task
• Modify a task they created
• Delete a task
• Stop an executing task
• Track task status
Task information is available by selecting:
• Tasks & Logs→View All Scheduled Tasks
or
• Tasks & Logs→View Task Results
User privileges
The list of tasks that a user can see is based on the user's configuration and access level. All users are allowed
to edit, delete, and view the tasks they created. A user with full configuration rights is allowed to edit, delete,
and view tasks other users created.
NOTE: HP SIM provides some system delivered tasks or default tasks. These tasks can be disabled or have
their schedules modified but cannot be removed or reassigned to another user. HP SIM requires these tasks
to provide a complete picture of the systems that are being monitored.
See “Users and authorizations” for more information on user privileges and configuration rights.
Related procedures
• Creating a task
• Scheduling a task
• Running a scheduled task
• Stopping a task
• Deleting task results
• Printing reports
• Editing a scheduled task
• Deleting a scheduled task
• Viewing task results
Related topics
• About default polling tasks
• Navigating the All Scheduled Tasks page
• Applying a time filter
• Task status types
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