HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

• Owner. This field displays the user name that owns the task.
• Command. This field displays the command used to run the task.
• Target. This field displays the name of the target collection or systems that the task executed on.
If you run a custom command tool or a MSA tool, this field displays the CMS system name. With
custom command and MSA tools, the executables reside on the CMS and are run from the CMS
to the remote system. Therefore, the Target for these types of commands are always shown as the
CMS.
The remaining tool types (SSA, Automation, and so on) have the actual targets the tool ran on
listed in the Target field. This value might be a single system, multiple systems (comma-separated),
or the name of the collection selected for the task. If the Target is a collection or multiple systems,
the target value becomes a hyperlink. Click the hyperlink to display the contents of the collection
or the complete list of systems if the Target field displays a partial comma-separated list of the
target systems.
• Executed As. This field displays the user context where the tools were executed.
• Start time. This field displays the time the task started.
• End time. This field displays the time the task ended.
• Duration. This field displays the time that the task took to run.
The list of task instances is based on user privileges and access levels. Users with administrative rights can
view all task instances known to the system.
Related topics
• Creating a task
• Managing with tasks
Navigating the All Scheduled Tasks page
The All Scheduled Tasks page displays the tasks scheduled to run at periodic times or based on event
criteria. A scheduled task can also have a schedule of not scheduled, which means that the task is listed
but runs only when manually executed by a user .
To see task information, select Tasks & Logs→View All Scheduled Tasks, and then select a task by
clicking the task row. See:
• “Run now”
• “Enable/Disable”
• “Edit”
• “Delete”
• “View task results”
NOTE: If multiple users access a task simultaneously, the changes made by the last user who edited the
task are saved. For example, if User1 and User2 signin to HP SIM with administrative rights , and User1 is
editing a task while User2 is deleting the task, when User1 tries to save the edited task a message appears
indicating that the task does not represent an object in the system and User1 cannot save the edited task.
User privileges
The list of tasks that a user can see is based on the user's privileges. All users can edit, delete, and view the
tasks they have created. With administrative rights, a user can edit, delete, and view tasks other users have
created.
Run now
Run a task to initiate a task instance. (Running a task executes a tool on specific systems or events. For more
information, see “Running a scheduled task”.
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