Users Guide

the iDRAC and select the group you would like to onboard from the drop down list to join that group. You can access the
GroupManager welcome screen from iDRAC index page.
Table 38. Group onboard options
Option Description
Onboard and Change Login Select a specific row and select the Onboard and Change
Login option to get the newly discovered systems to the
group. You must provide the admin logon credentials for the
new systems to join the group. If the system has the default
password, you need to change it while onboarding it to a
group.
Group onboarding allows you to apply the same group alert
settings to the new systems.
Ignore Allows you to ignore the systems from the discovered servers
list, in case you do not want to add them in any group.
Un-Ignore Allows you to select the systems that you would like to
reinstate in the discovered servers list.
Rescan Allows you to scan and generate the list of discovered servers
at any time.
Jobs View
Jobs view allows the user to track the progress of a group job, helps with simple recovery steps to correct connectivity induced
failures. It also shows the history of the last group actions that were performed as an audit log. The user can use the jobs view
to track the progress of the action across the group or to cancel an action that is schedule to occur in the future. The Jobs view
allows the user to view the status of the last 50 jobs that have been run and any success or failures that has occurred.
Table 39. Jobs View
Option Description
Status Shows the job's status and the state of the ongoing job.
Job Displays the Job's name.
ID Displays the Job's ID.
Start Time Displays the start time.
End Time Displays the end time.
Actions
● Cancel — A scheduled job can be cancelled, before it
moves to running state. A running job can be stopped by
using the stop button.
● Rerun — Allows the user to rerun the job in case the job is
in failure state.
● Remove — Allows the user to remove the completed old
jobs.
Export You can export the group job information to the local system
for future references. The jobs list can be exported to csv file
format. It contains data related to individual job.
NOTE: For each job entry, the list of systems provide details up to 100 systems. Each system entry contains Hostname,
Service Tag, Member Job Status and Message if in case the job failed.
All Group actions that create jobs are performed on all the group members with immediate effect. You can perform the following
tasks:
● Add/Edit/Remove users
● Configure email alerts
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