CA Client Automation - 14.0

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The Jobs pane lists the following information about the jobs performed in the system.
  • Asset and Software Jobs
  • Software Jobs
  • OS Installations
  • Software Distributions (Enterprise Manager only)
You define these properties in the Express Action interface while creating appropriate tasks.
Asset and Software
You can review and manage the jobs.
  • Overview
    Overview displays the following information:
    • Name
      This parameter indicates a list of the software items in the job container.
    • Status
      This parameter indicates the status of the job.
    • Properties
      This parameter displays the following information:
    • Job type
      This parameter displays the job type.
    • Description
      This parameter displays the job name and description.
    • Script
      This parameter displays the script for execution.
    • Scheduling
      This parameter displays the current scheduling.
    • Job View
      This parameter displays information about the job, such as Name, Deliver Time, Activation Time, Order State, Progress, and Status Message. If you click a job , it opens the Target in the Job View. The information is displayed for Target, Task, Start Time, State, % Sent, and Status Message.
    • Target View
      This parameter displays the information such as Name, Status, and Progress.
      Clicking the Target Name navigates to another page that displays additional information about the job, such as Software, Procedure, Task, Completion Time, Order, State, Ordered By, and Status Message.
    • Renewals
      This parameter displays information for Name, State, Created, and Filed By.
    • Properties
      The Properties section is divided into the following two subsections:
    • Job Container
      This parameter displays the information about the job container such as job container name, job container creation information, job linkage information, and custom administrator message.
    • Jobs
      The Jobs section is divided into the following three subsections.
      • Jobs
        This option lists the job-related details, for example, Job name, Software, Procedure, and User Message.
        You cannot define a custom administrator message for a job using the Web Console. So, the User Message field displays the message that is associated with the job in the DSM Explorer using the software delivery functionality.
      • Procedure Options
        This option displays the procedure-inherited options for a job, for example, activation time, user access ability, Boot level before execution (Windows PC only) which includes Run; Restart machine; Log off user, and Boot level after execution (Windows PC only) which includes None; Restart machine; Log off user; Restart last job; Log off last job; Shutdown Machine After Last Job.
      • Job Options
        This option displays job-specific options, for example, Use delivery calendar, User parameters, and Resolve Query Groups.
Software Jobs
Software Jobs node lists all the software jobs on Domain Manager and the jobs distributed from Enterprise Manager to Domain Manager. This node is available on Domain Manager only.
The following information displayed are read-only:
  • Name
    This parameter displays names of the listed job containers.
    If you click a job container, tabs are displayed:
    • Home
      :
      The Home tab displays information about the job container. For parameter details, see Job Container Properties.
    • Jobs
      : The Jobs tab displays the list of jobs and related properties that are part of the container.
      • Name
        : This parameter displays name of the listed jobs. If you click the name of a job, 4 tabs are displayed.
        • Home
          : For parameter details, see Job.
        • Procedure Options
          : For parameter details, see Procedure Options.
        • Job Options
          : For parameter details, see
           Job Options.
        • Targets:
          The Targets tab displays the list of job container targets.
          • Name
            : This parameter displays name of the target. If you click the Name of a target, 2 tabs are displayed:
            • Home
              : The Home tab displays the specific job target properties.
            • Job output
              : The Job output tab displays the output trace of the procedure executing the job.
          • Task
            : This parameter displays the type of activity performed on the target like configuring, installing, repairing, or uninstalling.
          • State
            : This parameter displays current execution status of the job on the target.
          • % Sent
            : This parameter displays the percentage of job transfer progress to the target.
          • Status Message
            : This parameter displays the job execution status on the target.
          • Start Time
            : This parameter displays the time at which the job execution should start.
          • Creation Time
            : This parameter displays the time at which the job execution is created.
          • Completion Time
            : This parameter displays the time at which the job execution is complete.
          • Comment
            : This parameter displays custom description of the job.
          • Ordered By
            : This parameter displays user name of the job creator.
      • State
        : This parameter displays current status of the job.
      • Order
        : This parameter displays order at which the jobs has to be executed.
      • Deliver Time
        : This parameter displays time at which the job has to be delivered to the target.
      • Activation Time
        : This parameter displays time at which the job has to be activated or start execution at the target.
      • Creation Time
        : This parameter displays time at which the job is created on the Manager system.
      • Status Message
        : This parameter displays the current status of the job like Ok, Error, Active, or Waiting.
    • Targets:
      The Targets tab displays the list of job container targets.
      • Name:
        This parameter displays the name of the target at which the jobs are executed. For information about displayed tabs, refer the earlier mentioned details.
        If you click on a name listed under
        Software
        , 2 tabs are displayed:
        • Home
          : The Home tab displays the specific job target properties.
        • Job Output
          : The Job output tab displays the output trace of the procedure executing the job.
      • Status:
        This parameter displays the current status of the job for the target like Ok, Active, Error, or Waiting.
  • State
    This parameter displays the current status of the listed job container.
  • Priority
    This parameter displays the priority defined for job execution.
  • Creation Time
    This parameter displays the date and time of creation of the listed job container.
  • Filed By
    This parameter displays the user who created the job container.
Jobs can be filtered based on Category which specifies whether a job is Domain Job, Catalog Job, Enterprise, or System Job.
OS Installations
You can view all current and planned OS installations. Select an OS image or job, modify the parameters from the list of OSIM parameters, and perform appropriate actions.
On the OS installations page, you can perform the following actions:
  • View, edit and manage OS installations.
  • Edit target group and its properties.
  • Schedule and activate OS installations.
  • Install, stop, abort, and renew OS installations.
Software Distributions (Enterprise Manager only)
Software Distributions displays all scheduled and completed distributions of containers. A distribution is a container of orders that are executed at the enterprise.
  • Name
    This parameter displays the name of the listed distribution containers.
    If you click a container, 2 tabs are displayed.
    • Home
      : The Home tab shows information about the distribution container.
      • Name
        : This parameter displays name of the distribution container.
      • Creation Time
        : This parameter displays the time at which the distribution container is created.
      • Status
        : This parameter displays current status of the distribution container.
      • Priority
        : This parameter displays priority of the distribution container.
      • Scheduled send time
        : This parameter displays job distribution time to the Domain Manager.
      • Domain Status OK
        : This parameter displays number of domains that have received the container without errors.
      • Domain Status Error
        : This parameter displays number of domains that could not receive the container due to some problem or error.
      • Domain Status Active
        : This parameter displays number of domains for which distribution is in progress.
      • Domain Status Waiting
        : This parameter displays number of domains for which distribution has not yet started.
    • Domains
      : The Domains tab shows the list of target domains.
      • Domain
        : This parameter displays the list of target domains and related properties for the distribution container. If you click a target domain, 2 tabs are displayed:
        • Home
          : The Home tab displays details of the selected domain.
        • Order
          : The Order tab displays the list of distribution orders for selected distribution container and domain.
          Sometimes an order can be a container as well. Click an order that has a hyperlink. The page shows the list of jobs that are part of the container.
      • Location
        : This parameter displays the domain location.
      • % Sent
        :
        This parameter shows the percentage of distribution completed.
      • Status
        : This parameter displays status of the distribution to a domain.
      • Status Data
        : This parameter displays message of the status, if any.
  • Distributed Time
    This parameter displays the date and time when the software is distributed from the enterprise.
  • Status
    This parameter displays the current state of the container.
  • Priority
    This parameter displays the priority defined for software distribution.