CA Client Automation - 14.0

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Specify Procedure Query

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Select a prerequisite query for allowing the execution of the software procedure from the available list.
Use a query to control the execution of a procedure. If the query condition is not fulfilled for a computer, the job for that computer is marked as failed.
 
Procedure Task
You can perform one of the following procedure tasks:
  • Install
    Installs the current software package.
  • Activate
    Triggers the product to run. An Activate task can be used to remotely trigger the start of a backup or archive program. Identify a procedure as an Activate task when the procedure does not fall under any of the other three categories or when performs a combination of the other three tasks.
  • Configure
    Reconfigures an existing installation.
  • Uninstall
    Removes an existing installation by removing the files, directories, subdirectories, and system file changes made during the installation of the software package in question.
Configure, Uninstall and customized Install and Activate tasks can be created by registering in-house command or batch files.
A software package cannot be installed twice on the same computer using the same procedure without being uninstalled first. Once the package has been installed, procedures with other tasks can be run.
External Procedure
If the current procedure is to be enabled for use when less data transfer between the domain manager and agent is needed, select External Procedure.
Note that an external procedure refers to existing file(s) on the target machine(s).
When you select such a procedure, you can state the file name with or without its full path. However, if you state only the file name, the file must be situated in the path of the target machine. (For Windows NT/2000/XP, this path is the combined System Environment path and User Environment path of the user account used when the software delivery agent was installed on the target machine.)
When the full path is not used, and there is more than one file on the target machine having the same file name, the file that is found first via the path search is executed.