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Using Tasks
You may add, delete and change tasks from the Tasks window. The Tasks window lists all tasks configured in the DSView management software system and allows you to manually run tasks.
Using the Tasks Window
To display the Tasks window:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
Customizing the Tasks window
The following fields may be displayed in the Tasks window: Use the Customize link to add or remove fields in the display. See
Using the Customize link in windows on page 27.
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Runs On - Server(s) on which the task will run.
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Next Run - Next date and time on which the task is scheduled to run. This field will be blank for a task scheduled on a remote DSView server.
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Last Run - Date and time of the last run of the task. This field will be blank for a task scheduled on a remote DSView server.
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Schedule - How often and when the task is scheduled.
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Status - Status of a task. An icon in the Name column also indicates the task status.
Task Status Icons
Icon Task
Idle - Task is not currently running
Running - Task is currently running
Stopping - Task has run but has not completely stopped
Disabled - Task was prevented from executing
Remote - Task is scheduled on a remote DSView server
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Adding tasks
You may use the Add Task Wizard to run the following tasks:
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Backup the DSView software database and system files
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Configure SNMP trap settings on appliance
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Control power of target devices
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Export assets report to comma separated values (.csv) file
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Export event log to comma separated values (.csv) file
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Export usage report to comma separated values (.csv) file
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Send IPMI chassis control command to target devices
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Test modem connections to selected units
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Upgrade firmware of selected appliances of the same type
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Validate external authentication server user accounts
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Pull names from selected units
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Update topology for selected units
Specifying when to run tasks
You may choose to run tasks at the following times:
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Run task now - Runs the task immediately after you click Finish when adding the task in the
Add Task Wizard. The Status column will indicate Running and the running icon will appear to the left of the task name.
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One time only - Runs the task once at a specific time on a specific date.
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Periodic - Runs the task a certain number of times per hour or day, beginning at a specific time on a specific date.
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Daily - Runs the task once every day, once Monday-Friday or regularly for a certain number of days (every 2 days, every 3 days and so on), beginning at a specific time on a specific date.
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Weekly - Runs the task once each week or regularly over a certain number of weeks (every 2 weeks, every 3 weeks and so on), beginning at a specific time on a specific date. You may also specify which days you wish for the task to run.
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Monthly - Runs the task once each month or regularly over a certain number of months (every
2 months, every 3 months and so on) beginning at a specific time on a specific date. You may also specify specific months for the task to run.
To run a task periodically:
1. In the Select When to Run the Task window of the Add Task Wizard, click Periodic.
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2. The Specify Periodic Schedule window will open.
a. Select the hour, minute and AM or PM to indicate when to begin running the task.
b. Click
Every (minutes) and select a number of minutes or click Every (hours) and select a number of hours.
c. Click on the calendar button or the field to the left of the calendar button and select a date to begin running the task. To use the calendar:
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Click on the year and select a year.
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Click on the month name and select a month or use the arrows at the top of the calendar to move forward and backward by month.
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Click on a day in the calendar to close the calendar and fill the field to the left of the calendar with the date you have selected.
To run a task daily:
1. In the Select When to Run the Task window of the Add Task Wizard, click
Daily.
2. The Specify Daily Schedule window will open.
a. Select the hour, minute and AM or PM to indicate when to begin running the task.
b. Click Every Day to run the task each day of the week (Sunday-Saturday).
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Click Weekdays to run the task once each weekday (Monday-Friday).
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Click Every (days) and select the number of consecutive days (1-365).
c. Click on the calendar button or the field to the left of the calendar button and select a date to begin running the task. To use the calendar:
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Click on the year and select a year.
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Click on the month name and select a month or use the arrows at the top of the calendar to move forward and backward by month.
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Click on a day in the calendar to close the calendar and fill the field to the left of the calendar with the date you have selected.
To run a task weekly:
1. In the Select When to Run the Task window of the Add Task Wizard, click Weekly.
2. The Specify Weekly Schedule window will open.
a. Select the hour, minute and AM or PM to indicate when to begin running the task.
b. Click Every (weeks) and select the number of consecutive weeks (1-52).
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Ctrl while clicking on the weeks.
d. Click on the calendar button or the field to the left of the calendar button and select a date to begin running the task. To use the calendar:
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Click on the year and select a year.
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Click on the month name and select a month or use the arrows at the top of the calendar to move forward and backward by month.
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Click on a day in the calendar. The calendar will close and fill the field to the left of the calendar with the selected date.
To run a task monthly:
1. In the Select When to Run the Task window of the Add Task Wizard, click
Monthly.
2. The Specify Monthly Schedule window will open.
a. Select the hour, minute and AM or PM to indicate when to begin running the task.
b. Click Day and select the day of the month to run the task.
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Click The and select a week and a day of the week to run the task. For example, if you wish to run the task each second Tuesday of the month, select second from the first menu and Tuesday from the second menu.
c. Select the month to run the task from the list box. Multiple months may be selected by pressing Ctrl while clicking on the months.
d. Click on the calendar button or the field to the left of the calendar button and select a date to begin running the task. To use the calendar:
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Click on the year and select a year.
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Click on the month name and select a month or use the arrows at the top of the calendar to move forward and backward by month.
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Click on a day in the calendar. The calendar will close and fill the field to the left of the calendar with the selected date.
Adding Tasks Using the Add Task Wizard
Tasks may be added only by DSView™ software administrators.
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Task: Backup DSView software database and system files
This task creates a compressed .zip file containing a backup of your DSView software system. The backup file contains everything necessary to fully restore the DSView software hub server. The backup file is named dsviewBackup.zip by default, but you may also append the date and time to the end of the backup filename.
If a backup is restored to a server with a different IP address, managed appliances may not be able to authenticate until the new DSView server IP address has been programmed into the managed appliances.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see
Running tasks manually on page 347. You may also create a backup manually; see
Backing up and Restoring Hub Servers
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click
Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select
Backup DSView database and system files from the drop-down menu. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task, then click Next. See
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334.
6. The Specify DSView System Backup Properties dialog box will appear.
a. Type the directory location in which to create the system backup, which may be a physical local drive on the DSView server or a shared network location specified by a
UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path. The Location field cannot be set to a mapped network drive. The directory name must be entered in case sensitive text if your operating system supports case sensitive filenames.
b. If the specified directory location is a network path that requires a login, enable the Login required to access shared drive location checkbox. Then type the username and password and confirm the password of a user account that has read/write access to the network share location.
c. To encrypt the created system backup file, enable the Encrypt Backup File checkbox, then type a password to lock and unlock the encrypted file.
d. To append the date and time (in military time) to the end of the system backup filename, enable the Use date and time for file naming checkbox. For example, if you are creating
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If a system backup file already exists in the specified directory and this option is not enabled, the existing backup file will be overwritten when the new backup file is created.
7. Click Finish.
Task: Configure SNMP trap settings on a managed appliance
This task turns SNMP traps on or off for one or more managed appliances of a particular type. To specify SNMP trap settings for other types of managed appliances, you must create additional tasks.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see
Running tasks manually on page 347. You may also configure SNMP trap settings manually; see
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select Configure SNMP trap settings on appliance from the drop-down menu. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334), then click Next.
6. The Select Unit Group window will open. Select
All Appliances or select a unit group, then click
Next.
7. The Select Appliance Type window will open. Select the type of managed appliance for which to configure SNMP traps, then click Next.
8. The Select Appliances window will open. Select one or more managed appliances from the
Available Appliances list, then click Add. The unit(s) will be moved to the Appliances to
Configure list. Then click Next.
9. The Configure SNMP Traps window will open. Change the trap state by selecting one of the following from each trap menu, then click
Next.
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No Change - uses the trap on/off state already configured.
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Enable - turns the trap on.
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Disable - turns the trap off.
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Click one of the following buttons:
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No Change All - uses the on/off states already configured.
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Enable All - turns all traps on.
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Disable All - turns all traps off.
10. Click
Finish.
Task: Exporting an event log .csv file
This task exports selected fields from the DSView software system event log to a .csv file. The exported event log may be stored on a local or network drive. The event log is named eventlog.csv
by default, but you may also append the date and time to the end of the event log. The output .csv
file may be viewed in a text editor or spreadsheet application, such as Microsoft Excel.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select Export event log to a comma separated values (.CSV) file from the drop-down menu.
Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334), then click Next.
6. The Specify Export Event Log Properties window will open.
a. Type the directory in which to create the event log, which may be a physical local drive on the DSView server or at a shared network location specified by a UNC path. The location cannot be set to a mapped network drive.The directory name must be entered in case sensitive text if your operating system supports case sensitive filenames.
b. If the specified directory location is a network drive that requires a log in, enable the Login required to access shared drive location checkbox. Then, type the username and password and confirm the password of a user account that has read/write access to the network share location.
c. To append the date and time (in military time) to the end of the event log file, enable the
>Use date and time for file naming checkbox. For example, if you are creating the event log file on October 1, 2005 at 10:04 pm, the file created will be named eventlog1001052204.csv.
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If an event log exists in the specified directory and you do not enable this option, it will be overwritten when the new event log is created.
d. Click Next.
7. The Select Event Log Columns to Export window will open.
8. To add one or more columns to export, select the column(s) from the Available Columns list, then click Add. The column(s) will be moved to the Columns to Export list.
9. To remove one or more columns to export, select the column(s) from the Columns to Export list, then click Remove. The column(s) will be moved to the Available Columns list.
10. To change the order in which exported columns are listed in the output .csv file, select one or more columns in the Columns to Export list and use the up and down arrows to move the selected columns up or down in the listing.
11. Click Finish.
Task: Exporting an Asset Report to a .csv file
This task exports Asset Report data from the DSView software system to a .csv file. The exported file may be stored on a local or network drive. The exported report is named assetreport.csv by default, but you may also append the date and time to the end of the file. The output .csv file may be viewed in a text editor or spreadsheet application, such as Microsoft Excel.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see
Running tasks manually on page 347.
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select Export Asset Report to a comma separated values (.CSV) file from the drop-down menu. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334), then click Next.
6. The Specify Export Asset Report Properties window opens.
a. Type the directory in which to create the file, which may be a physical local drive on the
DSView server or at a shared network location specified by a UNC path. The location cannot be set to a mapped network drive.The directory name must be entered in case sensitive text if your operating system supports case sensitive filenames.
b. If the specified directory location is a network drive that requires a log in, enable the Login required to access shared drive location checkbox. Then, type the username and
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password and confirm the password of a user account that has read/write access to the network share location.
c. To append the date and time (in military time) to the end of the file name, enable the Use date and time for file naming checkbox. For example, if you are creating the file on
October 1, 2010 at 10:04 pm, the file created will be named assetreport1001102204.csv.
If an exported report file exists in the specified directory and you do not enable this option, it will be overwritten when the new file is created.
7. Click
Finish.
Task: Exporting a Usage Report to a .csv file
This task exports selected fields from the DSView software system Usage Reports to a .csv file.
The exported file may be stored on a local or network drive. The exported report is named usagereport.csv by default, but you may also append the date and time to the end of the file. The output .csv file may be viewed in a text editor or spreadsheet application, such as Microsoft Excel.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see
Running tasks manually on page 347.
To add the task:
1. Click the
System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click
Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select Export Usage Report to a comma separated values (.CSV) file from the drop-down menu. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334), then click Next.
6. The Specify Export Usage Report Properties window opens.
a. Type the directory in which to create the file, which may be a physical local drive on the
DSView server or at a shared network location specified by a UNC path. The location cannot be set to a mapped network drive.The directory name must be entered in case sensitive text if your operating system supports case sensitive filenames.
b. If the specified directory location is a network drive that requires a log in, enable the Login required to access shared drive location checkbox. Then, type the username and password and confirm the password of a user account that has read/write access to the network share location.
c. To append the date and time (in military time) to the end of the file name, enable the Use date and time for file naming checkbox. For example, if you are creating the file on
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October 1, 2010 at 10:04 pm, the file created will be named usagereport1001102204.csv.
If an exported report file exists in the specified directory and you do not enable this option, it will be overwritten when the new file is created.
d. Click Next.
7. The Select Last Number of Days to Export window opens. Specify the number of days in the field provided.
8. Click Finish.
Task: Saving Cyclades ACS 6000 advanced console server configuration template
This task may be used to save the Cyclades ACS 6000 console server appliance configuration templates.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see
Running tasks manually on page 347.
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select Save ACS 6000 Configuration Template from the drop-down menu.
5. Enter a Task Name.
6. Select the frequency to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334), then
click Next.
7. Select All Units to search from all unit groups, then click Next.
8. Choose the ACS 6000 console server(s) from the list of available units and click Add.
9. Click Finish to add the task. If Run Task Now was selected, the task will start.
Task: Sending an IPMI chassis control command to target devices
This command powers up, powers down, cycles the power (power down and then power up), performs a gentle shutdown or resets one or more IPMI target devices.
You must have Control Target Device Power rights to send an IPMI chassis control command. See
About Access Rights on page 155.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see
Running tasks manually on page 347.
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To add the task:
1. Click the
System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click
Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select Send IPMI chassis control command to target devices from the drop-down menu. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334). Click Next.
6. The Select Unit Group window will open. Select All Target Devices or select a particular unit group to configure from the menu. See
Grouping Units on page 223. Then click Next.
7. The Select Target Devices window will open. Select one or more IPMI target devices to chassis control from the Available Target Devices list, then click Add. The IPMI target devices will be moved to the Target Devices to Control list. Click Next.
8. The Select IPMI Control Function window will open. Select the power control function you wish to perform on the IPMI target devices, then click
Next.
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Turn Power On - powers up the specified devices.
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Turn Power Off - powers down the specified devices.
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Cycle Power - powers down and then power up the specified devices. *
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Reset - performs a hard reset of the specified devices.
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Graceful Shutdown - performs a graceful shutdown of the specified devices. *
* The availability of the Cycle Power and Graceful Shutdown options is dependent on the BMC implementation. If one of these options is selected for a task but the BMC implementation does not support the option, the task will fail when run and be reported in the Task Results window.
9. Click
Finish.
Task: Test modem connections to selected units
This task tests modem connections to ACS console servers that have been configured to support modem dial-up or modem dial-back.
For more information about modem connections, see
Active modem sessions on page 194.
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
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4. Select
Test modem connections to selected units from the drop-down menu. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334), and then click
Next.
6. The Select Unit Group window will open. Select a group from the menu.
7. Click Select by Product Family and select ACS Firmware from the drop-down menu.
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Click Select by Unit Type and choose a specific ACS console server model from the dropdown menu.
Then click Next.
8. The Select Unit window will open. Select the units that you wish to test and click Add.
9. Click Finish.
Task: Updating the firmware of an appliance type
This task upgrades the firmware of selected DS1800 digital switches, DSI5100, CPS or CCM appliances or DSR switches. To upgrade other types of managed appliances, you must create additional tasks.
Firmware must be available before using this command. See
Firmware Management on page 349.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see
Running tasks manually on page 347.
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select Upgrade firmware of selected appliances of the same type from the drop-down menu.
Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334), and then click
Next.
6. The Select Unit Group window will open. Select All Appliances or select a particular unit group to upgrade from the menu. See
Unit Groups on page 228. Then click Next.
7. The Select Appliance Type window will open. Select the type of managed appliance that you wish to upgrade, then click Next.
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8. The Select Appliances window will open. Select one or more managed appliance to be upgraded from the Available Appliances list, then click
Add. The appliances will be moved to the Appliances to Configure list.
9. Click Finish.
Task: Validating user accounts on an external authentication server
This task may be used to ensure that LDAP, Active Directory and NT external authentication services contain accounts for users. Any user accounts not found on the external authentication server will be flagged as suspicious (a question mark icon will appear to the left of the user’s name).
Suspicious accounts are indicated in event log files.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see
Running tasks manually on page 347.
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select Validate external authentication server user accounts from the drop-down menu. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334).
6. Click Finish.
Task: Pull names from selected units
Automatic name pull (see
Automatic name pull on page 134) is not supported on some managed
appliances, including the LANDesk Server Manager. To keep these appliances synchronized with the DSView software, you may instead schedule the pull names task.
NOTE: For more information about LANDesk Server Manager integration, see the DSView Software Plugin for LANDesk Server Manager online help.
This task may be used to pull names from a managed appliance and update the DSView software database. This task performs the same operations as the Pull Names from Appliance option in the
Operations menu (see
Name Synchronization on page 133).
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see
Running tasks manually on page 347.
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To add the task:
1. Click the
System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window opens.
3. Click
Add. The Add Task Wizard appears.
4. Select Pull Names from selected units from the drop-down menu. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334), then click Next.
6. The Select Unit Group window opens. Select All Units or select a unit group, then click Next.
7. The Select Unit window opens. Select the units to be included in the topology update, click
Add.
8. Click Finish.
Task: Update topology for selected units
Automatic topology synchronization (see
Automatic topology synchronization on page 138) is not
supported on some units supported by plug-ins. To keep these units synchronized with the DSView software, you may instead schedule the update topology task.
This task updates the DSView software database when a change occurs in a units. Examples of changes are the adding/removing of an IQ adaptor, cascade switch or power device. This task performs the same operations as the Resync Unit Wizard (see
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see
Running tasks manually on page 347.
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click
Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window opens.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard appears.
4. Select
Update Topology for selected units from the drop-down menu. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334), then click Next.
6. The Select Unit Group window opens. Select All Units or select a unit group, then click Next.
7. The Select Unit window opens. Select the units to be included in the topology update, click
Add, then click Next.
8. The Select Options window opens.
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a. If you enable the Remove offline connections checkbox, any units connections that are reported as offline in the unit will be deleted from the DSView software database. The
Update topology for selected units task does not add offline connections to the DSView software database b. If you enable the Delete target devices that no longer have connections checkbox, target devices that no longer have connections will be permanently deleted from the DSView software database.
c. If you enable the Allow target devices with the same name to be merged into a single target device checkbox, the connection to a target device in the unit will be merged with the connection(s) to an existing target device in the DSView software database.
d. If you enable the Allow target devices that contain default names to be added for these type of connections checkbox, you may then enable one or more connection type checkboxes. Any target devices that contain default names in the unit will be added to the
DSView software database only if the connection type in the unit matches an enabled connection type in this window.
9. Click Finish.
Running tasks manually
Although tasks are scheduled to run at particular times using the Add Task Wizard, you may run an existing task at any time.
To manually run tasks:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click
Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click the checkbox to the left of the task(s) you wish to run. To select all tasks on the page, click the checkbox to the left of Name at the top of the list.
Remote tasks that are scheduled on another DSView server may not be run from the DSView server to which you are logged in. To run a remote task, you must log in to the DSView server on which the task was created.
4. Click
Run Now. The icon to the left of the task name will change to the running icon and the status of the task will change to Running.
Displaying task results
The Task Results window displays the status of the most current run of tasks, including successful and unsuccessful runs and information on each run.
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The following fields display in the Task Results window for the Configure SNMP trap settings on appliance, Control power of target devices, Send IPMI chassis control command to target devices and Upgrade firmware of selected appliances of the same type tasks:
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Name - Names of the unit on which the task is running or has been run
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Start Time - Exact time at which each task run occurred
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Duration - Date and time of the task run
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Status - Result of the task run
To display the results of a task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click the name of the task. The Task Results window will display, containing information about the task.
Deleting tasks
NOTE: Remote tasks, which are scheduled on another DSView server, may not be deleted from the
DSView server to which you are logged in. To delete a remote task, you must log in to the DSView server on which the task was created.
To delete a task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click
Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click the checkbox to the left of the task(s) you wish to delete. To delete all tasks on the page, click the checkbox to the left of Name column at the top of the list.
4. Click Delete. A confirmation dialog box will appear.
5. Confirm or cancel the deletion.
Changing tasks
NOTE: Remote tasks, which are scheduled on another DSView server, may not be modified from the
DSView server to which you are logged in. To change a remote task, you must log in to the DSView server on which the task was created.
You may change the schedule and properties for existing tasks. (The Validate external authentication server user accounts task does not contain properties.)
To change a task schedule:
1. Click the
System tab.
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2. Click
Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click on the name of the task.
4. Click
Schedule in the side navigation bar. The Task Schedule window will open. Select the type of task you wish to schedule and complete the information. See
Specifying when to run tasks on page 334.
To change the properties of a task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click on the name of the task.
4. Click Properties in the side navigation bar. The Task Properties window will open.
5. Change the properties of the task. See the operating sequence for the task type in
Tasks Using the Add Task Wizard on page 336.
Firmware Management
The Flash firmware files for DS1800 digital switches, DSI5100, CPS and CCM appliances and DSR switches may be added, viewed and deleted using the Appliance Firmware Files window. Once a
Flash firmware file(s) has been added, you may use the file(s) to upgrade the managed appliance.
To display the Appliance Firmware Files window:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Appliance Files in the top navigation bar. The Appliance Firmware Files window will open.
Customizing the Appliance Firmware Files window
The Version, firmware Type, Appliance Type, Creation Date and Time, Description, Language and
Country fields may appear in the display. Use the Customize link to add or remove fields in the display. See
Using the Customize link in windows on page 27.
To add a firmware file:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Appliance Files in the top navigation bar. The Appliance Firmware Files window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Firmware File Wizard will appear.
4. Enter the directory and filename (or browse to the location) of the firmware file you want to add to the DSView software appliance files repository.
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5. Type a description of the firmware file in the Description field.
6. Click Next. The firmware is added and the Completed Successful window appears.
7. Click
Finish. The Appliance Firmware Files window will open.
NOTE: Once the file is uploaded, it is no longer needed on the DSView software client from which it was uploaded.
To display firmware information:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click
Appliance Files in the top navigation bar. The Appliance Firmware Files window will open.
3. Click on the version of a firmware file. The Firmware File Properties window will open.
4. The display includes the firmware version, appliance type, firmware creation date, country and language of the firmware. If you wish, you may change the description of the firmware file in the Description field.
5. Click Save and then click Close. The Appliance Firmware - All window will open and contain the firmware information if you saved the changes.
To delete firmware:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click
Appliance Files in the top navigation bar. The Appliance Firmware Files window will open.
3. Click the checkbox next to the firmware you want to delete.
4. Click
Delete. A confirmation dialog box will appear.
5. Confirm or cancel the deletion.
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