Users Guide

4. In the Job Target section, select the target devices and click Next. See Select target devices and device groups on page
129.
a. Click Next.
5. In the Schedule section, run the job immediately or schedule for a later point of time. See Schedule job field definitions on
page 172.
6. Click Finish.
The job is created and listed in the Jobs list and identified by an appropriate status in the JOB STATUS column.
7. If the job is scheduled for a later point of time, but you want to run the job immediately:
● On the Jobs page, select the check box corresponding to the Scheduled job.
● Click Run Now. The job is run and the status is updated.
● To view the job data, click View Details in the right pane. See View an individual job information on page 127.
Select target devices and device groups
By default, Select Devices is selected to indicate that the job can be run on the devices. You can run a job on device groups
also by selecting Select Groups.
NOTE: The device groups and devices displayed are governed by the scope-based operational access that the user has to
the devices. For more information, see Role and scope-based access control in OpenManage Enterprise on page 15.
1. Click Select Devices.
In the Job Target dialog box, the left pane lists the devices monitored by OpenManage Enterprise. In the working pane, list
of devices associated with each group, and device details are displayed. For field descriptions, see Devices list on page 58.
For information about device groups, see Organize devices into groups on page 52.
2. Select the check box corresponding to a device and click OK.
The selected devices are displayed in the All Selected Devices section of the selected group.
Manage jobs
After jobs have been created and displayed on the Jobs page, you can manage them as follows.
● Run jobs: Select the check box corresponding to a job, and then click Run Now to execute the task on the targeted
devices. You can run a job when it is in enabled status.
● Enable jobs: Select the check box corresponding to a job, and then click Enable.
● Disable jobs: Select the check box corresponding to a job, and then click Disable.
NOTE:
Only the 'Scheduled' jobs can be disabled from running. Jobs which are active and in their 'Running' state cannot
be disabled midway.
● Stop jobs: Select the check box corresponding to a job, and then click Stop. You can stop a job when it is in running status.
● Delete: Select the check box corresponding to a job, and then click Delete.
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