Users Guide

Using jobs for device control
A job is a set of instructions for performing a task on one or more devices. The jobs include discovery, firmware update,
inventory refresh for devices, warranty, and so on. You can view the status and details of jobs that are initiated in the devices
and its components, on the Jobs page. OpenManage Enterprise has many internal maintenance jobs which are triggered on a
set schedule automatically by the appliance. For more information on the 'default' jobs and their schedule, see OpenManage
Enterprise default jobs and schedule on page 124.
Prerequisites:
To create and manage jobs such as blink, power control, managing firmware baselines, managing configuration compliance
baseline, and so on, where the device selection task is involved.
● You must have necessary user privileges. See Role and scope based access control in OpenManage Enterprise on page 15
● Each job type is limited to devices that you must have:
○ permissions to access.
○ ability to complete the required action.
To create and manage jobs, select OpenManage Enterprise > Monitor > Jobs. You can perform the following tasks on the
Jobs page:
● View list of jobs currently running, failed, and successfully completed.
● Create jobs to blink device LEDs, control the device power, and run remote command on devices. See Create a Remote
command job for managing devices on page 128, Creating jobs for managing power devices, and Creating job to blink device
LEDs. You can perform similar actions on a server on the device details page. See View and configure individual devices on
page 64.
● Manage jobs such as run, stop, enable, disable or delete jobs.
To view more information about a job, select the check box corresponding to a job, and then click View Details in the right
pane. See Viewing job information.
Topics:
• View job lists
• View an individual job information
• Create a job to turn device LEDs
• Create a job for managing power devices
• Create a Remote command job for managing devices
• Create a job to change the virtual console plugin type
• Select target devices and device groups
• Manage jobs
View job lists
From OpenManage Enterprise, click Monitor > Jobs to view the list of existing jobs. Information about jobs are provided in the
following columns:
● Job Status: Provides the execution status of a job.
See Jobs status and Jobs type description on page 123.
● State: Provides the state of a job. The available options are Enabled or Disabled.
● Job Name: Name of a job.
● Job Type: Provides the type of a job.
See Jobs status and Jobs type description on page 123.
● Description: Detail description of a job.
● Last Run: Last run period of a job.
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