Users Guide

Table Of Contents
Related links
Discovery and Inventory Portal
Last Discovery and Inventory
Discovered Versus Inventoried Devices
Task Status
Configuring Status Polling Frequency
NOTE: It is recommended not to schedule status polling at the same time as the Database Maintenance Execution
Schedule
, as the console is less responsive during database maintenance.
You can configure OpenManage Essentials to check the health status of all discovered devices that have a means of health
instrumentation such as OpenManage Server Administrator. The status can be scheduled at a given interval using Status Polling so
that health status is always current.
To configure status polling:
1. Click ManageDiscovery and InventoryCommon TasksStatus Schedule.
2. In Status Polling Schedule Settings, select Enable Status Polling and provide the polling parameters including time and
performance.
3. Click OK.
Related links
Discovery and Inventory Portal
Last Discovery and Inventory
Discovered Versus Inventoried Devices
Task Status
Task Pop-Up Notifications
The task pop-up notification is displayed in the bottom-right corner of the OpenManage Essentials console when a task is
completed. The information displayed in the task pop-up notification varies based on the number of completed tasks.
NOTE: The task pop-up notification is displayed only for tasks that create a Task Execution History.
If only one task is completed, the following information is displayed:
Status of the task — Indicates if the task was successful or unsuccessful.
Task name as a link that you can click to view the Task Execution Details (if available).
A link to open the portal related to the task.
A link to access the task pop-up notification settings where you can disable task pop-up notifications.
If more than one alert is received, the following information is displayed:
Number of tasks that are completed.
Task names as links that you can click to view the Task Execution Details (if available).
NOTE: The task name link is displayed only for the first three tasks.
Go to Alert Console — To access the Alerts portal.
Disable — To access the task pop-up notification settings.
By default, the alert pop-up notification is enabled. You can configure OpenManage Essentials to disable alert pop-up notifications or
set the time interval between each alert pop-up notification.
NOTE: The Alert Pop-up Notification Settings is user-specific. The settings you have configured is not applicable to
other users.
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