HP Device Manager 4.5 - Deployment Guide

Figure 6. Setting the Delay Scope and Pull Interval on the HPDM Agent
Task automation
You can define rules so that the HPDM Server can send tasks to the proper devices automatically. Well-defined rules can
reduce not only network traffic from the HPDM Console to the HPDM Server, but also concurrent task reports.
Using rules
There are three kinds of rules designated by their triggers: Scheduled, First Contact, and Startup.
Use a Scheduled Rule to reduce the traffic from the HPDM Console to the HPDM Server. Sending a task to large amounts of
devices from the HPDM Console manually might cost minutes or more to initiate the task. You can define a filter that will
find these devices and create a Scheduled Rule to let the HPDM Server generate the target device list instead of sending a
huge list from the HPDM Console and flooding the HPDM Server with a large request message.
Without rule tasks, finding devices that meet specific criteria and sending tasks to them could be a major part of the daily
work of an administrator. You can define a Startup Rule to make the HPDM Server check whether to send a task to the
device when it receives its startup report. Also, you can define a First Contact Rule to make the HPDM Server check whether
to send a task to a new device when it is registered in for the first time. This reduces the task report bandwidth occupation
for environments where devices start at discrete times.
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