HP Device Manager 4.6 Administrator Guide

Target Device List
The Target Device List tab lists the devices the task will be applied to. You may also add or remove
devices to the list using the buttons provided.
Schedule & Batch Control
The Schedule & Batch Control tab contains the following sections.
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Schedule—This section enables you to specify a date and time for the task to execute.
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Batch Control—This section enables you to specify a batch size. This is used when a task is
sent to a large number of devices. The batch settings controls how many devices are sent the
task at a time thereby giving you some control over the amount of network traffic HPDM
generates.
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Write Filter Policy Setting—This section enables you to specify how HPDM handles the write
filter on devices that have a Windows Embedded operating system.
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Task Deferment—This section enables the end user at the target device to defer a reboot or
shutdown so that they can finish their work safely. See
Task deferment on page 30 for more
information
Task deferment
This feature on the device side provides a chance to save work before a reboot/shutdown of the
device. When the HPDM Agent needs to reboot/shutdown the device normally, it displays either the
Reboot Required or the Shutdown Required dialog box.
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Users can set the postpone time by dragging the slider and clicking the Postpone button to
postpone a reboot/shutdown. Users can postpone a reboot or shutdown a maximum of 3 times.
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Users can click Reboot now or Shutdown now if postponement is not necessary.
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Users can customize the reboot/shutdown title and message info via the _Configure
TaskDeferment task from the HPDM Console. The maximum length of message info is 255
characters.
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The maximum reminder time is 10 minutes, and the default is 1 minute.
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The maximum postpone time is 8 hours, and the default is 4 hours.
When the HPDM Agent needs to forcibly reboot the device, the task deferment window is not
displayed.
Displaying task properties
To display the properties of a task: right-click a task and select View Task Contents in the context
menu. A Task Contents window will be displayed showing detailed information about the assigned
task.
Configuring task parameters
Select Tools > Configuration from the HPDM Console’s menu bar to open the Configuration
Management dialog box, then click the Task Parameters option in the option tree pane to expand it.
The Task Parameters option consists of two sub-options: Valid Time and Timeout and Write Filter
Policy Setting. These are described in the following sections.
Valid Time and Timeout
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