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Table 1‑55. InvokeSshCommand Activity Input Parameters (Continued)
Argument Type Description
Password String Password to use in connecting to the host.
Timeout TimeSpan (Optional) Period of time after which execution of the
command times out. Default is 30 minutes.
Table 1‑56. InvokeSshCommand Activity Output Parameters
Argument Type Description
EnvironmentVariables Dictionary<string, string> Output of command if any. Throws exception on error.
LogMachineEvent
Logs a machine event to the user log that is visible to the machine owner.
Table 1‑57. LogMachineEvent Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
MachineId Guid Machine generating the event to log.
Message String Message to write to the user log.
Type String Select a message type from the drop-down list (Info, Warn,
Error)
LogMessage
Logs to the Distributed Execution Manager log.
Table 1‑58. LogMessage Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
Message String Message to write to the DEM log.
MessageCategory String Select a category from the drop-down menu (Debug, Error,
Info, Trace) or enter a custom category.
MessageSeverity String Select a severity from the drop-down menu; bound to the
list of Severities supplied in
System.Diagnostics.TraceEventType.
RunProcess
Executes a process on the same machine as the DEM that executes this activity.
N vRealize Automation cannot present the UI from processes launched by the RunProcess activity to
the user, therefore these process must be non-interactive. In order to avoid leaving orphaned processes on
the DEM machine, the processes must also be self-terminating.
Table 1‑59. RunProcess Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
Command String Path to the executable to run on the DEM machine.
WorkingDirectory String (Optional) The working directory under which the process
should run.
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