Start a task on the system that generated the event

Starts a noninteractive IBM® Systems Director task on the system that generated the event. Noninteractive tasks are tasks that do not require user input.

Requirements
This event action has the following requirements:
  • The specified system must have Common Agent installed.
  • The specified task must be a noninteractive task.
  • The task that you want to use must be available in the IBM Systems Director Web interface before you can specify the task for this action.
Important: Some tasks have hardware or software requirements and cannot be performed on a given system. Give careful consideration to an event automation plan that uses this event action before associating it with a given system or group.
Result
The task is started on the system that generated the event.
Example
You can create an event automation plan to monitor systems for hardware problems and, when the event automation plan detects a hardware problem, you can set the locator LED on that system to flash using this event action.
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Related reference

Event Action Editor window: Start a task on the system that generated the event

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