Start a program on a system

Starts a program on a specified system. Programs can include command-line commands that can start or stop programs on the system.

Requirements
This event action requires that the specified system have Common Agent installed.
Result
The program is started on the specified system.
Example
You can create an event automation plan that detects a critical Ambient Temperature threshold event from Active Energy Manager on a system running Windows 2003. Using this action, you can start the shutdown.exe program on other systems in the same location that are running operating systems that Active Energy Manager does not support, such as Windows Vista.
Tip: You can use event-data-substitution variables in the Program file name field. For more information, see "Event-data-substitution variables."
Related tasks

Creating an event action to activate in an event automation plan
Related reference

Create Action window: Start a program on a system

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