Starts a noninteractive IBM® Systems Director task on
a specified system. Noninteractive
tasks are tasks that do not require user input.
Fields
- Action name
- Specifies the name for the event action.
- Show
- Lists the available collections
by which you can view resources in the Available list.
The list might include one or more of the following collections:
- Groups
- Displays all resources that are discovered on a system, organized
into groups.
- Recent Targets
- Displays previously saved selections from this context. This selection
is available only if you have previously saved selections from this
context.
- Available
- Displays the available items from
which you can select for use in a task or view. Click the check boxes
in the Select column to select one or more
items in this list.
Note: For more information about navigating
and working with the Available table, see "Navigating
tables."
- Selected
- Displays the items that you have selected to use in
a task or view.
- Filter the tasks based on the current
state of the selected system
- Filters the tasks that are displayed in the Select
a task to run list based on the state of selected system.
If you want to select a task to run that is not currently available
for the system, then do not select this check box.
Tasks that are
available for a system can vary with the state of that system. For
example, the Power Off task is not available for a system that is
already powered off, but you might want to select that task for your event automation plan if the
system is normally powered on. Available tasks also can vary depending
on the access state of the system.
- Select a task to run
- Provides a list of tasks to run on the system that you selected.
If you select the Filter the tasks based on the current
state of the selected system check
box, only tasks that are currently available on the selected system
are displayed in this list. If the check box is cleared, all IBM Systems Director noninteractive
tasks are displayed.
- Description
- Accepts a description of the event action that you have configured.
Actions
- Add
- Adds any items that you have selected in the Available list
to the Selected list.
Tip: This
button is enabled only when items are selected.
- Remove
- Removes any items that you have selected from the Selected list
and returns them to the Available list.
Tip: This button is enabled only when items are selected.
- Test
- Tests the event action so you can make sure it performs as expected.
- OK
- Saves changes on the page and closes the page.
- Cancel
- Closes the page without saving any changes that you have made.