Managing operations

The home page shows all of the operations to which your security group has access. Using this page, you can perform any of the following actions:

• • Executing an operation
  • Modifying an existing operation
  • Deleting an operation
  • Displaying detailed information about the most recent run
  • Designating favorite operations
  • Filtering the operations displayed
  • Finding specific operations
  • Paging through operations
  • Viewing the log
  • Displaying a history of all runs

Executing an operation

1. In the operations list, find the row for the operation you want to run and click Execute  .
   The Execute Operations window opens.
2. Perform one of the following steps:
   • To execute the job immediately, click Execute.

   • To modify the list of targets where the job executes, use the Execute Operations window to add or delete targets. When you are done modifying the list, click Execute. 

     Click here for more information on modifying the list of targets.

Modifying an existing operation

In the operations list, roll your cursor over the operation you want to modify and click Edit. The wizard for defining operations opens. It allows you to modify most options for the operation, although you cannot change the operation's content. 

You cannot modify a VMware operation. 

Deleting an operation

In the operations list, roll your cursor over the operation you want to delete and click Delete. A message asks you to confirm the deletion.

Displaying detailed information about the most recent run

In the operations list, find the operation for which you want information and click View Results. A results page opens. It provides a range of information and lets you take various actions, depending on the type of operation. For more information, see Viewing-and-using-results-of-operations.

You cannot view job results for a VMware operation. 

Designating favorite operations

In the operations list, click the star next to an operation to indicate that it is a favorite. The star turns yellow . You can filter the operations that are displayed by showing only favorites.

Click a yellow star to remove the favorite status. 

Filtering the operations displayed

Using filters, you can choose the types of operations displayed on the home page. You can also choose to display only the operations you have defined or only favorite operations. For example, you might choose to display only Compliance and Deploy Operations that you have defined.

Finding specific operations

Click in the Search Operations text box and enter any number of characters. Click the Search icon . The operations list shows all operations with names that include the text string you entered. You can click  without entering any text to show all operations.

Paging through operations

When a list contains more entries than a single page can display, you have options for navigating through the list.

Viewing the log

In the operations list, click View Log to display a list of messages generated when an operation runs. You can filter the list by type of message, such as Error or Warning. You can also search for messages by entering text in the Search Messages box and then clicking the Search icon .

When viewing the log for Provisioning operations, you can also view log messages generated by any Deploy Jobs that the Provisioning Job initiated. To view Deploy Job log messages, click View Log for a Provisioning job and then click the Deploy tab.

Displaying a history of all runs

In the operations list, click the name of an operation to open the Run Results page, which shows the history of all runs of the operation, along with a chart graphing success for each run.

You cannot display a history of runs for a VMware operation. 

Operation run graphs

In the operations runs graph:

• Blue vertical bars indicate how many targets are available for evaluation during each run. Numbers on the right vertical axis show the number of targets evaluated.
• The blue line (only present for Compliance operations) indicates the percentage of rules that are satisfied on all targets that are evaluated. For example, if there are 100 rules set for the servers that are evaluated and 45 of those rules are satisfied, the percentage of evaluated compliance is 45%.
  

• The green line provides different types of information depending on the type of operation:
  

  Operation type	Meaning
  Compliance, Patching	Percentage of compliant targets. For example, if you evaluate five targets and only one is fully compliant, the evaluated target compliance is 20%.
  Deploy, NSH Script	Percentage of targets where the operation executed successfully. For example, if you run an operation on five targets and it succeeds on four, the passed target rate is 80%.
  Batch	Percentage of targets where first-level child jobs ran successfully. For example, if a Batch operation includes child jobs that run on four targets and the operation runs successfully on three, the percentage is 75%. If a Batch job includes another Batch job, its child jobs are considered second-level child jobs. This page does not include their results.

Operation run data

In the operations runs list, the data at bottom varies by type of operation:

Executing an operation from the Run Results page

Click Execute  at top right. The Execute Operation page opens. It allows you to to add or delete targets. When you are done modifying the list, click Execute.

Synchronizing the latest runs for an operation

At top right of the Run Results page, click Synchronize  . The page updates to show all runs of an operation, including any runs of a job that have been executed using the BMC Server Automation Console.