Executing a job against same targets

Use this procedure to execute a job against the same servers by using RCP where a job has previously either failed or succeeded. When you perform this procedure, it does not modify the existing set of targets in a job definition. You can iteratively perform a job and correct issues for failed target servers until the job succeeds on all target servers.

If you perform this procedure on a Deploy Job that has either succeeded or failed on some target servers, the entire job runs again on those servers. All the phases of the job are repeated including those that have previously succeeded. Similarly, when you perform this procedure on a Batch Job that has either succeeded or failed, it runs the whole Batch Job again, including all the member jobs that have previously succeeded.


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You can execute a job against same server targets for the following jobs:

  • ACL Push Job
  • Execution Task
  • Agent Installer Job
  • Audit Job
  • NSH Script Job
  • Batch Job
  • Compliance Job
  • Component Discovery Job
  • File Deploy Job
  • Software Deploy Job and BLPackage Deploy Job
  • Patching Job
  • SCAP Compliance Job
  • Snapshot Job
  • Virtual Infrastructure Discovery Job


Before you begin

Make sure that you have the Read and Execute authorizations for the job. For example, to execute an Audit job, you must have the AuditJob.Read and AuditJob.Execute permissions.

To repeat this procedure through an Execution Task, you must also have the ExecutionTask.Read and ExecutionTask.Execute authorizations.

To execute a job against same targets

  1. From the Jobs folder, right-click the required job, and click Show Results.
  2. Right-click any executed or existing job run and click Execute Against Same Targets.
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    The execution process starts. A new job run is created for the job.
    This job run can be viewed under the job or under its associated Execution Task (if you have created one previously).
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  3. Repeat this procedure through the newly created job run, preferably from where it is displayed under the Execution Task, or through the Execution Task itself on the target servers on which the job has failed.

 

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