You can use the Calendar to verify whether tasks have succeeded or failed, and view details of the task execution.
You can rerun tasks directly from the Calendar. You can rerun tasks now, or schedule tasks to run again in the future, regardless of the task outcome. For tasks that have failed, you can choose to re-run the task on the failed devices only.
To rerun a task immediately
- In Service Center, click Automation > Calendar.
Click one of the following views:
Day
Week
Month
Agenda
If you are in Week view and the task is displayed as part of a summary box, right-click the summary box and click View Tasks. See Using the Summary Boxes in the Automation Calendar Week View. If you are in Day, Month, Agenda view, or you are in Week view and the task is not part of a summary box, go to step 4.
- On all devices
- On succeeded devices (for tasks that have succeeded) or On failed devices (for tasks that failed).
To rerun a task at a future time
- In Service Center, click Automation > Calendar.
Click one of the following views:
Day
Week
Month
Agenda
If you are in Week view and the task is displayed as part of a summary box, right-click the summary box and click View Tasks. See Using the Summary Boxes in the Automation Calendar Week View. If you are in Day, Month, Agenda view, or you are in Week view and the task is not part of a summary box, go to step 4.
- On all devices
- On succeeded devices (for tasks that have succeeded) or On failed devices (for tasks that failed).
To view task execution results
You can view detailed results of executed tasks. When viewing script execution results, you get the following information:
- return code
- standard error, if any
- standard output, if any
- execution details, including outcome, start time, and execution time
- script details, including name, version, author, and parameters, if any.
For tasks based on an automation package, the execution results lists each script and includes a Details link to view execution results for each individual script.
- In Service Center, click Automation > Calendar.
Click one of the following views:
Day
Week
Month
Agenda
If you are in Week view and the task is displayed as part of a summary box, right-click the summary box and click View Tasks. See Using the Summary Boxes in the Automation Calendar Week View. If you are in Day, Month, Agenda view, or you are in Week view and the task is not part of a summary box, go to step 4.
To export the standard output to a text file
- In Service Center, click Automation > Calendar.
Click one of the following views:
Day
Week
Month
Agenda
If you are in Week view and the task is displayed as part of a summary box, right-click the summary box and click View Tasks. See Using the Summary Boxes in the Automation Calendar Week View. If you are in Day, Month, Agenda view, or you are in Week view and the task is not part of a summary box, go to step 4.