Running extensions on managed servers

Some extensions take one or more managed servers as input and perform some operation or gather some information from those managed servers. For example, an extension could gather certain information about devices on the servers using a script. You can run this extension by selecting one or more servers and selecting the extension to run. This extension describes how to run extensions that take one or more managed servers as input to the extension.

To run an SA program extension by first selecting one or more servers:

1. From the SA Client Navigation pane, select Devices > All Managed Servers.
   1. Select one or more servers in the Contents pane and perform one of the following actions:
   2. Right click the server or select Actions > Run Extension > Select Extension....
      Right click the server or select Actions > Run Extension > and select a named extension, if any are shown in the menu.

   Run Extension lists all of the program extensions that have been run at least once before. You can select one of these extensions without having to use the Select Extension... window.

   For example, the following shows the Run Extension menu item selected, two sample program extensions named MyExtension and FindMyAppDates, and the Select Extension... menu item.
   
   Run Extension menu

   
   

   Note
   Extensions appear under Run Extension only after they have been run at least once using Select Extension.... That is, to make your extension appear under Run Extension, you must first select Select Extension to run your extension, then choosing your extension as described in step 4 below.
   

2. If you selected a particular extension Run Extension in step 3, skip ahead to step 5 below.
   
   If you chose Select Extension...., the SA Client displays the available extensions. The following screen shows three extensions: MyExtension, FindMyAppDates and Extensible Discovery. Select an extension and click OK.
   The Select Extension Window

   

3. Once you have chosen a particular extension to run, the SA Client displays the Run Program Extension screen as shown below. This screen shows the devices the extension will run against.
   
   If you want to run the extension against more devices, select the "+" icon. To remove devices, select the "-" icon.
   
   Select devices on the Run Program Extension window
   
   
4. Click Next. This displays the Program Properties and Program Execution Path. Optionally edit the program execution path and click Next to display the Runtime Options and Output Options.
5. Optionally change the Runtime Options and Output Options and click Next to display the Schedule Frequency and Time and Duration or you can click Start Job to skip the remaining options and run the extension with default options.
6. Optionally specify how frequently to run the extension and click Next to display Email Notifications and Ticket Tracking.
7. Optionally change the email notifications and add a ticket ID and click Next to display the Job Status screen.
8. Click Start Job to run the extension. The Run Program Extension screen displays the progress of the extension. When the extension finishes, click Close.