Step 3 (Optional) - Preview the remediation job

You can preview a detailed list of actions that will be performed on a server as a result of the software remediation job. Information is displayed for each server or device group where the job will be run.

To preview the remediation process:

  1. From from the All Steps navigation pane, select Preview. A blank content pane will appear with a Preview button.
  2. Click Preview to view the actions that will be performed during the remediation process.

    The Preview process only performs the Analyze phase and cannot be canceled. While it is running, the Start Job button will be disabled.

    Depending on the size of the job, the preview process may take a while. When the preview is done running, the Start Job button will become enabled again.
  3. To view the details of each of the actions, select a row in the table. The details for each action appear, including:
    • The software resources that will be installed on or uninstalled
    • The application configurations that will be applied to a server
    • The dependency information required for the software packages or patches
    • Any reboots required during the remediation process
    • Any scripts that will be executed

    The details vary depending on the item and action that is selected. If you select an object that has other software dependencies, you may see other objects (such as packages and ZIP files) listed in the preview.

    If you select an application configuration, you have two options for inspecting the configuration:

    Preview...

    This option enables you to preview the details of the application configuration in this job. If you have multiple configurations in the job, the preview screen displays each configuration in a separate tab.

    Each configuration preview tab presents the existing configuration on the server in the left pane. The modification defined in the selected configuration is shown in the right pane.

    Configure...

    This option opens the selected application configuration in the value set editor so you can define the values for the template variables at the server- instance level.

  4. (Optional) To export the job status results to a text file, click Export.
  5. Click Next to proceed to the to the Scheduling step.

To skip the remaining setting steps and run the job, see Step 6 - Run the remediation job and view job status.