Running ISM controls

Use the Run ISM Control window to specify the ISM Control job options, run the job, and view the job status. The navigation pane in the Run ISM Control window walks you through the following steps:

• Step 1: Select Managed Servers
• Step 2: Specify Control Parameters
• Step 3: Schedule ISM Control Script Execution
• Step 4: Set Email Notifications
• Step 5: Run Job and View Job Status

The Run ISM Control window in the SA Client

Step 1: Select Managed Servers

Perform the following steps to select the managed server(s) on which to run an ISM Control script:

1. Open the Run ISM Control window from one of the methods described in Accessing the Run ISM Control window.
2. From the All Steps navigation pane, select Servers. A list of managed servers is displayed.
3. Specify the server(s) on which to run this script. Servers that appear in the list are included by default.
   1. To add a server to the list, click Include Server. Navigate the list of managed servers or device groups. Select the device you want to add and click Select.The added devices will appear in the list of servers in the content pane.
   2. To remove a server from the list, select it and click Exclude.
4. Click Next to proceed to the Control Parameters step.

Step 2: Specify Control Parameters

Perform the following steps to specify the control parameters:

1. From the Software Policy drop-down list, select an ISM software policy.
2. From the Control Script drop-down list, select a control script. The drop-down list contains only the control scripts assigned to the ISM package selected in the previous step.
3. In the Parameters section, the name of a parameter matches the name of its corresponding custom attribute name. The custom attribute is set by default on Software Policy level and its value determines the value of the parameter.
4. Click Next to proceed to the Scheduling setup.

Step 3: Schedule ISM Control Script Execution

Perform the following steps to schedule an ISM Control script to be run immediately or at a specified date and time:

1. Select one of the following options:
   • To run the ISM control script immediately, select Run Task Immediately.
   • To specify a later date and time to run the ISM control script, select Run Task At: and enter the desired date and time.
2. Click Next to proceed to the Notifications step.

Step 4: Set Email Notifications

Set email notifications to alert users on the success or failure of ISM control script. You can associate a Ticket ID with the ISM Control script job.

Perform the following steps to set email notifications:

1. To add email addresses, click Add Notifier and enter the email addresses in the Notification Email Address field.
2. To trigger the notification on the success of a job, select the icon.
   To trigger the notification on the failure of a job, select the icon.
3. Enter a unique text string to be identify the job in the Ticket ID field.
4. Click Next to go to the Job Status display.

Step 5: Run Job and View Job Status

View summary information about the progress of the ISM Control script job and the status of each action required for the job to be completed:

1. Click Start Job to run the ISM Control Script.
   1. If you selected Run Task Immediately in the Scheduling setup, the job begins immediately. The Job Status appears.
   2. If you scheduled the job for a later time, the job will run at the scheduled time.
2. To view the details of each action from the Job Status window, select a row in the table. The details for each action will appear.
3. Click End Job to stop the Job or click close to close the Run ISM Control window.