After automation events have been defined and applied to a server, user, or group, you can monitor the status of each event, and manage the automation information:
An Automation Events list allows you to view or monitor any client-side automation events created for your user account or any groups you are a member of.
To monitor automation events:
In the
pane, expand .Right-click the
element, then select .In the left pane, click
to open the property page:The
section lists all of the automation events.Review the information for the automation events in the four columns:
Name: Name defined for the automation event.
Source: User, group, or server for which the event is configured.
Status: The status normally is Waiting for the next event to occur. If the automation has been paused, the status is Paused.
Activity: Date and time and element DName of the most recent automation event.
Do one of the following:
To silence the alarms for a selected automation, select the automation, then click Make Audible.
. The alarm is silenced and the button changes toTo halt all automation events, click Unpause All.
to change it toTo pause a specific automation, select the automation, then click
to open the Automation Event Administration dialog box.To pause activity for the event, do the following:
Select the event and click
. The Automation Event Administration dialog box displays.Select the
check box.Click
, then close the dialog box.Click
to save the changes.If activity is paused for an event, the event remains paused until you deselect the
check box, then click .The
tab for the element enables administrators to monitor server-side automations (script-based and nonscript-based), and if necessary, empty the queue or cancel problematic tasks.To view statistics about server-side automation tasks:
In the
pane, right-click the root element, select to open the property page.In the left pane, click
to open its property page:Review the following statistics:
Last Automation: Name of the server-side automation that fired most recently.
Filter: The filter condition that caused the most recent automation to fire.
Action: The action performed by the most recent automation.
Last Fired: The date when the most recent server-side automation was fired.
Last Duration: The amount of time, in milliseconds, that the most recent server-side automation task was completed successfully.
Average Duration: The average amount of time, in milliseconds, that represents the duration of all server-side automation tasks since the Operations Center software was started.
Queue Size: The current number of entries in the server-side automation queue, excluding the automation that is currently executing (if any).
Status: The status of the automation that fired most recently. Values include:
OK: The automation ran successfully.
Exception: The automation ran but had exceptions.
Cancelled: The automation was cancelled by the user.
Not Dispatched: No automations dispatched at startup.
Server-side automation tasks waiting to be executed are stored in a queue.
To view the automation tasks currently in the queue:
In the
pane, right-click the > element, then select .The Automation Queue dialog box displays a list of automation tasks waiting to execute.
Click
to close the dialog box.Server-side automation tasks waiting to be executed are stored in a queue, which can be cleared.
To cancel all automation tasks in the queue:
In the
pane, expand .Right-click
and then select .All automation tasks waiting to execute are deleted.
The
option can cancel the current server-side automation task.To cancel an automation task:
Right-click the
element in the pane and select to stop the automation taskTo make changes to automation events:
In the
pane, expand .Right-click
, then select to open the property page.In the left pane, click
.The
property page opens and contains a list of all automations.Select the automation definition to edit.
Click
to open the Automation Event Administration dialog box.Make the necessary edits.
Click
.The changes are saved for the automation event.