Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and Planning Guide

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2.9.2 Types of jobs that can be created

The types of jobs (job types) that can be created depend on the type of managing server, that is, the central manager and relay managers or the relay systems. The following table lists and describes the types of jobs that can be created and the supported types of managing servers.

Table 2-35 Types of jobs that can be created in the managing server

No. Job type Description Supported managing server
JP1/Software Distribution Manager JP1/Software Distribution Client
(relay system)
1 Install package Installs a package at remote clients. Y Y
2 Transfer package to relay system Transfers a package to a relay system. Y --
3 Batch delete packages on relay system Deletes all packages from a relay system. Y --
4 Collect files from client Collects files from client systems to the managing server. Y Y
5 Collect files from client to relay system Collects files from clients to the relay manager/system (relay manager or relay system) directly under the managing server. Y --
6 Acquire collected files from relay system Transfers files collected in a relay manager/system to the managing server. Y --
7 Delete collected files from relay system Deletes all files collected in a relay manager/system. Y --
8 Send package, allow client to choose Sends a package to clients who decide whether or not to install the software. A client uses Package Setup Manager to install software. Y Y
9 Get system information from client Collects system information (system information and registry information) and user inventory from clients. Y Y
10 Get software information from client Collects from clients information about the software that has been installed at the clients. Y Y
11 Get user inventory information Collects user inventory information from clients. Y --
12 Transfer registry collection definition Transfers settings for collecting registry information to clients. Y --
13 Transfer user inventory schema to client Transfers the user inventory information items set in the managing server to clients. Y --
14 Get system configuration information Collects system configuration information under relay managers or relay systems. This job can collect system configuration information for the following systems:
  • Relay systems and clients under each specified destination relay manager as well as the relay managers at the next level down
  • Relay systems and clients under the specified destination relay system
Y --
15 Hold report Instructs relay systems to temporarily hold reporting of job results. Y --
16 Hold-report release Instructs relay systems to stop holding reporting of job results. Y --
17 Suspend file transfer Instructs relay systems to suspend file transfer to lower systems (relay systems and clients). Y --
18 Resume file transfer Instructs relay systems to resume file transfer to lower systems. Y --
19 Report message Sends a message, specified when the job was created, to a client. Y --
20 Set the software monitoring policy Instructs a client to start or stop monitoring software operations. Y --
21 Get software monitoring information from the client Collects the software suppression history and operation history from a client. Y --

Legend:
Y: Job can be created.
--: Job cannot be created.