The following shows the procedure for creating a Get user inventory information job. For details about the operation and settings, see 8.2 Creating a job.

To create a Get user inventory information job:

1. In the Destination, System Configuration or Directory Information window, from the Execute menu, choose Execute Job; or, in the Job Definition window, from the File menu, choose Create Job.
   The Define New Job dialog box appears.
   
2. In the Define New Job dialog box, specify a job type, and then choose OK.
   For the job type, select Get user inventory information.
   The Create Job dialog box appears.
   
3. In the Create Job dialog box, specify the items on each page.
   This dialog box contains the following pages and items to be specified. On the Schedule page, you can specify information such that when user inventory information is updated at the client, the new information is incorporated on the managing server. For details about the settings, see (2) Immediate updating of user inventory below.
   

   Job page

   Specify a name for the job.

   Destination page

   Specify the host or hosts for which the user inventory information is to be collected. You must specify at least one host.

   Schedule page

   Specify the job's registration date/time, execution date/time, and execution-time limit. You can also specify the job execution date/time at the clients.

4. Choose Execute, Save, or Save and Execute to save and/or execute the job.

On the Schedule page, choosing Options displays the Detailed Scheduling dialog box. In this dialog box, you can select Set the execution interval and When an end user changes the user inventory information, apply the information to the server immediately so that new information is immediately incorporated into the managing server's database whenever user inventory information is updated at the client.

Figure 3-56 Detailed Scheduling dialog box

The managing server monitors the job execution status at specified intervals and displays the status in the Job Status window. The Job Status window displays the execution status of all jobs. You can identify the type of job by the icon displayed in front of each job name:

• : Get user inventory information job

For details about the information displayed in the Job Status window, how to display details for each job, and how to re-execute a job, see 8.4 Checking job execution status.

When you use version 08-10 or earlier manager to execute a Get user inventory information job and a single quotation mark (') is included in the target user inventory information, the job terminates normally but the user inventory information cannot be obtained.