If a job executed under JP1/Software Distribution ends in error, you can check detailed information about the error using the Detailed Information dialog box, which is displayed on the Job Status window of Remote Installation Manager.

The Job Status window displays job information for each level. The Detailed Information dialog box displays the lowest level information. You can confirm the job status by choosing View and then Display Detailed Job Information (or double-clicking the job) after selecting the job on the right pane of the Job Status window.

For example, for a remote installation job, you can double-click a package (operations program) that is the lowest level information to display the Detailed Information dialog box.

Figure 6-1 Job Status window

Figure 6-2 Detailed Information dialog box

The Description column shows the cause of the error and the action to be taken. The cause of an error is indicated as a maintenance code. For details about maintenance codes, see 6.2.3 List of maintenance codes.

If the Error function is indicated as UNIX, and a number is indicated as Reason in the Description column, the number, when divided into four digits each, indicates a message ID that is sent from either JP1/Software Distribution Workstation or JP1/Software Distribution Client, which are UNIX clients. For details about the message ID contents, see the following JP1/Software Distribution manuals for UNIX systems: Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Client Description and User's Guide, for UNIX systems, and Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Workstation Description and Operator's Guide.