Job Queue

The Job Queue manages server deployment and inventory retrieval jobs, such as:
  • Displaying the submitted server deployment jobs.
  • Refreshing the Deployment Jobs or Inventory/Warranty History queues.
  • Scheduling an inventory job to update the Dell server attributes found in the current vCenter.
  • Purging the deployment job queue entries.
NOTE: To make sure the inventory/warranty contains up-to-date information, schedule the inventory/warranty job to run a minimum of once a week. The inventory/warranty job consumes minimal resources and does not degrade host performance.

Tasks

To view the desired job queue:
  1. Click Deployment Jobs, Inventory History, or Warranty History.
  2. The Tasks: available for the selected queue are displayed above the Details table.
Deployment Jobs:
  1. To update Deployment Jobs Details click Refresh.
  2. Updated deployment job information displays (status, scheduled time, name, description, collection size, and progress summary).
  3. Click Details to display a Deployment Job Details pop-up that has detailed information on the server's included in the deployment job including service tag, iDRAC IP address, server status, if any warnings occurred, deployment job details, and start and end time. To display full information for each item in the pop-up table, hover over the item and an additional text pop-up is displayed.
  4. Click Modify to display a pop-up to either put a selected job on hold or enter an updated schedule.
  5. Click Abort to abort the deployment job; a message displays.
  6. Click Abort Job on the displayed message to abort, or click Do Not Abort Job to cancel.

    NOTE: Any deployment jobs that are in progress can not be aborted.
  7. Click Clean Jobs to display the Purge Deployment Job Queue window. Select the Older than: date and job Status and click Clear. The selected jobs are then cleared from the queue.
Inventory History:
  1. To update Details of Last Inventory Job, click Refresh.
  2. Updated inventory history displays (name, status, duration, start date and time, and end date and time).
  3. Click Change Schedule to display the Inventory Schedule pop-up. Click Edit in the pop-up, make schedule updates, and click Apply to change the current schedule.
  4. Click Run Now to immediately run the inventory job.
Warranty History:
  1. To update Details of Last Warranty Job, click Refresh.
  2. Updated warranty history displays (name, status, duration, start date and time, and end date and time).
  3. Click Change Schedule to display the Warranty Schedule pop-up. Click Edit in the pop-up, make schedule updates, and click Apply to change the current schedule.
  4. Click Run Now to immediately run the warranty job.

Related Topics

View or download Dell virtualization documentation at: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/eslvmwre/
View or download Dell hardware documentation for PowerEdge™ Servers