HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 30)

Table 4 Components of the Task Results page (continued)
Available in HP SIM
standard view, scalable
view, or common to
both views
Description Component
Selecting this radio button provides an operation oriented format
that enables you to view the status of each operation in a task as
it completes on each target.
This format is particularly useful when you are running an Insight
Control for Linux task on many targets, for example, when you
are installing a Linux OS on many servers at once.
An example of the operation oriented task results is illustrated in
Figure 9 (page 38) .
Common Status icons that summarize the overall status of the task. Summary Status:
Common Provides the output log information for a single operation. Operation Details Log
HP SIM View Lists task operation status for a selected single target. Target Details Table
Scalable View Provides a list and current status of all operations within an Insight
Control for Linux task. Operations Table
Scalable View This option affects the targets in the Target Details - {Task_Name}
table. Selecting this option reports the status of the targets that the
task completed on. Show Completed Targets
option
Scalable View This option affects the targets in the Target Details - {Task_Name}
table. Selecting this option shows the targets that the task has not
yet started on. Show Pending Targets
option
Scalable View Provides the status of a selected operation on all targets on which
the task was run. Target Details -
{Task_Name} table
4.4 Common task results
This section describes the common sections of the Task Results page regardless of the format you
elect to use.
4.4.1 Task instance area
Figure 2 illustrates the top portion of the Task Results page, which provides basic information about
a task, including its name, its identification (ID) number, starting and ending times, the target or
targets that the task was run on, the user who ran the task, and the task duration.
Figure 2 View of task instance
4.4.1.1 Stopping a task
When you select the Stop button in the Task Instance area, the task status is immediately set to
Cancelled
. The stop process attempts to cancel the task for all targets with non-terminal statuses,
regardless of whether or not they have begun running. The stop operation does not affect targets
that have already reached a terminal status.
30 Understanding tasks and task results