Executing a Console Task
You can configure and execute console tasks from the Event Viewer.
Some console tasks require that you first select an event in the Working Queue of the Event Viewer.
Task requirements, along with other details about configuring and executing
each task, are provided in the
details about each task.
Perform the following steps to configure and execute a console task:
- If the task to run requires an event to be selected, select the
appropriate event from the Working Queue of the Event Viewer. Otherwise, proceed with
the next step.
- Click Selected > Task
Execution from the pull-down menu in the Event Viewer.
The Task Execution dialog box is displayed.
- In the Task Execution dialog box, click the Target Hosts tab.
- Select the host to run the task on from the Available Hosts list by moving it
to the Current Hosts list with the arrow keys. To customize the list of available hosts, click
Find Hosts.
- Click the Task Libraries tab and expand the TEC Tasks list.
- Select the task to run.
- Configure the task.
- Click one of these buttons:
- Execute Remotely to run the task on the host that is named in the event
- Execute on Server to run the task on the event server
- Execute Task to run the task on the selected hosts
When the task completes, the Task Output window is shown.
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