Submitting jobs that test connections to a remote host
You can submit the Test connection job to verify access to remote hosts. After a remote host computer is registered with a job manager, you can use the Test connection job to check the connection between the job manager and the remote host.
Before you begin
Before you can run the Test connection job, the job manager must be running and the remote host must be a target of the job manager.
If the host is not currently a registered target, complete the following steps to make the host a target of the job manager:
Using the console New Host option or a registerHost command to make a remote host a target verifies access to the host. Immediately after making a host a target, you do not need to run the Test connection job. The Test connection job is useful if the host has been registered for a while and you want to verify that the password specified using the job manager is still valid.
About this task
You can use the job manager console or the deployment manager console to submit a job that checks the connection from the job manager to a host. From the console, choose the Test connection job, specify the host computer, specify job options, review the summary, and submit the job.
Instead of using a console, you can run the testConnection job script in the AdministrativeJobs command group. See the Administrative job types topic.
Procedure
Results
The job manager runs the job and attempts to access the host.
What to do next
On the Job status page, click the ID of the testConnection job and view the job status. If the job is not successful, view any error messages that result from running the job, correct the error condition, and submit the job again.