OpenManage Integrations for Microsoft System Center Help

Jobs and logs

Use this page to view all jobs initiated in the appliance. You can view the progress of the jobs at various stages. Also, you can filter and view jobs for a particular category.

RunningDisplays the list of jobs running or in-progress state.
RefreshRefreshes the list of jobs.
Jobs/Tasks/MessagesLists all jobs pertaining to running or history tab.
SummaryDisplays the job description, job type and job status.
Progress StatusDisplays the job's progress.
Activity LogDisplays the subtasks and their details.
CategoryDisplays the category of the message for the corresponding subtask such as Information, Success, Error or Warning.
Message DescriptionDisplays a brief description of the subtask.
HistoryDisplays jobs that are run in the past.
NOTE: After upgrading to DLCI for SCVMM version 1.3, there is no subtask information for the jobs that are run in earlier versions of DLCI for SCVMM.
FilterImproves search criteria through filtering. Select from the drop-down menu to view jobs or any of the following categories:
  • Show All
  • Deployments
  • Firmware Update Jobs
  • Discovery Jobs
  • WinPE Creation Jobs
  • Sync Jobs
  • Export and Import Jobs
  • Part Replacement Jobs
  • Export LC Log Jobs
ScheduledDisplays jobs scheduled for a future date and time.
NOTE: When same jobs are scheduled at the same time by different or same users, the job might fail. Hence make sure that same jobs are not scheduled at the same time.
CancelCancels the selected jobs.
NOTE: You can cancel a job only if it has not started.
Generic LogsDisplays the appliance-specific, common log messages that are not specific to a subtask and other activities.
Appliance Log MessagesDisplays all the appliance-specific log messages such as restarting the appliance. You can view this category of messages only from the Admin portal.
Generic Log MessagesDisplays all log messages that are common across jobs that are listed in the Running, History, and Scheduled tabs.

For example, if a firmware update job is in progress for a group of servers, the tab displays the log messages pertaining to creating the SUU repository for that job.