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Chapter 23: Automating Tasks Using Job Manager

About Job Manager

Table 23-1 • Job Manager User Documentation (cont.)
Section
Job Manager Reference
About Job Manager
You can use Job Manager to automate time consuming tasks such as package import, validation, conflict analysis,
and conflict resolution. Job Manager provides:
• Increased
conflict analysis, and conflict resolution—to run automatically at scheduled times (such as when system
availability is highest), and no human intervention is required.
• Enforcement of consistent business
consistent business practices in the deployment preparation process. It allows you to perform the exact same
series of steps on any package before it is deployed in your enterprise, such as checking against specific ICE
or ACE rules, and against a specific operating system.
• Dynamic group content
packages are in a selected group at the time the Job is executed. You can schedule a reoccurring Job to
automatically perform actions on the exact contents of a group without ever having to select any packages or
create any new Jobs. This allows you to enforce consistent business practices on a group's contents even as
the content changes.
This section includes the following topics:
•
Job Steps: Tasks You Can Automate
•
Template Jobs vs. Custom Jobs
•
Selecting Contextual Packages in a Custom Job
• Dynamic Group Content Identification
• Conflict Resolution and the Software Repository
• User Permissions and Job Manager
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Description
Provides detailed information on all of the Job Manager pages.
efficiency—With Job Manager, you can schedule common tasks—such as package import,
identification—You can create a Job that will perform actions on whatever
practices—Job Manager enables organizations to enforce
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