Job Steps: Tasks You Can Automate - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Job Steps: Tasks You Can Automate

Jobs are comprised of one or more Job Steps. The following Job Step Types are available:
Table 23-2 • Job Manager Step Types
Task
Scan for
Dependencie
s
Directory
Monitoring
Validation
Conflict
Detection
Import
Best Practice
Detection
Resolution
About Automatically Importing Packages from a Network Directory
In AdminStudio Application Manager, you can use the Network Directory option of Package Auto Import to
monitor a directory location on a network (or a local directory) and automatically import or re-import packages in
that directory at scheduled intervals.
You can use this Network Directory option in combination with the Directory Monitoring Job Step to establish
a consistent, repeatable process in which a directory and, optionally, its subdirectories are monitored for any new
or modified Windows Installer package files. If changes are detected, those new or modified files can then be either
imported or reimported into the Application Catalog.
Note • For more information, see
AdminStudio 9.5 User Guide
Description
The Scan for Dependencies Job Step analyzes a Windows Installer package for
dependent files. This information is used primarily to enhance the quality of any future Patch
Impact Analysis operation that may be performed on this package.
You can use the Directory Monitoring Job Step to establish a consistent, repeatable
process in which a directory and, optionally, its subdirectories are monitored for any new or
modified Windows Installer package files, and if changes are detected, those new or
modified files are then either imported or reimported into the Application Catalog. See
Automatically Importing Packages from a Network Directory
The Validation Job Step verifies the internal data integrity of a Windows installer package.
The Conflict Detection Job Step performs conflict detection against selected packages.
The Import Job Step imports a specified package (of any package type except Merge
Modules) into the Application Catalog. An Import Job Step can only be included in a
Custom Job, not a Job based on a Template.
The Best Practice ACEs Job Step operates against a single package to enforce Microsoft
Windows Installer standards.
The Resolution Job Step performs automatic conflict resolution on one Windows Installer
package or a set of packages. To configure the Resolution Job Step, you first select the
packages to perform conflict resolution on, and then you select at least one resolution.
Automatically Importing Packages from a Network
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