Conflict Resolution And The Software Repository - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 23: Automating Tasks Using Job Manager
About Job Manager

Conflict Resolution and the Software Repository

If you include a Conflict Detection Job Step in a Job to identify conflicts, you can also include a Resolution Job
Step to automatically resolve the conflicts that have associated Conflict Application Resolution Definitions
(CARDs), and then reimport the modified package into the Application Catalog.
Resolution Behaviors
Because conflict resolution requires that the package be modified, if a package is stored in the Software
Repository and is currently checked-out by another user, it cannot be modified, and therefore cannot be resolved.
This resolution behavior is detailed in the following table.
Table 23-3 • Job Manager Resolution Behavior Regarding the Software Repository
Package State
Package in Software
Repository / Checked
Out
Package in Software
Repository / Not
Checked Out
Package Not in
Software Repository
Re-Import Behaviors
When defining a Resolution Job Step, you have to indicate the reimport option for resolved packages. When
defining a Resolution Job Step, you have the choice of three re-import options for resolved packages: re-import
as a new version, re-import by overwriting the existing version, or do not re-import.
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Resolution Behavior
Job Manager ignores the resolution process for these packages. The packages
are already being edited by someone else.
The package will be checked out by the virtual user Job Manager Engine prior
to the normal operation of the resolution process.
If the resolution process results in a no-operation or the user does not elect to re-
import the package, then the check-out operation will be cancelled.
The resolution process will operate normally.
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