Managing the Default Tasks

To view and manage default tasks, complete the following:

1	Navigate to the Console > Tasks > Default Tasks page.

 

2	Search for tasks by using the Default Tasks Search section. Select search criteria from the following:

•	Description

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Equals

•	Starts with

•

Ends with

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Contains

•	Type of Units

•

Firewalls

•

SRAs

•

CDPs

•	Aventail SSL-VPNs

•

ESs

•	Task created during

•

Any Time

•

Add Unit

•

Enabled

•

Yes

•

No

3	Select the desired default tasks from the Default Tasks list, or click the check box at the top of the list to select all the tasks.

NOTE: Certain tasks are grouped under one task, and only one of the sub-tasks can be selected from within this category. If the category is disabled, sub-tasks are all disabled as well.

4	Enable or disable configured tasks by selecting/deselecting the check boxes in the Enable column. Click Update after your changes are made.

5	To execute the selected tasks for the chosen units, click the Arrow icon in the Execute column. Or click the Execute link at the bottom of the page to configure multiple selected tasks.

The Select Units pop-up window displays.

 

6	Click Execute only if previously not applied or Execute even if previously applied.

The Execute method selects how you want to execute the tasks for the selected units. This is used to handle situations where a combination of tasks might or might not have run because of the state of the tasks selected after the units were added to the system. When a unit is added to the system, the default tasks are executed against the unit. Depending on the type of unit, firmware version, and the selected defaults at that point of time, some or all of tasks are executed. If a task did not run when a unit (considering the version, type, and so on) was added or at a later time after adding, the pending tasks are automatically applied when the unit properties change. It is also possible to complete a “force execute” on all units, regardless of whether or not they have been previously executed to ensure that the task changes the settings exactly as requested.

7	Click Execute the default tasks on all units in the system or Execute the default tasks on the following selected units.

Unit selection allows the user to pick either all units in the system or selective units from each of the appliance types supported.

Either way, the tasks selected are applied only on units that match the default tasks’ properties which are related to Model, Firmware Version, Appliance Type, and so on.

Tasks CANNOT be Edited or Deleted. The management interface only allows execution of selected tasks against the specified units.