Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

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Monitor requests

After you submit one or more requests to the centralized installation manager, you can monitor the progress of and view specific details about each installation and uninstallation request.

 

About this task

In the administrative console, the Installations in Progress and Installation History panels provide you with information on the status of the installation and uninstallation requests that you submit to the centralized installation manager for processing. However, each panel provides you with different options for using that information to monitor and manage your requests. Installations in Progress provides you with options to view and monitor the progress of each request, and you can also cancel any pending requests from this panel. From the Installation History panel, you can monitor the completion status, delete the history records, and access the error messages and log files of each incomplete request.

 

Procedure

• Complete the following steps to monitor the progress of requests:

  1. Click System administration > Centralized Installation Manager > Installations in Progress in the administrative console.

  2. Review the table for specific details about each request, which are described in the following list:

     • Host name specifies the name of the workstation on which the request is performed.

     • Operation specifies the type of request, such as install, uninstall, or install SSH public key.

     • Package and Features specifies the name of the software package and any accompanying features that make up the installation request.

     • Creation time specifies the date and time you submit the request.

     • Status specifies the progress of the request.

  3. Select one or more rows from the table, and click Cancel Pending Request to cancel only the requests that are not yet started.

  4. Review the confirmation panel, and click OK to return to the Installations in Progress panel.

• Complete the following steps to view the completion status and details of requests:

  1. Click System administration > Centralized Installation Manager > Installation History in the administrative console.

  2. Review the table for specific details about each request. The table that is displayed lists the same descriptive information as the table on the Installations in Progress panel, except that the status is displayed as one of the following completion types:

     • Succeeded

     • Failed

     • Installation succeeded, Configuration failed

  3. Click Remove to delete the history records from the deployment manager.

     Review the confirmation panel, and click Remove again.

  4. Click View details to view the log files and any error messages. A new page now displays any errors that might occur, and the links to the actual log content. The error messages always display before the links.

     • Click the specific link to read the content of a log file.

       If you previously deleted the log files from the remote workstation, an error message is displayed. If you replace existing log files with new ones, the updated content is displayed.

     • Click OK to return to the Installation History panel.

 

What to do next

Return to the Available Installations panel to resubmit a canceled or failed request, or submit a new request to the centralized installation manager.

In the case of certain failed requests, you might need to correct the error on the remote workstations before resubmitting the requests. For installations that are partially successful, examine the logs to correct the problem. You can manually complete the remaining installation steps. With this option, you do not need to resubmit the requests. Alternatively, if the failure state of the request is closer to the starting state, you can return the workstation to the starting state before you resubmit the requests.

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