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Managing Control Actions

Topics marked with * relate to HQ Enterprise-only features.

This screen allows users to view the control actions currently being performed on a resource and to manage both on-demand and scheduled control actions.

Availability of Control Actions
The control actions available on this screen depend on the resource type. A product's plugin determines the control actions available for the product. Product-specific information about control actions can be found through the list of products managed by HQ.

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Tasks Available on This Screen

On this screen, users can do the following tasks:

To initiate an on-demand (quick) control action on the resource:

  1. Select the action in Control Action.
  2. Type in Control Arguments for the action (if the control action uses or requires arguments).
  3. Click .
    The control action will take place immediately or, if other control actions are currently taking place, just after they finish.

To schedule a control action for the resource:

  • In the "Control Action Schedule" section, click and proceed to the "New Scheduled Control Action" screen.

To edit a scheduled control action:

  • In the "Control Action Schedule" section, click the scheduled control action and proceed to the "Edit Scheduled Control Action" screen.

To delete a scheduled control action:

  • In the "Control Action Schedule" section, check the scheduled control action and click .
    This control action will no longer be performed on the resource.

To configure this server for monitoring and control:

  • In the Tools Menu, click Configure Server and proceed to the "Edit Resource Configuration" screen.

To add this server to the Dashboard Favorites:

  • In the Tools Menu, click Add to Dashboard Favorites.

To create a new service that will be added to this server:

  • In the Tools Menu, click New Service and proceed to the "Creating a New Service" screen.

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Sections on This Screen

Current Status

This section displays the status of a currently running control action (if any). This section displays the following information about the currently running control action:
Control Action: The control action being performed on the resource
Command State: The result of the control action. Possible values = Successful, Failed.
Command Status: What the control action is currently doing. Possible values = In Progress, Stopped, Running, Restarting, Stopping.
Elapsed Time: How long HQ has been performing the control action
Description
Date Started: The day and time on which HQ started performing this control action
Date Scheduled: The day and time on which the control action is scheduled to run

Quick Control

This section displays the control actions available for this resource and allows users to initiate an on-demand control action.

Control Action Schedule

This section lists all control actions currently scheduled for this resource. Users can edit or delete an existing scheduled control action or create a new one.

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Navigating via the Masthead Menu

Main screens in Hyperic contain a masthead menu. Users can navigate to the following parts of HQ using this menu:

Dashboard Displays the Dashboard, the starting screen in HQ, which displays information about resource health, recent alerts, recently performed auto-discovery scan, and control actions
Resources Click the menu name to access either Browse (takes users to the Browse Resources screen, where they can locate and navigate through information about all managed resources), Currently Down (takes users to the Currently Down screen, where they can look at all managed resources that are unavailable), Nagios Availability (available only when Nagios is installed), or Recently Viewed (provides a drop-down list of resources that the user has recently viewed. Selecting one of those resources takes the user to the Current Health screen for the resource).
Analyze Click the menu name to access Reporting * (presents the Reporting screen, from which reports can be generated), Alert Center (presents the Alert Center, which displays a deployment wide alert summary), or Event Center (presents the Event Center, which displays a deployment-wide event summary).
Administration Takes users (with "Administer Hyperic HQ Server Configuration" permissions) to the Administration screen, where they can manage the system-wide settings
Search
The Search box in the upper right of the Masthead allows you to search for HQ resources of any type and HQ users.

Search results appear after four characters are entered in the text box. Results will include the first 10 platforms, servers, services, and groups whose name includes the search string.

Double-click a resource in the list to navigate to its Resource page.

The masthead also displays the two most recently triggered alerts. Users can click the alert's time to be taken to the alert detail.

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Next Steps

Schedule a control action
Edit an already scheduled control action
See the history of control actions on this resource
View the resource's inventory (group, platform, or server)

Related Information

Learn what it means to "control resources"

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