If you are unable to click the Create Job button, verify all required Step buttons have been clicked. If you are still unable to click the Create Job button, verify if the Host Customize Dialog

() is selected for multipathing. If the Host Customize Dialog is set for multipathing, select the second path from the Path combo box and repeat the provisioning steps, except the steps for selecting a system action, storage system and host. See ”Host Customize Dialog” on page 404.

2.Schedule the job by selecting the job and then clicking the button in the Provision Jobs pane.

a.(Optional) In the Time field, change the time displayed. The management server

automatically displays a time five minutes from when you clicked the . Type a time in 24-hour format with hours and minutes separated by a colon. For example, 23:15, for 11:15 p.m.

b.Select a date you want the job to start. The date is selected.

c.Click the Set button.

If you click the Set button after the time has passed, you must reset the time.

3.To execute the job, select the job and then click the Execute Job () button. The job is executed at the scheduled time.

You can obtain more information about a schedule job by selecting it. When you select a scheduled job in the Provision Jobs pane, detailed information appears in the Job Console pane, located in the lower-right corner. The Message Console tab, located also in the lower-right corner, provides information such as if the job has ended or failed. If a job has failed, the reason for the failure is provided on the Message Console tab.

Keep in mind the following:

• Jobs are executed according to the time set on the management server, since they are centrally saved in the database for the management server.

• When the management server is determining which job to perform first, it looks first for jobs requiring volume and/or zone creation. It does not perform the jobs in the order suggested by the Provision Job ID nor according to the order of the jobs appearing in the Provision Jobs table.

• The management server can detect when the required volume and/or zone has already been created. For example, assume you created a job to create a volume. The next few jobs use this volume. These jobs will determine if the volume has been created, before creating the volume.

Executing Provisioning Jobs

If you want to save and execute a job, you must click the Execute Job button () button. When

you click the Execute Job button () button, the job is saved on the management server. Other users can now see the job.

When the management server is determining which job to perform first, it looks first for jobs requiring volume and/or zone creation. It does not perform the jobs in the order suggested by the Provision Job ID nor according to the order of the jobs appearing in the Provision Jobs table.

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