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.

You can schedule a job to start now or at a pre-determined time in the future:

To start a job now - Click the Execute Job button () button before the job is scheduled.

To start a job at a pre-determined time in the future - Schedule the job first. Then, click the

Execute Job button () button. The job is executed according to the time set on the management server.

To view the latest information in Path Provisioning, click the Refresh button. The Refresh button updates the following:

The Path Provisioning screen with changes made in Provisioning Manager. For example, assume you used the wizards in Provisioning Manager to create a host security group. When you access Path Provisioning, your changes are not shown.

The Path Provisioning screen with changes from executed jobs. After a job is executed in Path Provisioning, the Path Provisioning screen is not updated until you click the Refresh button or you exit and re-enter Path Provisioning.

Other parts of the product, such as:

Application Viewer

Capacity Manager

Performance Manager

Backup Manager

Provisioning Manager

System Manager

Monitoring Provisioning Jobs

If you want to view the latest status of the provisioning jobs listed, click the button in the Provision Jobs pane. The management server gathers information about the provisioning jobs listed to determine their latest status. You might want to try this feature when you are not sure if a job has ended.

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