Hitachi Command Suite 8 User Guide

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Managing tasks
This module describes how to manage tasks.
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About tasks
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Customizing which tasks display in the global monitoring bar
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Viewing HCS task status
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Rescheduling HCS tasks waiting to be executed
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Stopping running data migration or data placement profile tasks
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Canceling scheduled HCS tasks
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Moving HCS tasks to the HCS Task History tab
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Restarting a failed or stopped HCS task
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Deleting HCS tasks
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Viewing system task status
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Managing system tasks
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Troubleshooting system tasks
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About tasksTasks are submitted to perform specific functions, such as to allocate orcreate volumes, or to group storage resources. For tasks that you or other
users submit, task status and task results display in a task list.
The method for submitting tasks and the tasks you can run differ depending
on the task type. There are three types of tasks in HCS:
• HCS Tasks HCS tasks are tasks that are submitted using Hitachi Command Suite.
Typically, you schedule HCS tasks to run at a time that is best suited...

changes to storage system settings, or when you submit a task thatcould take a long time to complete.
• System Tasks System tasks are specific to Virtual Storage Platform G1000 storagesystems, and are submitted from Hitachi Device Manager - Storage
Navigator.
From the Tasks & Alerts tab, System Tasks list, you can view: • Task name
• Task type • User
• Storage system (VSP G1000) • Status (link)
Clicking the status link will display additional status information in a
Status Details  window. For example,...

Host information can be synchronized with Compute Systems Manager hosts.This task is listed as a data collection task.
The global monitoring bar provides the following task functionality:
• Displayed at the bottom of the HCS GUI, these task status links provide convenient access for reviewing and managing HCS task and System taskinformation from the Tasks & Alerts tab. The numbers displayed on the
global monitoring bar are the sum of HCS tasks and system tasks. Note that data collection tasks cannot be...

•Viewing data collection task status on page 392
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Customizing which tasks display in the global monitoring bar  on page 385
Customizing which tasks display in the global monitoring
bar
You can control which tasks are visible when using the task status links byfiltering tasks with a cut off date or moving failed tasks to task history.
The cut off date serves as a filter for the tasks from the Tasks & Alerts tab.
You can change the date to restore older tasks to your view.
Moved tasks are can be displayed...

If a task has failed, the Message field provides a description for why the
task failed.
Related concepts
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About tasks  on page 382
Rescheduling HCS tasks waiting to be executed You may reschedule HCS tasks waiting to be executed.
Procedure 1. On the  Tasks & Alerts  tab, select All Tasks.
2. Select the waiting task you want to reschedule from the  HCS Tasks tab
and click the  Reschedule Tasks  button to specify a new schedule from
the dialog box.
3. You can now either execute the rescheduled task or...

volume. Therefore, we recommend that you use immediate stop only foremergencies.
The storage administrator checks the task progress and results in the Tasks &
Alerts tab allowing the schedule of a task that is waiting to be changed.
Procedure 1. In the  Tasks & Alerts  tab, select All Tasks.
2. From the  HCS Tasks  tab, select one or more running tasks that you
want to stop, and click  Stop Tasks.
3. In the confirmation dialog box, click  OK.
4. In the HCS tasks list window, confirm that the status of...

For example, you could manage the completed and cancelled tasks by
moving them to the HCS Task History tab and keep the submitted, stopped, and failed tasks in the HCS Tasks tab until these tasks run to completion or
are resolved.
After a task has been moved to the HCS Task History tab, it cannot be moved back to the HCS Tasks tab.Note:  After a task has been moved to the HCS Task History tab, the task
cannot be restarted again.
Procedure
1. On the  Tasks & Alerts  tab, select All Tasks.
2. On the  HCS...

2.For the selected  Failed or Stopped  task, view the  Task Details dialog
box, and verify in the Message field whether the task can be restarted.
3. Click  Restart Task .
4. Click  Submit  to restart the process.
5. You can check the progress and the result of the task on the  Tasks &
Alerts  tab.
Verify the results for each restarted task by viewing the details of the task.
Result
The status of the task you restarted no longer appears as Failed or Stopped in the list of HCS tasks.
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3.To view task details, on the  System Tasks tab, click Manage System
Tasks , select the storage system for which the task was submitted, click
OK , and review the task list.Note:  Click the  Status column link to view the  Status Details window,
allowing you to view the progress of sub-tasks such as Update Database. Use the  Data Collection Tasks  tab to view details of the Update
Database sub-task or to re-execute the task.
Related concepts
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About tasks  on page 382
Related tasks
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Managing system...