Initiating scheduled policy validation

Process execution describes the various methods that may be used to invoke and run compliance processes can be validated against the network. Scheduled initiation describes the ability to plan a process execution once (either immediately or at a pre-defined time in the future) or on a regular basis. The execution date and time are required to determine when the next process run shall be.

Before you begin

The scheduling aspect of a process should be setup when the process is being created. However, if process scheduling needs to be added to an existing process, this may be done using the Edit Process screen. All dates/times specified in Netcool Configuration Manager - Compliance are server side.

About this task

The following procedure outlines how to execute a process using scheduled process initiation.

Procedure

  1. A scheduled process is configured on Step 4: Process Trigger of the Create a Process screen.
  2. The Date and Time you wish to schedule the process execution is specified on this screen. Using the up and down arrows on the right hand side of the Server Time, configure the date and time as appropriate. The calendar feature can be invoked to assist in choosing the correct date by clicking on the icon to the furthermost right.
  3. Click Next to proceed to the next screen.
  4. When this scheduled process is invoked, the progress of the process execution can be tracked using the Process Execution Summary in the Results tab. On this screen, a scheduled initiation will have an execution type of 'Scheduled'.

Example

An example of how scheduled initiation may be used is to run a security policy on Monday morning at 5 am.