HP Integrity NonStop H-Series - Manual (Page 141)

14 Managing Requests
This section describes managing requests. Topics discussed in this section include:
• “Submitting a Request” (page 141)
• “Types of NonStop Software Essentials Requests” (page 141)
• “Scheduling a Request” (page 141)
• “Viewing Requests and Request Status” (page 142)
• “Restarting a Request” (page 144)
• “Canceling a Request” (page 145)
• “Deleting a Request (ZPHIHMI or ZPHITMI)” (page 145)
Submitting a Request
You initiate tasks in NonStop Software Essentials by submitting a request. (See “Types of NonStop
Software Essentials Requests” (page 141) for examples of those task requests.) In the request, you
set up, schedule, and submit a batch process. You can run multiple requests concurrently and check
the status of requests.
If you exit NonStop Software Essentials while a request is running, the request continues to run.
You can reenter NonStop Software Essentials while the request is running or after it finishes. When
you are logged on to NonStop Software Essentials, it displays status messages for requests.
Types of NonStop Software Essentials Requests
The types of requests you can submit from NonStop Software Essentials are:
For more information, see... Function Request
Chapter 6: “Receiving and Managing Software
Packages” Receive software from RVUs, SPRs, or
third-party distribution subvolumes into the
DSM/SCM archive. Receive Software
Chapter 8: “Primary Build and Apply Process” Build or Build/Apply a configuration revision
for a target system and receive a snapshot of
the new software from the target system. Build or Build/Apply
“Receive the Snapshot Manually From Disk or
Tape” (page 131) Receive current status of DSM/SCM-managed
files from a target system into the host Receive Snapshot
database. Requested on a host system when
systems do not have an Expand connection
or when an independent snapshot is requested
on a target system.
Chapter 16: “Generating and Viewing Reports” Format reports from the DSM/SCM database
and release documentation for printing or
viewing online. Prepare Reports and
Documents
“Exporting Files from the Archive” (page 161) Copy and convert files DSM/SCM stored in
internal archive format to standard system
files. Export Product Files
Scheduling a Request
For your convenience, you can schedule requests to run immediately (now) or later, at a specified
date and time. In the Build/Apply request example below, you can specify that the build start now
(immediately upon clicking the Submit button) or a later specified time; for the Apply task, your
options are “As soon as the build completes” or a later specified time after the build has completed.
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