Editing Machines
Theme: Configure
Who Is It For? System Administrator, Automation Engineer
What Is It?
Use this procedure to edit Machines in the Enterprise Manager.
To edit a machine, complete the following steps:
- Select on Machines under the Administration topic. The Machines screen displays
- Select the machine in the Select Machine list
- Right-click over the graphic in the Communication Status frame and select Stop Communication to stop communication with the agent
- Enter the changes to the Name, Documentation, or General Settings boxes
- Select
Save on the Machines toolbar - Right-click over the graphic in the Communication Status frame and select Start Communication to resume communication with the agent
- Select Close ☒ (to the right of the Machines tab) to close the Machines screen
FAQs
Q: Do edits to machines take effect immediately?
Changes saved to machines in the Job Master take effect the next time the record is built or referenced. Edits to Daily table records apply only to the current instance.
Glossary
LSAM (Local Schedule Activity Monitor): An agent installed on a target platform that runs jobs in the native language of that platform and communicates results back to SAM via SMANetCom over TCP/IP.
Daily Tables: The OpCon database tables that hold the active, date-specific instances of schedules and jobs built for execution. Changes to daily tables affect only the current day's automation.
Resource: A numeric variable in OpCon representing a finite pool. Jobs can be configured to require a set number of resource units to run, limiting concurrent executions and preventing resource contention.
Machine: A platform defined in the OpCon database that has an agent installed. OpCon routes job execution requests to machines via SMANetCom, and machines report job completion status back to SAM.
Job: The fundamental unit of work in OpCon. A job defines what to run, on which machine, when to start, and what conditions must be met. Job results are tracked and can trigger events and notifications.