After you create an external application task and it is displayed
in IBM Director Console, you can start
the task in the same ways as any other IBM Director task.
Before an external application task can be started successfully, the
following prerequisites must be met:
- The external application task must be defined on IBM Director Server.
- For the external application task to be displayed in IBM Director Console,
either IBM Director Server must be
restarted or you must select from
the menu in IBM Director Console.
- Although the external application task is defined on IBM Director Server,
the external application to be started and any resources
required by the application must be present on the management
console from which the task will be started.
- Prerequisites
- Configuring external application tasks with the External Application Launch Wizard
To start an external application task, perform one of the following
steps. Depending on the task type, some
methods might not be available.
- Right-click a managed object and select the task
- Drag a managed object to the task in the Tasks pane
- Drag the task to a managed object in the Managed Objects pane
- Double-click the task in the Tasks pane
- Select the task from the Tasks menu