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Working with Tasks

A task is generated every time you perform a long running action or an action that contains several commands. For example, installing a product, migrating an SMP/E environment into CA CSM, or applying maintenance to a product starts a task.

You manage tasks on the Tasks page.

When a task starts, it runs as a background task on the CA CSM application server. A task details dialog opens that shows the progress of the task. When the task completes, you can click Show Results on the Progress tab to close this dialog and open the task output browser to view the details of the actions, task commands and their output. You can click Hide to exit the dialog and view the task status later on the Tasks tab. While a task is in progress, you can perform other work or close the browser.

This section contains the following topics:

View Task Details

View Implementation Task Details

Download Task Details

Export Implementation Details

Delete a Task

Task Management Policies

Besides standard CA CSM tasks running on the CA CSM application server, there is a special task type: implementation tasks. Implementation tasks are run by SCS address spaces and performed when you manage product configurations. You manage implementation tasks on the Tasks tab using the implementation dialog that opens when you click the implementation task name.