LANDesk system management actions

These actions let you incorporate LANDesk Management Suite's system management functionality with Asset Lifecycle Manager.

LANDesk system management actions are described below.

NOTE: For all LDMS actions, Core credential set is a required value, and should be the first attribute you fill in. If you select a field to set up the integration with an LDMS core, make sure the field is mapped to a Listener value that matches the Display name you provided for the LDMS core in the Asset Lifecycle Manager database utility.

Add/delete device

This action lets you add or delete devices. When the action occurs in the course of a process, the designated devices are added/deleted from the inventory of the LANDesk Management Suite core server.

Add/remove from scheduled task

This action lets you add or remove a device to or from an existing scheduled task. When the action occurs in the course of a process, the designated scheduled task is updated to include the device specified here.

Delete scheduled task

This action lets you delete an existing scheduled task.

Deploy agent to unmanaged device

This action lets you deploy agents to unmanaged devices. When the action occurs in the course of a process, a scheduled task is created in LANDesk Management Suite and run in order to deploy the agent configuration package to one or more unmanaged devices.

Reschedule task

This action lets you reschedule a task. When the action occurs in the course of a process, a scheduled task is created in LANDesk Management Suite and executed.

Schedule distribution

This action lets you schedule the distribution of a package. When the action occurs in the course of a process, a scheduled task is created in LANDesk Management Suite and the package is distributed.

Schedule provisioning template

This action lets you initiate a task based on a LANDesk Provisioning template. When the action occurs in the course of a process, the specified LANDesk Provisioning Template task is executed.

Schedule script

This action lets you schedule a LANDesk Management Suite script. When the action occurs in the course of a process, a scheduled task is created in Management Suite and the script is executed.

Set machine data

This action lets you set the machine data for devices. These attributes are inserted into the database and expand the inventory information for all devices. When the action occurs in the course of a process, it causes LANDesk Management Suite to set the machine data, which adds the designated attributes to the inventory of the LANDesk Management Suite core server.