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How can I use NCM to run a set of unique commands on multiple devices simultaneously?

I have a set of different commands I run on different devices, and I want to be able to automate it.

Device 1 - run command set 1

Device 2 - run command set 2

...

Device n - run command set n

I noticed there's an Execute Program job type...is that something I could use? Perhaps I could set up a different job for each device, each with the corresponding command set, then trigger them in a particular order via CLI or .BAT?

Thanks,

Swack

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njoylif

get into task manager on NCM, edit the task to be run and click on actions tab.
there you will see an action and detail. double click and you can cut/paste....i.e.

Action -> start a program

settings:
    program/script:
       configmgmtjob.exe
    Add arguments "D:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\NCM\Jobs\Job-316458.ConfigMgmtJob"
    Start in: d:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\NCM

you'll have to play with the batch file (just use CLI to get it right), but maybe like:

configmgmtjob.exe "D:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\NCM\Jobs\Job-316458.ConfigMgmtJob"

the below worked for me:
d:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\NCM>configmgmtjob.exe "D:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\NCM\Jobs\Job-2575.ConfigMgmtJob"

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njoylif

as long as they don't need to be run "simultaneously", BATCH would work. Also, you might be able to create individual jobs in NCM, then create a Job or batch file to run all those jobs (see the execute statement within the task/job).

each individual job can be scheduled at a given time, but if you want to do it within batch with a delay between each job running do a google search (assuming windows) for sleep.exe - this allows you to put a pause of xx seconds before it runs the next line of code in your batch file (I just dump it in <windows dir>\system32

swack

Thanks Larry. I think I understand that I could write a .bat batch file and execute that under the Program tab. But within the .bat file, how would I call the other individual jobs that I would write separately, one for each device?

njoylif

get into task manager on NCM, edit the task to be run and click on actions tab.
there you will see an action and detail. double click and you can cut/paste....i.e.

Action -> start a program

settings:
    program/script:
       configmgmtjob.exe
    Add arguments "D:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\NCM\Jobs\Job-316458.ConfigMgmtJob"
    Start in: d:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\NCM

you'll have to play with the batch file (just use CLI to get it right), but maybe like:

configmgmtjob.exe "D:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\NCM\Jobs\Job-316458.ConfigMgmtJob"

the below worked for me:
d:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\NCM>configmgmtjob.exe "D:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\NCM\Jobs\Job-2575.ConfigMgmtJob"

swack

Great! I'm making progress. When I set up the individual jobs, I noted the "Job-####" number where it will log to. But when I got to the C:\Program Files\SolarWinds\Configuration Management\Jobs folder those jobs don't appear to exist. ??