Creating a Runbook

Hornbill’s ITOM Runbooks enables you to provide Orchestration by enabling more than one package operation to be executed as part of a process. Process logic can be applied to dictate whether an operation will be executed and the order of execution.

Creating a Runbook Process

From the ITOM page, select Runbooks
Click the Add New Runbook(+) button
Enter a Name
The Runbook Process Designer will open.

Building a Runbook Process

Select the connection line between the Start and End nodes
Right-click on the selected line and select “Add node between connected nodes”
Select IT Automation.
The new node will be added to the canvas with a warning icon to indicate that it requires setting up.
Hover over the IT Automation node, and click on the Cog icon to open the properties of this node.
Enter Run Harry as the Display name
Click the Add Package button
Select Harry Hornbill
Confirm the Run Operation is set to Show Harry
Set Target Machine type to Machine, and select a Computer
Click Save draft button

Publish a Runbook Process

Click the Publishing Manager button.
Click the Publish button
Click Runbooks from the breadcrumbs at the top of the page.

Executing a Runbook Process

Manual Execution

Locate the Runbook Entry on the Runbooks list
Click the Invoke action button

Scheduled Execution

Navigate to (Home > ITOM > Job Scheduling)
Click the Create New button, and Select Runbook Schedule
Enter the following Schedule details:
- Name: Harry Hornbill
- Schedule: Run Once
- Runbook: Run Harry
Set the following Operation Parameters to True:
Click Enable Schedule
Navigate to (Home > ITOM > Job Scheduling)
Wait for the Job schedule Time, and Click on the Job Name: Harry Hornbill
Click Job History
Confirm the Status of the Job

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