Symantec Altiris Workflow 7.0, Configuration Manual

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Testing a separate background processing configuration
After you have installed Workflow 7.0 in a separate background processing
configuration and configured connections between your primary and secondary
servers, Symantec recommends testing the configuration. Test the configuration
by creating a Workflow-type project with timeouts, publish the project to both
servers, invoke the process from the primary server only, and then see if the
timeouts work. If the timeouts appear in the Log Viewer in the Logging and
Configuration Tool, you have successfully set up the separate background
processing configuration.
To test a separate background processing configuration
1 On the primary server, open Workflow Designer and create a Workflow-type
project.
2
In the workspace of the open project, add a Get Current Date component and
connect it after the Start component.
3 Add a Create Log Entry component after the Get Current Date component.
4 In the Create Log Entry editor, set the Log Entry Level to Error.
5 Add a Dialog Workflow component after the Create Log Entry component.
6 In the Dialog Workflow component editor, set the Task Source Type to
ProcessManagerTaskSource.
7 Under Task Assignments, assign the task to the All Users group.
8 Under the Event Configuration tab, add two escalations set at two and four
minutes respectively.
9 In the Decision Model of each escalation, add a Create Log Entry component
set to the Error level.
10
Under the Event Configuration tab, under Timeout Configuration, set the
timeout span to five minutes.
11 In the Timeout Process, add a Create Log Entry component set to the Error
level.
12 Under the Event Configuration tab, open the Start Process and add a Send
Email component.
Configure the Send Email component to send an email to an address you can
access. In the HTML Content, add the ResponsePageLink.
13 Save and publish your project to both your primary and secondary servers.
14 Run the process on only the primary server. Do not run it on the secondary
server.
Installing Workflow 7.0
Possible installation configurations
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