Next-Generation Firewall
Task Manager
Table of Contents
Task Manager
Click Tasks at the bottom of
the web interface to display the tasks that you, other administrators,
or PAN‑OS initiated since the last firewall reboot (for example,
manual commits or automatic FQDN refreshes). For each task, the
Task Manager provides the information and actions
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described in the
table below.
Some columns are hidden by default. To display
or hide specific columns, open the drop-down in any column header,
select Columns, and select (display) or clear
(hide) the column names.
Field/Button | Description |
|---|---|
| To filter the tasks, enter a text string
based on a value in one of the columns and Apply Filter (
|
Type | The type of task, such as log request, license
refresh, or commit. If the information related to the task (such
as warnings) is too long to fit in the Messages column, you can click
the Type value to see all the details. |
Status | Indicates whether the task is pending (such
as commits with Queued status), in progress (such as log requests
with Active status), completed, or failed. For commits in progress,
the Status indicates the percentage of completion. |
Job ID | A number that identifies the task. From
the CLI, you can use the Job ID to see additional details about
a task. For example, you can see the position of a commit task in
the commit queue by entering: > show jobs id <job-id> |
|
Start Time
|
The date and time when the task started. For commit tasks, the Start
Time indicates when the commit was added to the commit queue.
|
|
Messages
|
Displays details about the task. If the entry indicates that there
are too many messages, you can click the task Type to see the
messages.
For commit tasks, the Messages include the dequeued time to indicate
when PAN-OS started performing the commit. To see the description an
administrator entered for a commit, click Commit
Description. For details, see Commit Changes.
|
|
Action
|
Click x to cancel a pending commit initiated
by an administrator or PAN-OS. This button is available only to
administrators who have one of the following predefined roles:
superuser, device administrator, virtual system administrator, or
Panorama administrator.
|
|
Admin
|
Displays the administrator that initiated the task. For automatic
tasks, such as a License Refresh, the
admin is system
(Panorama managed firewalls) If a task is initiated by a
Panorama administrator, the admin name is appended with
Panorama. For example,
Panorama-<admin>.
|
End Time | The date and time when the task finished.
This column is hidden by default. |
Show | Select the tasks you want to display:
|
Clear Commit Queue | Cancel all pending commits initiated by administrators
or PAN-OS. This button is available only to administrators who have
one of the following predefined roles: superuser, device administrator,
virtual system administrator, or Panorama administrator. |