Task Manager
Click 
described in the
table below.
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
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 (
). For example, entering edl will filter
the list to display only EDLFetch (fetch external dynamic lists)
tasks. To remove filtering, Remove 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:
This
column is hidden by default. |
End Time | The date and time when the task finished.
This column is hidden by default. |
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. |
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. |
