Turning off validation in a task

Some of the Virtualization Tasks within the Server Automation domain contain a Validation button which you can use to disable validation and enter your own data for some of the parameters.

The Virtualization Tasks in the Server Automation domain contain forms which are automatically populated with data from external systems which you must complete to take action. However, on occasion, the data can either be out of date, or you might need to work with data that does not currently exist but is scheduled to exist at a specific time in the future. If you must work with data that is not populated within the Task, you can disable validation.

You can check whether you can disable validation in the Validation column in the Task. If there is an ON/OFF button in the Validation column for the parameter that you want to work with, you can select OFF to disable validation. For example, if you want to modify a virtual machine that is powered on but is scheduled to be powered off, you can select OFF on the button in the Validation column for Power State and schedule the Task to take action when the virtual machine is powered off.

For some parameters, you can both disable validation and enter your own values. For example, if you want to modify a virtual machine that is not in the Virtual Machine Name list because it does not exist, but is scheduled to be created, you can select OFF on the button in the Validation column and enter the name of the virtual machine that you want to modify.

If you disable validation for a parameter, other parameters which are dependent on that parameter might be affected. For example, in the VMware Modify Virtual Machine Task, if you disable the Virtual Machine Name parameter, the Power State and the Disk size parameters are also disabled. The validation on these parameters is disabled because the IBM BigFix console cannot validate the power state or the disk size of a virtual machine that is not listed.