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What's a runbook?

In a computer system or network, a runbook is a compilation of routine procedures and operations that the system administrator or operator carries out. System administrators in IT departments and NOCs use runbooks as a reference. Runbooks can be in either electronic or in physical book form.

Creating and Testing a Sample Runbook

Run this process when you need to create and test a sample runbook

Testing the runbook

You can test the runbook by using the Runbook Tester. This tool lets you run the entire runbook and inspect the completion status and output of each activity. The Runbook Tester runs the activities, so you must first create the folders specified for the runbook.

To test the runbook

1. Create a folder on the runbook server called C:\Drop.

2. Create a folder on the runbook server called C:\Copy.

3. With the Append and Copy Workflow runbook selected in the Runbook Designer, on the toolbar, click Runbook Tester.

4. Click Run To Breakpoint. The Monitor File activity is loaded and waits for a text file to be created in the C:\Drop folder.

5. Open Notepad and type a few lines of text. Save the file as C:\Drop\File1.txt.

6. Wait a few moments for the other activities to run. Ensure that each of the activities is completed successfully.

7. To view the Published Data and other details of an activity, click Show Details for the activity.

8. Open the C:\Drop folder and ensure that the file has been removed.

9. Open the C:\Copy folder and ensure that the file has been copied. Also verify that the MasterLog.txt file has the contents of the original file.

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