Task Bundle Builder

The Task Bundle Builder is a tool to define the task bundle structure, tasks, and metadata in the task bundle, so that you can easily create and build a task bundle for a service management system. It is provided as an Eclipse update site feature that you can deploy into your integrated development environment.

When you install Administration Services, Installation Manager installs the Task Bundle Builder installation package. The com.ibm.tivoli.fas.task.builder.UpdateSite_buildnumber.zip package is installed into the JazzSM_HOME/admin/tools directory.

You can use the Install New Software wizard in Eclipse to deploy the Task Bundle Builder as an Eclipse update site feature.

After you run this wizard and restart your integrated development environment, you can create a task bundle and use the Task Bundle Builder, which sets up a reference project. The File>New Project > Administration Services>Task Bundle Project wizard prompts you for general details about the task bundle that you can view in the Overview tab in the Resources perspective of the created task bundle. The task bundle is a basic shell, comprising the manifest file, build.properties file, and the plugin.xml file.

You must create task subdirectories in the task bundle project to store the source files for each task, including the script and the help file.

For each task, you add it as an extension point to the task bundle and define the task, task actions, and any required task parameters.