Running a device action

Run an action, such as a restart, on one device from the device details or from the device list.

Prerequisites

• Two-factor authentication is enabled for your user account. Restart, Shut down, Sleep, Log out remote user, and Empty recycle bin require it.

To run a device action

1. In Cyber Console, go to Assets > Devices > All devices.

2. Do one of the following:

   • To run the action from the device details, click the device name, and then, in the action bar, click one of the following actions: Restart, Shut down, Sleep, Log out remote user, or Empty recycle bin.

     To run Wipe data or Reset (ML models), open the More actions menu, and then click the action.

   • To run the action from the device row, in the row of the device, open the row menu, and then click the action.

   The dialog of the action opens.

   If the device does not meet a condition of the action, the dialog shows a message about the condition, and you cannot run the action. See Device action conditions.

3. If you selected Log out remote user or Empty recycle bin, in User Session, select the user session.

4. If you selected Restart, select the Allow the user of the target workload to save changes before the restart action, or to cancel the restart action. checkbox.

5. If you selected Shut down, select the Allow the user of the target workload to save changes before the shutdown action, or to cancel the shutdown action. checkbox.

6. Verify the device name in the dialog, and then click the action button. For example, click Restart. For Wipe data, click Continue.

The action runs on the device.

If To perform this action, you must enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for your account. appears, enable two-factor authentication for your user account, and then run the action again.