{"id":5725,"date":"2021-05-26T10:59:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T08:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/?p=5725"},"modified":"2022-10-26T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T14:14:11","slug":"multi-launch-in-taskforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/multi-launch-in-taskforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-launch of hashing, wiping and diagnostics in TaskForce"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>When you need to wipe a bunch of target drives for subsequent imaging sessions or double-check hash values on multiple drives in your archive, multi-launch functionality in TaskForce helps you save time and avoid repeated clicks to complete such multi-drive tasks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This function is currently supported for single-drive tasks: Hashing, Wiping, Diagnostics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To use multi-launch:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Click the task in the main menu<\/li>\r\n<li>In the drive selection panel, enable the multi-launch option and select the drives you would like to run the task on. When it comes to hashing, multi-launch can be applied to both the devices plugged into the system and the locally stored image files.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large atola-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2736\" height=\"1824\" src=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1multi1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5759\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Optionally, you can click the top panel to see the number of selected devices and double-check the selected devices and their details. The drop-down gives additional info about the drives such as their health status according to the most recent diagnostics and case ID.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>3. Check and adjust the settings, that will be identical for all of the currently selected drives and click START<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large atola-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2736\" height=\"1824\" src=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3-multilaunch-settings.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5733\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If in the wiping settings, you keep the &#8216;Check if device contains data&#8217; option enabled, TaskForce will scan all the selected devices. If any data may be overwritten. 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