Deployment

NAVIGATION  Software Management > Profiles > Deployment

The Deployment page creates profiles that specify how and when deployments are executed on assigned machines. The deployment profile can be assigned on this page or on the Machines page.

Actions

  • New - Creates a Deployment profile.
  • Edit - Edits a selected profile.
  • Delete - Deletes the selected profile.
  • Refresh - Refreshes the grid.

Machines Assigned

Machines can also be assigned profiles using the Machines page.

  • Assign - Assigns selected machines to a profile. A machine can only be assigned one profile at a time.
  • Remove - Removes selected machines from a profile.

Deployment Profile Options

Reboot Options

Reboot prompts and warnings occur after the install.

  • When the user is logged in
    • Reboot immediately after update
    • Warn user and wait for x min and then reboot
    • Ask user about reboot and offer to delay (reask every x minute); do not reboot until get response
    • Ask permission, if no response in x min reboot
    • Skip Reboot
    • Do not reboot after update, send email - You can configure the email format using the Settings page.
  • Wait time - Minutes to wait after warning the user of reboot.
  • When a user is not logged in
    • Reboot immediately after update
    • Warn user and wait for x min and then reboot
    • Skip Reboot
    • Do not reboot after update, send email - You can configure the email format using the Settings page.

Note: If patch deployments configured with Reboot immediately after update happen to complete within any blackout window, reboots will be suspended until the next scheduled deployment window.

Procedures

The following options select an agent procedure to run before or after an update or reboot.

  • Pre-Update Procedure
  • Pre-Reboot Procedure
  • Post-Update Procedure
  • Post-Reboot Procedure

Schedule

Schedules recurring deployments. The recurring schedule for a deployment typically follows the recurring schedule for a Scan and Analysis scan by at least several hours.

  • Time Frame - Daily, Weekly, Monthly
    • If Daily is selected, Run Every X Days displays. Enter the interval of days run.
    • If Weekly is selected, Sunday through Saturday displays. Select the days of the week to run.
    • If Monthly is selected, Run Every X Months displays. Enter additional parameters to specify the interval of months to run and when to run during a month.
  • Run Time - Enter the agent time to run.

Blackout Window

Blackout windows prevent schedule deployments from being run during specified days/times of the week. A scheduled run time can only be specified outside of a blackout window.

  • Monday - Friday
    • Start Time
    • End Time - Includes a Do not restart until the next profile time value. This value extends the blackout window until the next time the deployment profile is scheduled to run.
  • Saturday - Sunday
    • Start Time
    • End Time