Deployment

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
  • 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

Note: Pre-reboot procedures will be honored even when reboot is not initiated by patch or profile.

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.
• Distribution Window
• Skip if Offline
• Power up if Offline

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.

Note: If a scheduled deployment enters a blackout window and an in-progress installation completes within the window the agent(s) will perform the reboot action specified in the profile. This reboot is done as a safety measure to ensure ensure the machine is not left in a bad state (reboot pending), in the case where the next deployment start time might be days, weeks, or months, after this deployment. The reboot will be followed by a verification scan to ensure patches were installed successfully.

• Start Day, End Day - Select day from Sunday to Saturday or choose Every Day.
• Start Time - Choose time from the drop-down.
• End Time - Choose time from the drop-down. 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.