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  • 1.  Managing reboots in Patch Management

    Posted Jul 09, 2013 05:51 AM

    Hi all:

    I need to manage the reboots when installing several packages (either from software installations or from patches) so that if a client installs (for example) five packages requiring to reboot, it gets only one reboot when the installation has finished, instead of rebooting after each package has finished installing.

    I have been looking in Connect, but none of the articles I have looked at has helped me in getting a clue for getting this challenge done.

    I would really appreciate if anyone can point me in the right direction.

     

    Thanks:

          Falquian



  • 2.  RE: Managing reboots in Patch Management

    Posted Jul 09, 2013 06:57 AM

    Hi Falquian,

    For Patch Management - from your SMP Console, click Settings/All Settings.  From the left pane, expand Agents/Plug-ins, then Software, and Patch Management.  In the Windows folder, there is a policy there called "Default Software Update Plug-in Policy."  Clone this policy (name it whatever you want). 

    From the newly cloned policy, you can set your remediation schedules, and when you wish to allow restart.  From the Notification tab, you can set whether your users are notified when patches will be installed, if they see installation progress bars, reminders, and you can also allow them to defer installation.

    For Quick Delivery, these settings can be managed by your command line to install.  Most software can be installed without a reboot (with a REBOOT=ReallySuppress on an .msi package, for example).  If you're running multiple Quick Delivery tasks in a Job, you can add a Restart Computer task after all have been completed and manage it that way.

    If you're using Managed Software Delivery, suppressing the reboot from the installation command lines would still be valid, but you can also set the default Results-based actions if you go to Settings/All Settings, and from the left pane expand Software.  The very bottom option should be Managed Delivery Settings.  You can set your Results-based actions on the Run tab in the right pane.  I believe by default it is set to "No action required", which would do nothing post-install.

    Hope this helps you out.