12.10. Setting Up a Deployment PolicyΒΆ

A deployment policy is created to control how a Deployment Request actually carries out the deployment of Patches. A user can create multiple policies and select any one of those when creating a Deployment Request.

A Deployment Policy uses fine-grained configurations to control deployment initiation, reboot policy, user interaction, and notifications.

Adding a Deployment Policy

  1. Click on the Launcher icon and select Patch.

  2. Select Deployment Policy from the Patch menu.

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  1. The Deployment Policies page opens. Here you can view all your policies that you create. Click on Create Deployment Policy situated in the top right corner of the page.

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  1. The Create Deployment Policy dialog box opens. You get the following fields:

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  1. Name: This field allows you to give a name to the policy.

  2. Apply on Every Startup: You can instruct the product server to send command to a Computer on every startup.

  3. Initiate Policy: You can instruct Computers to install the Patches immediately or during a system startup.

  4. Reboot Policy: You can instruct Computers to perform a reboot, shutdown or do nothing after a successful installation.

  5. Allow-user-to-skip-deployment: Do you want to give the users of Computers the option to skip a deployment?

  6. Notify-user-before-deployment: Do you want to notify the users of Computers before a deployment. If you select Yes, then two new fields appear where you have to add a title and a message for the users.

  1. Fill in the fields and click Add to add the policy to the product list of Deployment Policies.

Edit a policy:

  • Go to the Deployment Policy page.

  • Click on the Edit Icon adjacent to the policy which you want to edit.

  • Click on Update after performing the edits.

Delete a policy:

In the Deployment Policy page, click on the Delete Icon adjacent to the policy that you want to delete. A confirmation box opens whereby selecting Yes deletes the policy permanently.

Note

You cannot delete a policy if it is associated with a Deployment Request. You have to delete the request first then the policy.