View the configuration and status of currently configured deployment or uninstallation projects. You can edit, delete, duplicate, start, stop, and uninstall deployment projects using this page.
Deployment summary option definitions
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Type | The list of deployment type filters include: All — Displays all deployments. Continuous — Displays only Continuous deployments. Fixed — Displays only Fixed deployments. Deployments are sorted by start date, displaying the newest first.
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Status | The list of deployment status filters include: All — Displays all deployments. Finished — Displays the completed deployments. In Progress — Displays only Fixed deployments that have begun. Pending — Displays when the server is waiting for the next agent communication. The default is 60 minutes. Items are often pending while waiting for the next agent communication to the server.
Running — Displays only Continuous deployments that have begun. Stopped — Displays only the deployments selected as stopped.
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Configured deployment list The information displayed for each list item depends on the deployment type.
| Displays the status of the deployment as: Finished — For fixed deployments, displays Completion and 100%. In Progress — Displays Completion and percentage complete. Pending — For continuous deployments, displays the icon . For Fixed deployments, displays Completion and percentage 0%. Running — For continuous deployments, displays the icon . Uninstallation — Displays Uninstalling... until completion.
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Displays the deployment type: Continuous Deployment — Assigns client tasks using the System Tree groups or tags. This setting allows the number of systems inheriting the task to change dynamically. Fixed Deployment — Uses a defined, set of systems. You can select systems for deployment using the System Tree or Managed Systems Queries.
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Displays the system selection method used and varies depending on the type of deployment. Group — For continuous deployments, displays the number of System Tree groups selected for product deployment updates. You can hover over the number to see the list of System Tree groups.
Tags — For continuous deployments, displays the number of tags selected for product deployment updates. You can hover over the number to see the list of tags.
Systems — For fixed deployments, displays the number of systems selected for product deployment updates.
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Deployment details option definitions
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Actions | The list of deployment actions include: Delete — Displays a caution about the consequences of this selection. The consequences of the delete action depend on the status of the deployment.
If you click Delete and the deployment status is: Pending — Remove the deployment from the list of Deployments and cancels and deselects all settings and assignments associated with the deployment. In Progress or Stopped — Warns you that you must “Uninstall” before deleting the packages from clients that have already received deployment. If deployment is stopped, delete only removes the deployment from the list of deployments, cancels and deselects all settings, and cancels and deselects assignments associated with the deployment. Finished — Removes the deployment from the list of Deployments and cancels and deselects all settings and assignments associated with the deployment. Running — Warns you that you must “Uninstall” before deleting the packages from clients that have already received deployment. If deployment is stopped, delete only removes the deployment from the list of deployments, cancels and deselects all settings, and cancels and deselects assignments associated with the deployment.
Duplicate — Opens the Duplicate Deployment page with the selected deployment information displayed and available to edit. Rename the new deployment and save it to create a duplicate deployment. Adds (copy) to the original deployment name. Rename the deployment and save it to create a duplicate.
Edit — Opens the New Deployment page with the selected deployment information displayed and available to edit. Mark Finished — Stops the deployment and displays a dialog box you can use to change settings and assignments. This is a permanent stop. It deletes the client, task, and the system list and cannot be undone. The deployment remains in the list as a reference and can be deleted in the future.
Resume — The selected stopped deployment resumes deployment. Stop — The selected deployment changes: Uninstall — Uninstalls all packages that have been deployed.
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Deployment details The information displayed depends on the deployment type.
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Calendar | Displays a calendar image with the next scheduled date of a pending deployment. |
Progress | Toggles between these options: Current — Displays a bar chart with a task status: Successful — Displays the number of successful products deployed or uninstalled. Failed — Displays the number of failed products deployed or uninstalled. Pending — Displays the number of pending products deployed or uninstalled.
Duration — For Fixed deployments only, displays a histogram. Each column displays: Successful — Displays the number of successful products deployed or uninstalled. Failed — Displays the number of failed products deployed or uninstalled. Pending — Displays the number of pending products deployed or uninstalled.
The displayed columns show the days or weeks that the deployment has been running. If the deployment is longer than the 18 days that can be displayed, the columns indicate weeks.
You can hover over a color in a column of the histogram to display a tooltip with the number of systems indicated.
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Details | Display depends on the type of deployment. Start Date — Displays date deployment started or is going to start. Type — Displays Continuous or Fixed Deployment. Status — Displays: Group — (Continuous) Displays the System Tree groups used to select systems for deployment. Systems — (Fixed) Display the number of systems assigned for the deployment. Tag — (Continuous) Displays the tags used to select systems for deployment. Packages — Displays the software packages associated with the deployment. The action associated with the package is added to the package name. For example, " - Install" or " - Uninstall." If the associated deployment package has been deleted, moved or expired, the package name appears grayed out with an exclamation point. You must fix the associated package or you can't save the deployment.
View Task Details — Opens the Edit Deployment page with the selected deployment's information visible and editable.
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System table option definitions
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Filter | Filters the systems, System Tree groups, or tags to display in the table, depending on the type of deployment selected. All — Displays the systems or tags in the table, depending on the type of deployment. Install Successful — Displays the successfully deployed systems or tags in the table, depending on the type of deployment. Pending — Displays the pending deployed systems or tags in the table, depending on the type of deployment. Failed — Displays the systems, System Tree groups, or tags that failed to deploy in the table, depending on the type of deployment.
If the selected deployment is an uninstallation, the list items include: All — Displays the systems or tags in the table, depending on the type of deployment. Packages Removed — Displays the systems with the deployment removed. Install Successful — Displays the successfully deployed systems or tags in the table, depending on the type of deployment. Pending — Displays the pending deployed systems or tags in the table, depending on the type of deployment. Failed — Displays the systems, System Tree groups, or tags in the table, that failed to deploy in the table, depending on the type of deployment.
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System Actions | Displays the filtered list of systems in a dialog box with more details. |
System Name | Display the system names filtered in the table, depending on the type of deployment selected. |
Status | The system deployment status indicator is separated into segments. Each segment indicates its status using these colors: Gray — Pending Red — Error Green — Finished
When all segments are green, the deployment is complete. |
Tags | Displays the system tags selected for product deployment updates. |