Managing reboot options
In the Reboot tab, you can define the parameter settings for a safe restart of the target devices after the patch group installation. This tab is only of interest if in the preceding tab Installation the option Reboot after deployment was chosen for the Reboot Type . If the option No reboot was selected, this table will be empty. When safe restart is selected, a pop-up window appears on the target screen, informing the user of the impending restart and providing him with the restart options defined in this tab.
The default values for these parameters can be defined per user in the respective tab of the Patch Deployment section of the Preferences window.
These reboot options are complementary with the reboot windows feature that defines a window when reboot is allowed. This is important on the server environments, where reboot occurs only at a specific time. For more information reboot windows, see Managing reboot windows.
The following topics provide more information about reboot options:
Available parameters for patch reboot
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Reboot Type | This field displays if a reboot is previewed after the installation of the last patch package of the patch group. Possible values are |
Shutdown After Reboot | Check this box, if the device is to be shut down after the required reboot after the patch installation is completed. |
Display Reboot Dialog | Check this box if a pop-up window is to be displayed on the target screen informing the local user of the imminent reboot of his device. |
Customize Reboot Message | This field contains the message to be displayed on the screen of the target device. If no text is entered here, the following default message is displayed, "Reboot your system after saving your work. Any unsaved work will be lost. Your IT team." is displayed. This message is localized in all console languages. If you enter your own text here it is not localized; it appears as-entered for all operating system languages. The reboot message can be no longer than 900 characters and cannot contain newlines. |
Shutdown Initiated by User | Here the user can be specified that initiated the reboot of the device, such as for example Admin or Patch Administrator , and so on. This information will be displayed in the reboot pop-up menu previously defined. |
Enable End-User Interaction | The following fields are only applicable for this option: |
Allow User to Cancel Reboot | Specifies if the user can definitely cancel the reboot of the concerned device. |
Reboot Directly after Disconnecting | This option defines if the user can decide to immediately reboot the device, without awaiting the end of the specified countdown. |
Force reboot if Session is Locked | This option defines if the reboot is to be executed even if the session is locked. By default this option is deactivated, that is, the reboot will wait until the session becomes unlocked. |
Allow User to Extend Countdown Timer | This option defines if the user can extend the time before the device is rebooted. |
Initial Countdown Timer (min) | The value in this field indicates the waiting time in minutes between the pop-up menu first displays and the actual initialization of the reboot of the device. The default value is 2 minutes. |
Countdown Timer Increment (min) | This value in minutes defines the interval by which the countdown timer is incremented each time the user decides to extend it, if he was allowed to do so by the preceding option. The default increment time is 2 minutes. |
Countdown Timer Maximum (min) | This value defines the maximum interval the countdown timer can be extended. If for example the initial value is 2 minutes, the user can each time extend it by 2 minutes as well, and this value is set to 5 minutes, the user can extend the countdown once, 2 min initial 2*2 min extension makes 6 minutes which is higher than the defined 5 minutes. The default value of this option is 5 minutes. |
Only Reboot if Requested by Patch | This option defines if the device is always rebooted after a patch installation or only if a patch specifically requests it. By default this option is activated. If this option is deactivated a reboot occurs if at least one patch successfully installed, independent if it requires a reboot. If this parameter is activated a reboot occurs only if at least one patch of a patch group or a patch job installed successfully and at least one of the successfully installed patches requires a reboot. If none of them do so, the device is not rebooted. No reboot occurs in either case if all patch installations of the group or job fail. |
Reboot after Logoff | This option defines that the reboot of the device is effected only once the user has logged off the device. |
Modifying the reboot parameters
To modify the values of the restart parameters, proceed as follows:
- Double-click any line of the table in the right window frame.
The Properties window appears. - Make the required modifications in the available parameters.
- Click OK to confirm the modifications and to close the window.
You modified the parameters that define the restart of the remote device after a patch installation.
This field contains the message to be displayed on the screen of the target device. If no text is entered here, a default message (Reboot your system after saving your work. Any unsaved work will be lost. Your IT team.) is displayed. This message is localized in all console languages. If you enter your own text here it is not localized and appears as entered on all operating system languages.
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