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ZENworks 10 Configuration Management System Administration Reference
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In the Deployment Wizard, complete the following steps:
9a
On the Choose the System Update and Deployment Option page, select a deployment
option (all of them can be scheduled in a subsequent wizard page).
NOTE:
Depending on the size of your ZENworks system, we recommend as a best
practice to deploy the selected update to one ZENworks Primary Server before deploying
the update to other Primary Servers and to the managed devices that contact those servers.
We recommend that you perform the following actions in order:
1. Designate a ZENworks Primary Server to download the system update.
2. After the system update is in the
Downloaded
state, assign the update to only the
designated Primary Server you chose above.
3. Refresh the ZENworks Agent on the Server and let the system update finish, then
reboot the Server.
4. After the Server is restarted and running, update the other Primary Servers in your
system, followed by managed devices.
In a production environment, we recommend that you use the
Deploy System Updates to
Selected Devices in the Management Zone
option to update the first Primary Server,
update the remaining Primary Servers, and then update the managed devices. Or you
should use the
Deploy System Updates Using Stages to Devices in the Management Zone
option to deploy the update to a stage containing the first Primary Server before deploying
the update to other stages containing the remaining Primary Servers and managed devices.
Deploy System Updates to Selected Devices in the Management Zone:
Deploys
the selected update to only the devices that you select in
Step 9e
. Stages are not used.
If you choose this option, the next page of the wizard lets you select the reboot
behavior for the devices included in the deployment.
Deploy System Updates to All Devices in the Management Zone:
Deploys the
selected update to all devices in the Management Zone. Stages are not used. If you
choose this option, the next page of the wizard lets you select the reboot behavior for
the devices included in the deployment.
This option does not guarantee that ZENworks Servers are updated before managed
devices. In a large ZENworks system or in a production environment, we recommend
that you use one of the other options.
Deploy System Updates Using Stages to Devices in the Management Zone:
The
selected update is deployed to only the devices that have membership in one of the
stages. The stages are executed one after the other; that is, a stage does not start until
the previous stage completes. After all stages complete, the
All Devices
stage is run.
If you choose this option, and because the reboot behavior is set per stage, the next
page of the wizard lets you select the reboot behavior for the
All Devices Stage
,
which runs automatically after all other stages.
For more information on stages, see the
Section 20.2, “Creating Deployment Stages,”
on page 182
.
9b
Click
Next
to display the following page:
