Postponable Installations
When assigning a package, the administrator can specify that the installation of a package will be postponed until a specific date. The end user can select this specific package from the Software Shop up to the date specified by the administrator. This means that the end user can either install the package immediately or wait until the system installs the package automatically at the set date.
In general, we do not recommend postponed installations for packages that ensure the security or stability of the operating system. When assigning a package, the administrator specifies which packages can be postponed and which must be executed immediately.
Specifying the date for the latest installation
The administrator can specify the latest date for installing a package. The system stores this information in the policy's properties where it can also be changed later:
- Execution can be postponed
Possible values:- Not allowed
- Max. n days
- Until specified date
- Max. n days
Determines the number of days specified with the value Max. n days in the Execution can be postponed property. - Latest date for postponement
Determines the end date specified with the value Until specified date in the Execution can be postponed property.
Conditions for postponing an installation
The installation of the following package types can be postponed:
- eScript Package
- MSI Package
- Patch Package
- Driver Package
- Software Set
The installation of the following policy types can be postponed:
- Standard
- Job (only for job policies with a time interval, for example every week)
Conditions for an immediate installation of packages that can be postponed
The installation of packages cannot be postponed under the following conditions (the system installs the packages automatically):
- the package's installation date has exceeded
- the package's computer portion is already installed on the computer. The system only installs the user portion.
- the administrator changed the package's installation date