Staging with Changeover Date

Use the setting Staging Mode = Changeover with Date to specify a deadline to install the packages.
Unlike the default setting, the DSM Client can check then whether specific packages have been downloaded on time to all target computers; if this is not the case, a warning will be issued. After the changeover date has been reached, the DSM Client uses the full bandwidth to download the data and to install as soon as possible.
If several packages are waiting to download, packages with the Staging Mode= Changeover with Date or Emergency Rollout setting are given preference. Changeover with Date represents the second highest priority (see Download priority).

This setting can be combined with the setting Allow offline repair.

Illustration: Staging process when using the staging mode Changeover with Date:
(In this example:  Allow offline repair = No)

Special feature of Changeover with Date:
If the download is not complete by the date of changeover, it is completed the next time the AutoInstaller is started with maximum bandwidth and installation is subsequently triggered automatically.