Project Visualization / Full Update
1. These types of software update projects are created from the Schedule Download or Install update of the Updates. For more information, see the section: Update Actions.
Enter the Home view of the ADM Management Console and select the module Software from the Header menu and from the drop-down list select the Distribution.
Basic Facts
2. In the window that is enabled in the General, you will be able to display the name of the distribution project that is automatically assigned with the name of the software update executable.
Package Distribution
3. In the Package Distribution You will be able to view nine packages that are required for the software update. These packages are not modifiable as they are in Agent/Software Distribution projects.
Credentials
4. This section of Credentials It is locked and does not have credentials associated with it, nor does it allow you to add them, since update distributions run with user privileges SYSTEM of the operating system.
Notifications
5. In the Notifications, you can schedule alerts that will be sent to the email of the users you associate, with information about the status of the execution of the update distribution project, these notifications can be configured to be sent at different intervals of minutes and perform said notification action immediately or scheduled.
Device Groups
6. In the Groups and devices, if the update distribution project that was created in the Updates It was with the option Install update, the devices that require such an update will be displayed.
On the other hand, if the Schedule download, it will be necessary to manually associate the devices from the More options and from the drop-down list select the Add Devices.
7. Select the devices where you want to do the distribution and click Apply.
Executions
8. In the project view, select the Executions where you can view and generate the agent or software distribution. To do this, click on the New execution.
9. The respective window is enabled where you can add a name and schedule the new run.
10. Al guardar, la ejecución nueva se genera en estado programada. En la pestaña Información visualizará un resumen del estado del paquete de ejecución.
11. On the Activity The general information of the distribution and the progress of the execution will be displayed according to its status (scheduled, running or completed).
In the distribution project detail view, you can view the process summary with the total number of executions, recurring executions, and devices reached.
The following table outlines the possible Execution states by device within the distribution project.
| State | Explanation |
|---|---|
| ⬜ No notification | The device has not yet been notified about the execution. The timeout depends on the synchronization frequency configured in the agent profile. |
| 🟨 Pending execution | The device is pending installation. |
| 🟧 In Execution | Execution on the device is in progress. |
| 🟩 Executed | Execution on the device has completed successfully. |
| 🟥 Executed with errors | Execution on the device ended with errors. It is necessary to consult the detailed record of the execution to identify the failure. |
| 🟪 Discontinued | The execution on the device was interrupted by the system. |
| ⬛ Cancelled | The execution on the device was canceled, it is possible that it is due to user intervention or expiration of the timeout when entering the “unnotified” state. |
To view the execution history, click the 
. A window will open showing the time and stage of execution and possible output messages.
The following table outlines the possible Per Packet States on Device Execution within the distribution project.
| State | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Awaiting download | The package is waiting to be downloaded. |
| Downloading | The package is downloading. |
| Downloaded | The package was downloaded successfully. |
| Download Error | An error occurred during the download of the package. |
| Maximum download errors | The package reached the maximum number of failed download attempts. |
| Awaiting execution | The packet is on hold for execution. |
| Running | The package is running. |
| Executed | The package was executed. |
| Executed with errors | The package was executed with errors. |
| Discontinued | The installation of the package was interrupted. |
| Canceled | The installation of the package was cancelled. |
The drop-down menu More options It has two available actions:
- Stop Execution: If execution is in effect, it interrupts the distribution process.
- Delete Execution: removes the selected execution from the list.
⚐ Note: Ongoing executions can present the statuses of “running”, “scheduled” or “completed”, these statuses can be monitored in the solution and in this way, see how many devices have already been reached in the distribution project.
