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Schedule a patch installation

Since the two phases of patching can be decoupled, you can schedule when you want patches installed (deployed) to occur independently of when patches are downloaded (staged).

To schedule a patch installation:

  1. In the Install Patch window, click Next to advance to the Scheduling step.

    By default, the Scheduling step displays only the scheduling options for the install phase. If you selected Staged in the Install Options step, the scheduling options for the download phase will also be displayed.

  2. Select one of the following Install Phase options:

    • Run Task Immediately: This enables the system to perform a preview analysis in the Summary Review step. The scheduling option for the download phase is Run Immediately Following Download.
    • Run Task At: This enables you to specify a later date and time that you want the installation or download performed.
  3. Click Next to go to the next step or click Cancel to close the Install Patch window.

Note
A scheduled patch installation can be cancelled (prior to its execution), even if the patch download has already completed.