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- Add items to a Windows patch policy using the Object ID
- Set remediate options
- Windows patch policy remediation job option—Windows Patch Installation Order
- Set reboot options for remediation
- Specify pre-installation and post-installation scripts for remediation
- Schedule a patch installation for remediation
- Set up email notifications for remediation
- Preview and start a remediation
- Verify patch policy compliance
- Create a patch policy
- Delete a patch policy
- Add a patch to a patch policy
- Remove a patch from a patch policy
- Attach a patch policy to a server
- Detach a patch policy from a server
- Set a patch policy exception
- Find an existing patch policy exception
- Copy a patch policy exception
- Remove a patch policy exception
Set reboot options for remediation
To minimize the downtime that server reboots can cause, you can control when servers reboot during a patch installation.
You can specify the reboot options in the following SA Client windows:
- Patch Properties window—Install Parameters tab
- Remediate window—Pre and Post Actions step
Best Practice: When you are selecting reboot options in the Remediate window, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you use Microsoft’s reboot recommendations, which is the Reboot servers as specified by individual software items option. If it is not possible to use the Microsoft reboot setting, select the single reboot option, which is the Hold all server reboots until after all packages are installed and/or uninstalled option. Failure to do this can result in the Windows Update Agent (WUA) incorrectly reporting which patches are installed on the server until the next reboot occurs (outside of SA control).
From SA 10.60 onwards, the default reboot action can be specified by modifying the values of the remediate.default_reboot_behavior parameter in Administration > System Configuration > Configuration Parameters > Server Automation Web Client (occ). This parameter replaces the swprov.ui.default_suppress_reboot parameter, which was previously available only for software remediation jobs. The newly introduced parameter offers the following options:
- No value (default) – the recommended value that does not influence the existing behavior
- 1 – Reboot as specified
- 2 – Reboot after each install/uninstall
- 3 – Hold all reboots until actions complete
- 4 – Suppress all reboots
The following options in the Remediate window determine whether the servers are rebooted after the patch is installed. These options apply only to the job launched by the Remediate window. They do not change the Reboot Required option, which is in the Install Parameters tab of the Patch Properties window. Except for the first option, the following options override the Reboot Required option.
- Reboot servers as specified by individual software items: The decision to reboot depends on the Reboot Required option of the patch or package properties.
- Reboot servers after each installation or uninstallation: As a best practice, reboot the server after every patch or package installation or uninstallation, regardless of the vendor reboot setting on the individual patch or package.
- Hold all server reboots until after all packages are installed and/or uninstalled: If the Reboot Required option is set for some selected patches but not for others, the server is rebooted one time after all patches are installed. If the Reboot Required option is not set for any of the selected patches, the server is not rebooted.
- Suppress all server reboots: Even if the Reboot Required option of the patch properties is set, do not reboot the server. (Because of vendor settings, some patches ignore the suppress option and force a reboot.
To set reboot options:
- From the Remediate window, click Next to advance to the Options step.
- Select one of the Rebooting options.
- Click Next to go to the next step or click Close to close the Remediate window.
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