Allow the Client Upgrade to be performed outside maintenance windows
We would like the Client Upgrade feature to allow the client to be upgraded outside of maintenance windows but also give the option to only install when no user is logged in, like deploying Applications allow.
Sean Culligan
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12 comments
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Calum
commented
Just got hit by the exact scenario described by bdam and LoveHate-ConfigMgr this morning, one of my collections had most of its clients fail to patch as the client upgraded partway through the installations.
Please, if we can't allow the client upgrade to be performed outside maintenance windows, at least add some logic so that the client doesn't upgrade whilst it's running tasks like software installations, or add another maintenance window type for client upgrades. I don't know what state most of these clients are now in but it's not pretty. -
bdam
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Hmm, interesting points brought up below. If this is done during a MW that might interfere with ongoing updates/installations. So maybe we need another MW type or an option to only update a client outside of a MW? Or just internal logic that verifies that none of those activities are going on before initiating the update (maybe that's already a thing?)
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Rich Newton
commented
Most of our servers are under a blanket maintenance window which prevents the client from upgrading. For those servers we have to create a separate package and deploy it with the option to run outside of maintenance windows.
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Paul Wetter
commented
I had client updates hose my patch cycle last month for over half my servers. Why I haven't run into this before, dumb luck I guess. Until something is done with this, a custom deployment as bdam suggested, I guess. Or a strategic reconfiguration of maintenance windows maybe...
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LoveHate-ConfigMgr
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Automatic Client Upgrades honoring maintenance windows only can step on the Software Updates deployment, rendering them in a "Installing" state as the service is pulled out from underneath with an unfavorable recovery. A reboot does not seem to correct the status state of the deployment. Disabling the deployment; Allow policy to be revoked; Enable the deployment; This returns the Software Updates deployment to a Downloaded State but System is pending a reboot in most cases due to some or all of the updates having been successfully installed but the system not rebooted. Ugly to say the least.
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Joel Holliday
commented
Adding my voice to this request... we find ourselves having to create a custom client upgrade package just so that we can send the client servicing outside Maintenance Windows.
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Ray Rosen
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Please consider adding a check box to "Ignore Maintenance Windows" in the feature dialog box that sets OverrideServiceWindows=TRUE on the hidden advertisement.
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Jeremiah Abbott
commented
I mentioned something about this at MMS 2017 during a NoF session. I'd like to see an additional Maintenance Window type added for Client Upgrade. Our environment uses maintenance windows pretty heavily, but there are some devices that do not get routine maintenance windows. It would be nice to be able to apply something specific for the sake of AutoUpgrade.
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Austin WongCarter
commented
Or we could add a maintenance window just for Client upgrades, but there needs to be a way to control it.
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bdam
commented
Yes please. It's pretty common to have a non-repeating maintenance window to prevent anything happening on certain devices. At least, any deployment that doesn't explicitly override the window. Any devices in such a window will never apply the automatic upgrade. Further, you cannot add custom deployments to the client packages so the only recourse is to create your own.
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Koenraad Rens
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To me it seemed strange this used the maintenance window.
We are upgrading from 1511 to 1607 and using the automatic upgrades for the first time. We gave the upgrade 14 days.
Clients wait until the maintenance window. But at that moment ccmsetup only creates the Upgrade Task which will be started somewhere in the future. It didn't seem this task respected the Maintenance Window.
In our site with maintenance windows once every week, most upgrades will be started at the end of the 14 days period. -
Travis Adams
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Or to expand on this, have the ability to target where and how the upgrade will happen. Id like to give a heads up to a geographical location (hey St. Louis you are going to be upgraded over the next few nights). It would help out for ongoing deployments, to steer clear of those sites while a client upgrade is happening.