I recently set up an application for VMware tools to deploy to our ESX vm's to try to keep the versions up to date. I added all of the versions we have in our environment and added them as superseded apps on the current version app. Each superseded app only has an uninstall action and the superseded entries on the 'current version app' all say to uninstall.
When I advertise the current, "top version" app to a vm that has a superseded version as 'available', and not 'required', the 'superseded app uninstall' actions automatically get scheduled for to take place during "outside business hours". Rather than saying "Past due - will be installed" like deployments usually say when waiting for a traditional maintenance window, the "upgrade/uninstall" superseded action says "waiting for next available maintenance schedule" which leads me to believe it's scheduled for during "outside business hours", which don't really exist for servers. the box in the deployment properties on the deployment setting tab labeled "automatically upgrade any superseded versions of this application" is checked by default and greyed out and I cannot uncheck it. because vmware tools requires a restart for both uninstall and install, I can't deploy the app because the uninstall action will take place outside my maintenance window because "upgrade" qualifies as an "outside of business hours" action? I found this post about using compliance to find current business hours and a remediation to set new hours/days across many systems: http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8413-sccm-2012-business- hours/ It seems promising, but what happens if I set business hours to be 24x7x365? And yea, I know "Microsoft never intended SCCM to be used for servers", but there it is. :) Todd From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] Hope I can explain this one.... I think you are correct. I *suspect* that those business hour main windows are disabled until you actually go to that tab and tinker with them, then they get enabled. We are getting mixed results and I cannot find the differentiator. /Todd On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Jason Sandys <[email protected]> wrote: I think what you've described is by design. The app installation is automatic outside of their business hours or the user can go back into the App Catalog and initiate an immediate install. J From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [mailto: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 3:03 PM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: [mssms] Hope I can explain this one.... So I have a bunch of applications advertised to users as available and requires permission With the available option selected it is not possible to select the "allow following activities... outside maintenance window" because it is greyed out. Only Required updates have that option. However once an application request is approved the user gets notified the app was approved by a notification window in the notification area. When you go to software center to view or install the app the status says "waiting for the next available maintenance schedule" I just did some testing and the install kicked off by itself once the machine was out of business hours, so it must be those maintenance windows that it sees. Why would an optional selected application say it is waiting for a window? it used to not do this, and now it does. /Todd
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