Dear all,
I need some suggestion to upgrade software antivirus and give user the possibility to choose when start the upgrade (from software center) and a countdown before reboot to save his job, without lose his data.
I will explain the scenario:
I have CM 2012 R2 and thousands of Windows 7 SP1 x 64 with antivirus software version "a" that need to be upgrade to version "b"
The msi file of version "b" can overwrite the actual version "a" but a restart of computer is needed to complete the installation and, much more important, to continue protect the computer and also it must be done within a few minutes after the upgrade.
I would a button at the end of installation to force reboot or one countdown;in any case the user may leave your computer without restarting.
The msi command line has the switch "ALLOWREBOOT=0" to prevent automatically restart and his exit code is 3010, that mean "reboot is required to complete the installation", alias soft reboot.
I can't deploy this upgrade in the night, without user approval, because I don't know the status of many CAD/developer workstations, his job active, his open files and so on.
I have tried many different configuration about deployment type, exit code, user experience, custom settings, maintenance window, deadline, but in all of case if I configure a deploy "Install->available", the user can start the upgrade from Software Center, but after the installation the user can leave the computer without restarting, because there is no countdown window.
Otherwise, if I try one deploy with "Install->required", it don't work like I would, because yes there is a countdown window at the end, but the user cannot choose when start the installation and if the user try to start the installation between the available time and the deadline, the installation has the same behavior of the install-available, i mean he don't force a reboot.
I think that in my case the only solution should be "Install->available", but is there a way to show the user something like a countdown window or a different way to obtain the result
Thanks in advance
Alessandro
I need some suggestion to upgrade software antivirus and give user the possibility to choose when start the upgrade (from software center) and a countdown before reboot to save his job, without lose his data.
I will explain the scenario:
I have CM 2012 R2 and thousands of Windows 7 SP1 x 64 with antivirus software version "a" that need to be upgrade to version "b"
The msi file of version "b" can overwrite the actual version "a" but a restart of computer is needed to complete the installation and, much more important, to continue protect the computer and also it must be done within a few minutes after the upgrade.
I would a button at the end of installation to force reboot or one countdown;in any case the user may leave your computer without restarting.
The msi command line has the switch "ALLOWREBOOT=0" to prevent automatically restart and his exit code is 3010, that mean "reboot is required to complete the installation", alias soft reboot.
I can't deploy this upgrade in the night, without user approval, because I don't know the status of many CAD/developer workstations, his job active, his open files and so on.
I have tried many different configuration about deployment type, exit code, user experience, custom settings, maintenance window, deadline, but in all of case if I configure a deploy "Install->available", the user can start the upgrade from Software Center, but after the installation the user can leave the computer without restarting, because there is no countdown window.
Otherwise, if I try one deploy with "Install->required", it don't work like I would, because yes there is a countdown window at the end, but the user cannot choose when start the installation and if the user try to start the installation between the available time and the deadline, the installation has the same behavior of the install-available, i mean he don't force a reboot.
I think that in my case the only solution should be "Install->available", but is there a way to show the user something like a countdown window or a different way to obtain the result
Thanks in advance
Alessandro