Symantec ALTIRIS PATCH MANAGEMENT SOLUTION 7.0 SP2 - FOR WINDOWS V1.0 Manual page 37

Options on the Installation Schedules tab of the Default Software
Table 5-5
Update Plug-in Policy page (continued)
Option
Override maintenance
windows settings
Options on the Notification tab of the Default Software Update
Table 5-6
Plug-in Policy page
Options
Notify user
Show progress message
Show pending message
Show reminder message
Allow user to defer
Configuring Patch Management Solution for Windows
Default Software Update Plug-in Policy page
Description
Check if you want to use the install and restart options that
you specified in this policy. Uncheck to abide by
maintenance windows that are specified in Notification
Server configuration policies.
Description
Check if you want to send a message to the users of the
computer where a Patch Management task is about to run.
Specify for how long the message should be displayed before a
task is run.
You can type a custom message, for example, "Software updates
will install on your computer in 10 minutes. Please ensure that
all work is saved".
When the message appears, the user can choose to install the
updates immediately or close the dialog box.
Lets you choose to show users a dialog box indicating the
progress of software update installations.
Lets you choose to warn user of a pending restart. The time you
select represents how soon before the pending restart the user
is warned.
The user can choose to restart immediately.
Lets you choose to notify a user that a restart is required. You
can specify a schedule on which to display the notification.
The user can choose to restart later, or restart immediately.
If the user does not manually restart, the restart occurs
according to your settings on the Installation Schedules tab.
Lets you choose to warn a user of a pending restart. Specify for
how long the user can defer the restart.
The user can choose to restart immediately, or defer the restart.
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