Use the Template Selection page in the Configuration Manager 2007 Deploy Software Updates Wizard to specify whether a previously created deployment template should be used. Deployment templates contain many of the software update deployment properties and can be used when creating deployments to ensure consistency among similar deployments and to save time. The following properties are saved in the deployment template:
- Name and description: Specifies the
name and description of the deployment template.
- Collection: Specifies the collection
that is targeted for the software update deployment. Templates can
be created without a collection so that one deployment template can
be used during a phased deployment where collections change over
time.
- Display/Time Settings: Specifies
whether users are notified of pending software updates and see the
update installation progress, whether a client evaluates the
deployment schedule based on local time or UTC, and the duration
setting that is used to set the default deadline time in a
deployment.
- Restart Settings: Specifies the system
restart behavior when a software update installs on a client and
requires a restart to complete, and whether system restarts are
allowed outside of configured maintenance windows.
- Event Generation: Specifies whether to
disable Microsoft Operations Manager alerts during software update
installation and whether an Operation Manager alert is created when
a software update installations fails.
- Download Settings: Specifies the
behavior for software update installation when clients are within a
"slow or unreliable" network boundary and when clients are within
the boundaries of a protected distribution point that does not
contain the software update.
- SMS 2003 Settings: Provides the
option to deploy software updates to SMS 2003 clients.
Templates that Specify SMS 2003 Settings
When deployment templates are created with the Deploy software updates to SMS 2003 clients setting enabled, the template will be available on the Deployment Template page of the Deploy Software Updates Wizard only when all software updates can be deployed to SMS 2003 clients. For example, if the software updates that are being deployed all have a value of Yes for the Deployable to SMS2003 setting, the Deploy Software Updates Wizard will show all templates regardless of configured SMS 2003 settings. If the software updates that are being deployed have a value of No for the Deployable to SMS 2003 setting, the Deploy Software Updates Wizard will not show templates that have the SMS 2003 settings configured.
UI Element List
This page contains the elements as described in the following table.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
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Create a deployment definition |
Specifies that a template is not used and the deployment settings are manually configured in the wizard. The Create Template page provides the option to save the settings to a template that will be available for use in other deployments. |
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Use an existing template |
Specifies that a previously created deployment template is used to populate many of the deployment properties. To use an existing template, select the template from the list. When the template is highlighted, the settings defined in the template are displayed in the Details window. |
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Previous |
Navigates to the previous page of the wizard. |
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Next |
Goes to the next page of the wizard. |
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Finish |
Goes to the Summary page of the wizard. |
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Cancel |
Discards the settings and exits the wizard. |