Here is what I do to get around the issue of machines (laptops or desktop) not being on for the MW.
Each month I create a new Software Group of that months patches. When I deploy that group I do not check either of the Deadline behavior boxes (see below). Then I go back one month and just check the 'Software updates installation' box. Then I go back two months and check both boxes. That way I know that no matter what happens a machine will install the updates within two months' time (assuming they are on the network to get the updates in the first place). [cid:image001.png@01D02B27.60728060] Thanks, Ken ... From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Miller, Todd Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 8:54 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] A tool idea related to Maintenace Widow discussion All the discussion of Maintenance Windows has me thinking about a significant gap in the SCCM product. Maintenance windows are pretty terrific for clients that are always on like servers, but are not so hot for clients that go to sleep. It is missing in the product to schedule a wake up at the start of the next MW if there is a deferred installation pending. It would be cool if someone with skillz could write a shim that computes whether there is a deferred installation waiting for the next MW. The shim could subscribe to sleep/shutdown event and run just prior to the machine going to sleep and schedule the computer to wake at the start of the MW if there is a deferred installation pending. It doesn't solve the laptop problem with MWs, but it sure would make them more reliable for plugged in but sleep enabled computers. I know you can set the power settings to wake the computer up for the MW, but there are two problems with that. The first is that the computer will frequently wake up unnecessarily with no scheduled task to perform. The second problem is that the go back to sleep timer is usually set to 2 minutes which is frequently too short for SCCM to discover it has a task to run ________________________________ Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. ________________________________
