7.6.6 Setting a distribution date and time in two stages

When you transfer packages from the managing server to the relay system and then from the relay system to the managed computers, you can sometimes transfer packages efficiently by specifying package transfer dates and times separately for each network. This method enables you to transfer packages while each network is not congested. In such a case, first execute the Transfer package to relay system job to transfer packages to the relay system, and then execute the Install package job. The execution date and time of the first job corresponds to the date and time of package transfers from the managing server to the relay system. The execution date and time of the second job corresponds to the date and time of package transfers from the relay system to the managed computers.

Specify a job execution date and time on the Schedule page of the Create Job dialog box during job creation.

The following figure illustrates an example of setting a distribution date and time in two stages.

Figure 7‒55: Example of setting a distribution date and time in two stages

Furthermore, you can also specify an installation date and time separately for each package, which makes it possible to specify a distribution date and time in three stages.

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