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Using the GUI or the command line, you can define a set of software
packages for which user login and shutdown operations can be disabled
while the distribution is taking place. This feature guarantees that
critical distributions are not interrupted. You can also define a
maximum number of logins that can be performed during a distribution.
If the user logs in, the distribution is paused and restarts after
the user logs off.
Using a series of configurable messages, you can notify the user
of the distribution taking place on the workstation, list the number
of logins allowed, if any, and prompt the user who is trying to perform
a shutdown during a distribution for which the shutdown is disabled
to choose between logoff options.
In the Software Distribution command line, the -X
{none|first|middle|last|both}, -Y max_login_allowed, and -W options
have been added to the following commands, as described below:
- waccpst
- wcommtsp
- winstsp
- wspmvdata
- wremovsp
- wundosp
- -X {none|first|middle|last|both}
- Use this option to define a set of software packages for which
user login and shutdown operations can be disabled while the distribution
is taking place. If you define a package as first,
this package is the first in a series for which you can define these
options. Define the other packages in the series as middle and
the last package as last. A software package
defined as last must exist for each software
package defined as first. If the series consists
of just one package, define this package as both,
which means the software package is both first and last in the series.
The default value is none which means user login
and shutdown operations cannot be disabled.
- -Y max_login_allowed
- Use this option to specify whether users can log on to the workstation
while a distribution is taking place. This setting can be defined
only for software packages defined as first or both. It applies to software packages defined as first, middle, last,
or both. Supported values are 0 (no
login is allowed), -1 (an unlimited number of
logins is allowed), and any positive integer. If a login is performed
while the distribution is taking place, the distribution is paused
until the user performs a logoff.
- -W
- Specifies that the user cannot perform a shutdown while a distribution
is taking place. If the user attempts to perform a shutdown and the
timeout is set to a value other than zero using the Timeout key,
a dialog box is displayed on the endpoint listing the allowed operations
and requesting the user to select one. The user can choose between
performing a restart, a logoff, or a logoff and shutdown. The restart
and logoff operations are performed immediately, while the shutdown
is performed after the last distribution has completed. If the user
does not respond to the dialog within the allotted time, the default
action is performed. The default action is logoff and shutdown.
In the Activity Planner and Software Distribution GUI, the Concurrent
Login section was added to the panels for the following operations,
as described below:
- Accept
- Commit
- Delete
- Install
- Retrieve
- Send
- Remove
- Undo
- Type
- Define a set of software packages for which user login and shutdown
operations can be disabled while the distribution is taking place.
If you define a package as first, this package
is the first in a series for which you can define these options. Define
the other packages in the series as middle and
the last package as last. A software package
defined as last must exist for each software
package defined as first. If the series consists
of just one package, define this package as both,
which means the software package is both first and last in the series.
The default value is none which means user login
and shutdown operations cannot be disabled.
- Max Login Allowed
- Specify whether users can log on to the workstation while a
distribution is taking place. You can specify this setting only for
software packages defined as first or both. Packages defined as middle or last inherit the settings defined for the package
defined as first. Supported values are 0 (no login is allowed), -1 (an
unlimited number of logins is allowed), and any positive integer.
If a login is performed while the distribution is taking place, the
distribution is paused until the user performs a logoff.
- Disable Shutdown
- Select this check box to specify that the user cannot perform
a shutdown while a distribution is taking place. If the user attempts
to perform a shutdown and the timeout is set to a value other than
zero using the Timeout key, a dialog box is
displayed on the endpoint listing the allowed operations and requesting
the user to select one. The user can choose between performing a restart,
a logoff, or a logoff and a shutdown. The restart and log off operations
are performed immediately, while the shutdown is performed after the
last distribution has completed. If the user does not respond to the
dialog within the allotted time, the default action is performed.
The default action is log off and shutdown. You can specify this setting
only for software packages defined as first or both. Packages defined as middle or last inherit the settings defined for the package
defined as first.
Dataless packages cannot be paused, therefore you should add them
in a series of packages and define them as middle.
For more information on the Software Distribution GUI and command
line, refer to IBM® Tivoli® Configuration Manager: User’s Guide for Software Distribution and IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager: Reference Manual for Software Distribution.
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