Is there a way to set up a future patch deployment after approval?

Is it possible to approve updates and set up a future date for them to
install on the assigned clients?



Thanks.

 

No.

Once you approve the update, the download and installation activities are
solely under the control of the policy configuration applied to each
individual client.

The best you could do is configure a once-per-week installation event, and
approve the updates sometime in the six days prior to that installation
date, but at least 24 hours prior to the installation =time=, to ensure the
clients have sufficient time to detect and download the update so that it
will be scheduled for your once-a-week installation event.

The downside to this is: What happens if the installation fails?



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Set a deadline on the updates.

Then set the clients to download and prompt for install (AUOptions = 3),
they will not install until the deadline.

AFAICT, deadline overrides all other settings.