Editing a Deployment

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Editing a Deployment

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Overview

 

Only deployments with a "Planned" or an "Active" status can be edited. The "Edit" option is NOT available in an ongoing/completed deployment's details page, meaning, a deployment with a "Started" or "Archived" status is NOT editable.

 

Step-by-step

 

1. In the Admin Dashboard's "Control Panel", click Applications button and, in the resulting row, select Deployment Sub Module Button to open the "Deployment Plans" page.

 

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Make sure the selected view meets your display needs - use the "Mode" option.

If necessary, click No Filter Button to access advanced filters.

 

2. Click the name of the deployment you want to edit (displayed in light blue).

 

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3. The "Properties" tab is open, by default. Click Edit Button to set the page to "edit" mode.

 

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4. If required, change the editable options available in the "Properties" tab.

 

Plan Name *

Maintain or enter a new name for the deployment (minimum of 4 characters). This field is mandatory and must have valid data.

 

TIPRemember to avoid special characters and simply use alphabetic/numeric characters (a-z; A-Z; 0-9).

The underscore and/or dash characters are allowed. Start the deployment plan's name with an alphabetic character

Configuration to Deploy

Name

The name of the configuration being deployed. NOT Editable.

Version

The version of the configuration being deployed. NOT Editable.

Size

The size of the configuration being deployed. NOT Editable.

Qualification

The qualification of the configuration being deployed. NOT Editable.

Device Model

The configuration's target device: manufacturer, device model and Operating System.

Description

Information on the configuration being deployed. NOT Editable

 

5. Proceed to the "Mode" Tab. The "Target" tab does NOT have editable fields.

 

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6. Edit as necessary (the fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory):

 

Deployment Mode *

Only editable if the selected deployment has a "Planned" status.

Maintain or select another deployment mode:

Incremental: only components present in the deployed configuration, that are not present in the device, will be implemented.

Full install: deletes all the MCL applications/firmware and forces the installation of the components present in the deployed configuration.

 

NoteDepending on the configuration's components, the “Full install” mode will remove/replace the corresponding components in the target device(s).

Check the following examples:

 

Configuration Component(s)

Deployment Result in the Target Device(s)

Only MCL Application(s)

Existing MCL applications are removed + MCL applications present in the configuration are deployed + existing MCL firmware and miscellaneous files are maintained.

Only MCL Firmware

Existing MCL firmware is removed + MCL firmware present in the configuration is deployed + existing MCL applications and miscellaneous files are maintained.

MCL Applications + MCL Firmware

Existing MCL applications and firmware are removed + MCL applications and firmware present in the configuration are deployed. + existing miscellaneous files are maintained.

Only Miscellaneous files (added in the configuration’s “Others” tab)

Existing MCL applications and firmware are maintained + existing miscellaneous files are maintained + miscellaneous files present in the configuration are deployed.

 

Due to their multipurpose nature, miscellaneous files are an exception. No matter what the selected deployment mode (“Incremental” or “Full install”), deployed misc files are NOT removed from the target device, they are added to it.

Planning Date *

Only editable if the selected deployment has a "Planned" status and if the "Planning Date" is in the future.

Check the most appropriate scheduling for the deployment:

As soon as possible: the deployment will happen as soon as the device contacts the account and the deployment profile's criteria/default device criteria are met.

Date: Click Date button to display a calendar where you can define the day and hour of the deployment. See Scheduling a Deployment.

Deployment Profile

Maintain or select another deployment profile.

Select the deployment profile from the drop-down. Use Edit Profile button to access the selected profile's details page.

 

Selecting "<Default>" (a deployment profile provided by the system) means that the deployment will NOT have any criteria restrictions (ex: power or network restrictions) associated to it. If you click Edit Profile button with "Default" as the defined deployment profile, it opens the "Profile Management" page - you get access to the listed deployment profiles to create a new profile or edit an existing one. See Creating a Profile and/or Editing a Profile.

 

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The "Profile Management" page includes deployment but also network (Wifi/Cellular) profiles. Use the "Type" drop-down to filter the display and ONLY present deployment profiles.

 

Use the Button_Refresh button to refresh the current profile list.

Deployment Profile Description

Not editable.

 

7. To save your changes, click Confirm button.