Package Deployment Manager

The Package Deployment Manager page shows a summary of packages that have been deployed. For each package, the page presents the following information:

Note: In a Platform where Delegated Administration is enabled, the names of packages may contain prefixes. For details, refer to Names of Objects in DA Units.

Procedures from this page for packages and deployments

From this page, you can perform the following tasks; click the title of a procedure to display it and click the title again to hide the procedure:

To filter the list of packages

Click Filters to show the filter boxes, if not shown.
To view all deployed packages, click Filter without typing any search values.
To perform a search of the server, do one or more of the following and then click Filter:

§ In the box above the Name column, type all or part of the name of the deployed package(s) you want to find.

§ In the box above the Version column, type all or part of the version you want to find.

§ In the box above the Type column, select Automatic or Manual to display only the deployments of one of these types.

§ In the box above the Deployed By column, select the user who deployed the package(s) that you want to include in the search.

The Axeda® Platform finds all defined deployed packages that contain the search value(s) defined and shows only those packages in this table.

To view details for a deployed package

To view a summary for a deployed package, click the package name. The Selected Package panel appears in the lower portion of the page, with two sections:

Assets - Shows a list of the assets to which the package has been deployed, including the condition of the asset (muted, missing, online - see icons), name of each asset, its location (if available), the start date/time for the deployment and the completion date/time, and the status. If the status of the deployment is Error, the Status field shows the text for the error.

IMPORTANT: If the asset is muted, you will be able to view deployments but you will not be able to cancel or redeploy them. Once that asset is unmuted, all package deployment functionality is restored. While an asset is muted, no packages will be deployed to that asset.

Package and Deployment Summaries - Shows the Deployment Information, including any Expiration Date or Routing Criteria (the defined configuration for this deployment), the status of Force Redelivery (enabled "True" or disabled "False"), and the Package Information (header information, dependencies, instructions, and rollback instructions).

To pause or resume an Automatic deployment

For Automatic deployments only, if the status of the deployment is In progress, you can pause the deployment. Locate the name of the package, and in the Actions column for that package, click Pause. The deployment task stops deploying the package but does not affect the execution of the package on assets to which the package has already been successfully deployed.

If you have paused a deployment and are ready to start it up again, locate the name of the package, and in the Actions column for that package, click Resume. The deployment task starts deploying the package to new assets.

As long as the package contains only File Upload or File Download instructions, the Resume starts the upload or download instructions from where it paused. For any other instructions, the instructions are run again.

When a package is paused and the agent restarts, then, if desired, the user can click Resume.

If an agent goes down before the Resume package is delivered, then from the Platform point of view, the package is in the state, resume pending. The package will later time out.

Note: You cannot pause or resume a Manual deployment. In addition, while file uploads cannot be paused or resumed in the Axeda® Service application for the Axeda IDM Agents, packages that are automatically deployed CAN be paused or resumed from the Package Deployment Manager page.

To cancel a deployment

To cancel a deployment, locate the name of the package to be cancelled, and in the Actions column for that package, click Cancel. The deployment task permanently stops deploying the package, with the following considerations:

§ If the status of an Automatic deployment is In progress or if the status of a Manual deployment is Pending, Queued, or Started, you can cancel the deployment.

§ You cannot cancel stalled deployments, but you can cancel single asset deployments in a stalled package deployment. See Performing actions on assets for a deployment.

§ If outgoing asset messages for a deployment have already been generated, the Platform does not attempt to retract those messages. However, since the platform limits the number of asset deployments active at any given time, the asset deployments still waiting for a deployment slot may be canceled. Those deployments are given a status of Cancel Pending for a brief time, and then marked as Canceled.

See Performing actions on assets for a deployment for help with cancelling individual asset deployments. You cannot cancel the deployment for a muted asset.

To redeploy a package

See Redeploy a Package for complete steps for redeploying a package. The redeployment of an existing deployment creates a new copy of the original deployment. Redeployments appear on the Package Deployment Manager page with the prefix “Redeploy:" in the name column to distinguish them from the original deployments.

Note: If a package has expired, been canceled/deleted, or if the package is already a redeployment, then the option to redeploy is not available.

To purge a deployment

A deployment can only be purged when all of the assets for that deployment have reached a final state (for example, completed, cancelled, timed-out, etc.). The Purge link in the Actions column for a deployment remains grayed out until the deployment becomes available for purging.

If you cancel a perpetual deployment, the Purge link does not become available until all of the asset deployments currently in flight are completed.

If purge is available for a package deployment, you can remove it from this list by clicking Purge in the Actions column.

Performing actions on assets for a deployment

You can also perform actions on individual assets for a deployment by selecting a package deployment and reviewing the assets listed in the table in the Selected Package panel. You can view the Asset Dashboard of any asset in the table by clicking an asset name from the Name column. You can also select one or more assets to cancel or redeploy a package to:

1. Use the drop-down menus above the assets table to select from the following options:

§ From the first drop-down menu, select Cancel or Redeploy to cancel or redeploy the package.

§ From the second drop-down menu, select Selected Assets or All Eligible Assets to perform the action you selected in the first drop-down menu on all of the assets you select, or on all assets that are eligible for the action. See the To redeploy a package and the To cancel a deployment sections above for an explanation of eligibility.

2. Optionally, if you chose Selected Assets from the second drop-down menu, check the box in the last column of each asset you need to perform the action on.

Tips

o If you question whether a package was deployed properly to an asset, make sure that asset isn't muted. Packages will not be deployed or redeployed to muted assets.

o Use the table navigation tools to view different pages and information in the table. Use $image\icon_refresh.gif$ (Refresh link) beside the table navigation tools to refresh the page with the latest Platform results. (Do NOT use your browser's Refresh tools.)