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Using the concurrent login feature

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:

-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:

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(R) Tivoli(R) Configuration Manager: User's Guide for Software Distribution and IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager: Reference Manual for Software Distribution.

Documentation notes

This section contains new information and documentation corrections contained in this fix pack and in previous fix packs.


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