What happens after package is deployed?

Hello all,

I am testing PDQ because we are thinking about replacing Secunia. I setup PDQ Deploy and PDQ Inventory on a server (Win Server 2003). I added two computers to test. I am using the Free version. I checked in PDQ Inventory and saw that one of the machines had an old version of Adobe Reader so I decided to test that using the steps below:

Downloaded Adobe Reader .exe > Put it in repository \\canon\C$\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Admin Arsenal\PDQ Deploy\Repository\Adobe\Reader
In PDQ Deploy > New Package > Created name > Browsed to the .exe file > Left remaining fields set to default > Deployed it
It showed the status was successful but when I view the machines in PDQ Inventory, the version is not updated
I checked on the computers and nothing was prompting to update or reboot

What needs to happen after you deploy a package? Will the update occur only after a reboot? Will the update occur after the user logs on next time?

Thanks for your consideration.

Lex Hansen

May 06, 2014 21:21

There is a setting in PDQ Deploy that tells PDQ Inventory to do a scan after a deployment. You can set it under: File->Preferences->Deployments.

Check the "Scan After Deployment box". Most users select the Applications Scan profile to be run after the deployment. This will update the application for the target machine that was just deployed with out doing a full default scan.

If you don't set this, all you need to do is select the computer in inventory and run a scan and you application data will get updated.

Hope this helps

Lex

Tony Carman

May 07, 2014 14:00

Thanks for the reply Lex. I didn't see that option in Free mode but I went ahead and got me a Pro trial license so I will try doing another deployment utilizing that setting with a prebuilt package and see how it responds.

What happens after package is deployed?

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