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- From the Cloud Services Portal, click Manage > Infrastructure > Hosts.
- Select the host on which you want to schedule a software update.
- Click ... > Schedule Software Updates.
- On the Schedule Software Updates page, perform the following:
- Schedule Updates:
- Select Scheduled Updates to override the automatic update process and defer software management updates. By default, Automatic Updates is selected.
- Day & Time: Select a day of the week and a time to perform the scheduled updates. Note that the time specified is per the host’s timezone. If a timezone has not been designated for the host, then the time defaults to UTC. All updates will occur on the day and time specified.
- Duration: Select the duration period for performing software management updates. A deferral window can be defined for up to 4 weeksThe duration period can range from 4 to 10 hours. During this time, updates will not be applied. This deferral window supersedes the Automatic and Scheduled Updates settings. This is the time window when updates will be applied. If updates fall outside the duration period, they will not be applied.
- Tags: You can use tags to associate the scheduled updates with specific hosts. For example, you can create a tag called "deferred update group" and enter a value of "DFP" to remind yourself that this tag can be used to defer software updates for the host running the DNS forwarding service. When you assign this tag to applicable hosts, you have created a software update group with hosts that will get the deferred software updates. Note that the scheduled updates apply only to hosts that have the matching tag you created for the scheduled updates. For more information about tags, see Managing Tags.
- Optionally, to schedule multiple software updates, click Add Schedule to configure another scheduled software update. You can configure up to 50 scheduled and deferred updates, which means you have the flexibility to create up to 50 update groups across different hosts when you create applicable tags. You can also perform the following before saving your configuration:
- Remove a scheduled update that is no longer applicable by clicking Delete for the selected scheduled update.
- View details of a scheduled update by clicking the down arrow key of the selected scheduled update.
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