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Using Deep Freeze Cloud Console : General Settings : Maintenance Period

Maintenance Period
Select one of the following options for the Maintenance Period:
Disable - This is the default option. The Cloud Agent Maintenance Period will be disabled.
Enable (Inherit settings from Faronics Default policy) - select this option to inherit the maintenance settings from the Faronics Default policy. Selecting this option allows you to automatically distribute Maintenance Period settings across multiple policies.
Enable (Use below settings) - select this option if you do not want to inherit settings from Faronics Default policy and customize the settings. Select Disable all services or Disable selected services. This setting is useful when you want to perform maintenance activities and you don’t want the Services to interfere in any way.
Start Time - select when the maintenance will start.
End Time - select when the maintenance will end.
Repeat on - select the days when the maintenance will repeat.
Shutdown after maintenance period - select this option to shut down the computer after the maintenance period ends.
Disable keyboard and mouse - select this option to disable the keyboard and mouse during the maintenance period.
Automatically upgrade installed services if update is available - select this option if you want Deep Freeze Cloud to automatically upgrade the services on the workstations if an update is available. If this option is selected, the administrator does not have to update the service manually or check for updates.
Perform service installs and updates only during this period - select this option if the services must be updated only during a maintenance period. If this option is selected, the services will not be updated when the computers check-in as per the heartbeat.
Perform Software Updater tasks - select this option to perform Software Updater tasks during the maintenance period.
Show Message x minutes before the maintenance period starts - select this option and select the minutes before which the users must be notified.
Display this message before the maintenance period - specify a message. This field cannot be blank.
Display this message during the maintenance period - specify a message. This field cannot be blank.