1 Edit a phased deployment
On Software › Phased Deployments, click Edit on the row, or click the name. This is only possible while the status is Waiting to start — that is, while no phase has started yet.
The same window opens with the current settings. Everything can be changed except the software, which is greyed out. Save with Update.
Once the first phase has started, the Edit link is no longer shown and the name opens the status window instead. To change a rollout that is already running, use the actions in the status window (skip, approve, continue), or delete it and create a new one.
2 Delete a phased deployment
Click Delete on the right of the row (see the Phased Deployments page). A phased deployment can always be deleted, whatever its status.
You are asked: Do you want to delete the Phased Deployment ‘…’ and all of its associated phases? This will not affect software that has already been installed. Click Delete to confirm, or Cancel.
| Deleting… | |
|---|---|
| does | Remove the phased deployment and all its phases. The phases that have not started yet will never run. |
| does not | Uninstall anything, or remove devices from the software’s install collection (SCCM) or users and devices from its install group (Intune). Installations that have already begun carry on. |
3 Deleted by SoftwareCentral
Phased deployments are also deleted automatically, so the list and the evaluator do not fill up with old rollouts.
- By age: a phased deployment is deleted when neither it nor any of its phases has changed for the number of days in Remove Phased Deployments older than (days) (default 365). See Phased Deployments Advanced.
- With old Robopack versions: when a Patch Flow keeps only a set number of versions and deletes an older version, that version’s phased deployment is deleted with it. See Automated patch flows.
4 Best practice
- Change a rollout before its first phase starts. Once a phase has started, the Edit link is replaced by the status window.
- Read the confirmation before you delete. It says that installations which have already happened are not affected.
5 Troubleshooting
| Symptom | Cause | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| There is no Edit link on a row. | The first phase has started, so the status is no longer Waiting to start. | Use the status window to skip, approve or continue the rollout, or delete it and create a new one. |
| There is no Edit link on any row. | Your role does not have access to edit phased deployments. | Ask your SoftwareCentral administrator for access. |
| There is no Delete button on the rows. | Your role does not have access to delete phased deployments. | Ask your SoftwareCentral administrator for access. |
| The Software box is greyed out. | The software of an existing phased deployment cannot be changed. | Create a new phased deployment for the other software. |
| A phased deployment is missing from the list. | It is older than the number of days set in Remove Phased Deployments older than (days) under Settings, and it is deleted regardless of its state. | Check that setting. If you still need the rollout, create a new phased deployment. |