Patch Policy pre- and post- actions

Usage and Config Patch
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Hi all,

Is there a way to have a Patch Policy’s pre- and post- actions only run if there is relevant patch content in the middle? I’d like to have pre- and post- actions that stop and start a particular service, but only do so if there is also relevant patch content.

(Sort of like how a baseline action can be not-relevant for the baseline as a whole.)

Thanks,
Andrew

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You can use the following setting to change how the Action is being created

_WebUIAppEnv_PP_CONTENT_STRATEGY_OVERRIDE=‘target’

At the scheduled policy issue time, the issued MAG action in Patch Policies through Target by Property, Target by Group, or Target by Device will exclusively consist of fixlets that are relevant to the devices targeted at the time the MAG is issued.

If there are no relevant fixlets available, then no MAG will be issued.

Note: The behavior change applies to all policies/schedules.

Note: The functionality relies on web reports. In the event that web reports cannot be accessed, the default behavior will be implemented as a fallback.

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