I really wish there were a way to resume an Action after a reboot. I’m not crazy about Baselines, is there a way to do this?
Basically I’d like to have a reboot started in the middle of my Action Script - and then after the reboot, have Bigfix pickup on the remaining portion of the Action script after the computer has restarted.
Help!
Thanks
The client restarting for any reason ENDS the current action (no more processing) so the only way to continue after a reboot is with a baseline.
To add to what Alan said, if you do reboot mid-baseline, it needs to be initiated by a native actionscript command. If you use a native OS command, it will typically fail the baseline and stop processing at that point.
Based on experience, at the end of the task needing the reboot, add ‘action requires restart’ followed by ‘restart time’.
In the task in the baseline following the one that does a reboot, include pause while {pending restart} at the start of the actionscript.
These steps prevent machines from proceeding on to subsequent baseline steps while a reboot is happening.