(imported topic written by John_Nielsen91)
Hi Everyone,
What happens when a temporal distribution value is reached? Does the action then apply instatly to any relevant machines or is the counter started over?
Thanks.
(imported comment written by BenKus)
Hi John,
When you enable temporal distribution, it spreads out the action execution over the time period specified. The way this is implemented is that the BES Clients will pick a random time in that interval and then run the action when their time comes.
For instance, if you put a temporal distribution of 1 hour for 35,000 computers, you would see on average computers an hour, you would see on average ~600 computers a minute running the action.
Note that if you have retry or reapply behavior enabled, the temporal distribution behavior will be re-applied as well.
Ben
(imported comment written by John_Nielsen91)
Thanks Ben,
I understand at a high level how it works, but I guess my question is what happens when the 1 hour value is reached and some of the 35,000 machines may have not received or run the action (mahines powered off or just gathering the action after the 1 hour is up)?
(imported comment written by BenKus)
Hey John,
The temporal distribution doesn’t start until the agent receives the action. So if the action is sent out, but the agent is off and it gets the action 1 hour later, it will start its temporal distribution at that point and pick a random time in the next hour.
Ben
(imported comment written by jeko1791)
As a follow-up question on temporal distribution. Does it work on Policy actions that repeat? We are getting a glut of reports each week when our systems run the same action. Trying to spread these reports out over an hour or so without having to run separate actions?
(imported comment written by BenKus)
Yes. I believe that every time the policy reapplies, the temporal distribution will also reapply (each agent will pick a different random time in the interval).
Ben