Maintenace windows with Zebra Lifeguard OTA

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fdahlgren
Zebra (OVS High Tier) - Axfoods

Hi, is it possible to use maintenance windows with Zebra Lifeguard OTA? I've tride setting a window with the "Managed Google Play" config and with the "System Update Policy" configuration. But no luck, the firmware upgrades starts immediately. I would prefer scheduling and doing the upgrades at night.

Using v.15.3 on Zebra Tc52 devices with 8.1.0.

4 years ago
Android
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Raymond Chan Diamond Contributor
4 years ago (edited 4 years ago)

Please describe in details what exactly (i.e the setting options/arguments) have you tried and failed on your TC52?

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fdahlgren
4 years ago

I have a profile deployed with the following settings deployed. 

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Matt Dermody Diamond Contributor
4 years ago

These configurations have no relation to or bearing on LifeGuard OTA upgrades. If you want to have finite control over the update application then I recommend you avoid LifeGuard OTA and use a File Sync rule or even Package for delivering and executing the update .zips on the devices. You can use the update windows in those mechanisms to accomplish what you are looking for. SOTI's implementation of LifeGuard OTA is not very good and arguably a worse experience than what was already available in SOTI for upgrading the firmware on Zebra Android devices. 

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fdahlgren
4 years ago

Ok, I was hoping to use this as an alternative to the file sync rule we are using today.

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Matt Dermody Diamond Contributor
4 years ago

I was hoping the same but it just doesnt offer the same granularity of control and automation that you can achieve with Virtual Groups and File Sync rules. The dependencies on Managed Play apps and the requirement to have to manually initiate the update on the devices make it unusable for our use cases. They need to add the ability to set a minimum enforced OS+LG version by device model so that new devices getting enrolled are automatically updated. They also need to add better control with maintenance windows like you have highlighted before I would consider switching from the File Sync based approach. 

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