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Polycom CMA System Operations Guide
134 Polycom, Inc.
description CMA Desktop - shipped version—is available for the Polycom
CMA Desktop client. Default automatic software update profiles are not
available for other endpoint systems. To create an automatic software update
profile, you upload the software package and create a profile for the update.
Automatic Software Update Versions
After creating an automatic software update profile, you can use the Version
to use and Allow this version or newer selections to manage the roll out of
software update packages. These selections also allow you to manage the
release of multiple software packages for the same endpoint type.
Here’s how it works: All endpoints have a current version of software. To
automatically overwrite that current software with a different software
version on all dynamically managed endpoint systems:
1 You first create a new automatic software update profile that includes the
new software update package.
2 Then to activate the roll out, you change the Version to use selection
from the current value (None by default) to the new version number and
Update the page.
The next time a dynamically managed endpoint polls the CMA system, it will
detect that it has a different software version than the Version to use selection,
so it will automatically download and install the identified software update
package. Use this method to force users to use a specific software version.
If you also enable the Allow this version or newer selection, anytime you
package a newer version of software into an automatic software profile that
package will be automatically installed on all dynamically managed endpoint
systems.
Some important things to note about software versions
• Newer software is identified by the version number. If the Allow this
version or newer selection is enabled, when a dynamically managed
endpoint polls the CMA system, the system will compare the current
software version number with the packaged software version numbers.
The CMA system will send the software package with the highest version
number to the endpoint.
• You can also use the Version to use selection to roll endpoints back to
older software versions. If you change the Version to use selection to an
older software version and clear the Allow this version or newer
selection, the CMA system will send the specifically identified software
package to the endpoint even if it is an older version.
Note
Until the Version to use selection is enabled, the automatic software update is not
activated.