Adding a Deployment Schedule for One CAL Package

Oracle recommends that you schedule the CAL Client, the Service Host Download, and the Service Host separately on different dates or times. Scheduling these packages individually lets the site benefit from transferring the files silently in the background. Service Host only installs the required software components, minimizing the installation time needed.

1. Select the Enterprise, click Setup, and then click CAL Packages.
2. Expand the Simphony or Custom subgroups, and then highlight the CAL package to deploy.
   You need to deploy the following packages in the order listed:

   1. CAL Client

   2. Service Host Download

   3. Service Host

3. Click the Deployment Schedules tab.
4. Click Add Deployment to create a new row in the deployments grid.
5. In the CAL Package field, select the version number.
6. From the Deployment Type drop-down list, select the type of deployment:

   • 1 - Property/Enterprise: Click the ellipsis point (...) button and select one or more properties where the package downloads.

     If you select this deployment type, the CAL package deploys to all service hosts at the same time.

   • 2 - Specific Service Host: Click the ellipsis point (...) button, and then select one or more service hosts or workstations where the package downloads.

     Simphony releases 19.1.2 and later do not require Service Host Prerequisites. If a Service Host Prerequisites deployment is shown for an earlier release, remove the Service Host Prerequisites from the deployment schedule. Set the Service Host Download for 19.1.2 or a later release instead.

     The Service Host Download is required in Simphony 19.1.2 and later. When scheduled independently of the CAL client package, the Service Host Download occurs silently in the background to avoid end user interruption. The background transfer requires that CAL 148 (compatible with Simphony release 19.2) is installed on the client. If you schedule the CAL client package and the Service Host Download package to run at the same time, the Service Host Download does not run in the background.

7. Click OK to close the Choose CAL Package to Upload dialog.
8. In the Action To Take field, select 0 - Install.

   You can configure multiple deployment schedules for the same CAL package. Simphony uses the most granular deployment when given multiple deployment schedules. For example, if you configure a deployment schedule for a workstation and for the property, Simphony uses the workstation deployment. If you configure a CAL package deployment for a property with 0 - Install and a deployment for a workstation with 1 - Skip, the CAL package is not installed on the workstation.

9. (Optional) In the Effective From field, select the start date when the CAL packages automatically stop installing, and select the stop time (in 24-hour format).

   You can use this field to schedule Simphony upgrades.

   Note:

   The date and time selected in Effective From and Effective To fields are based on the time zone setting of the Service Host selected in the Service Host column (regardless of the application server’s time zone setting).
10. (Optional) In the Effective To field, select the date when the CAL packages automatically stop installing, and select the stop time (in 24-hour format).

    To keep the installations perpetual, do not set an Effective To time.

11. Click Save.