Stopping Windows Agent Actions

To pause Windows Agent actions on computers:

In the Scope pane expand the Computers item.
Click <All Computers> or a computer group name to display the member computers in the Result pane.
In the Result pane, Shift-click or Ctrl-click the computers that you want to pause.
Right-click one of the selected computers.
Click Pause/Continue.
In the Active computers list of the Pause/Continue Computer Actions dialog box, Shift-click or Ctrl-click the computers you want to pause.
Click Pause.

The Windows Agent completes the current phase on each selected computer and then pauses until you continue the computer session. The selected computers move from the Active computers list to the Paused computers list.

To continue paused Windows Agent actions:

In the Pause/Continue Computer Actions dialog box, Shift-click or Ctrl-click the computers whose Windows Agent actions you want to continue and click Continue.

The Windows Agent for each selected computer resumes executing any remaining phase for the current job and then executes all other jobs in the queue. The selected computers move from the Stopped computers list to the Active computers list.

Click Close.

Pausing and Continuing Windows Agent Actions

There may be occasions when you want to temporarily pause CCM Windows Agent actions; for example, if there is excessive network load creating a bottleneck. After a computer session has been paused, you can continue the session and the execution of the remaining jobs.

NOTE: You can only pause actions of the CCM Windows Agent. Actions of the CCM Pre-OS Agent cannot be paused.

Pausing Windows Agent Action

If the Windows Agent is...	The computer session is paused....
...preparing to execute the job, but has not started the script	...and the job is not executed.
...executing the script	...at the completion of the current phase or at the next phase that does not include a reboot.
...executing the script and performing a reboot	...at the completion of the next phase that does not include a reboot.

In the above stages, the computer remains in a wait state until the session is continued. While in the wait state, the computer cannot be operated locally.

Continuing CCM Windows Agent Actions

When you Continue the Windows Agent, the computer waits for the Waiting time specified in server properties (<Server Name> Properties dialog box) and then executes all jobs that remain in the queue.