Technical Note: 20050331129

Service Pack Updates through Databoard

(Maitre'D 2005 and later versions of Maitre'D)

You can deploy Service Packs automatically from the Databoard to all the restaurants.

Corporate Communication Client / Databoard

Receive:

Enable this option in each restaurant to allow reception and installation of Service Packs from the Databoard.

Note: the Enable Web Publishing option above must also be enabled.

Databoard / Administration / Maitre'D Update

The administrator can easily view the progress of the update. Every restaurant has one of the following statuses indicating the progress of the restaurant update.

Status	Description
Up to date	The restaurant is up to date with the latest service pack available for its current version.
Need Update	The restaurant is not up to date with the latest service pack available for its current version. An update is recommended.
Waiting Download	Databoard is waiting for the restaurant to download a service pack.
Waiting Confirmation	The Service Pack has been downloaded but the restaurant has not yet applied the update. When the restaurant has installed the service pack a confirmation is sent to the Databoard and the status is updated.
Unknown	The restaurant version is unknown. The new restaurant has never connected to the Databoard, or the restaurant has an older version not compatible service packs deployment. (Maitre'D 2003 or earlier)

Note: By default, restaurant whose status is Up-to-date or Unknown are not displayed. You can see theses restaurants by enabling the "Show all restaurants" option. Also, by default the restaurant are sorted by status in the following order; Need Update, Waiting Download, Waiting Confirmation, Unknown, Up-to-date, but they can be sorted by any column. You can revert to the default status sort by clicking the "Default sort" button.

Databoard / Administration / Maitre'D Update / Edit

A convivial user interface lets the administrator decide which service pack to install in the restaurants.

Automatic Update:

Enable this option to perform all service packs updates without user intervention as soon as a new service pack is made available by Posera. The list below then disappears.

Name:

Enable each restaurant to be updated.

Version:

Select from the drop-down list the service pack to update each restaurant towards.

Apply Date:

Select from the calendar the day to perform the update.

Note: That day should be at least 3 days in the future to allow for transmission, preparation and proper warning to managers and possibly employees, if new functions are implemented.

Message

Enter a short note that is displayed only in this Edit screen, to let other administrator know details about this restaurant's status.