Maintenance Mode
This feature is only available when working with global configuration files and it is assumed that the user has write permission on the appropriate share.
When the Microsoft® System Center needs to be upraded or requires a restart, it makes sense to put the SCCM Application Manager in a maintenace mode.
To do this go to Tools Maintenance Mode.
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In the following dialog, you can enter the text message that will be displayed when an attempt is made to start the SCCM Application Manager. To activate the maintenance mode, press the button Activate Maintenance Mode.
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The following message appears:
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The maintenance mode can only be disabled by manually deleting the file maintenance.txt, please see the path above.
If the user starts the SCCM Application Manager, he receives the following message and the application is closes again:
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