Controlling Software Updates on a Client

Lock a client locally to ensure that software installations do not occur while you are working on the client.

Before you begin, install SystemLink Client on the client and connect it to your SystemLink Server.
  1. Log into the client system.
  2. Launch the NI SystemLink Client Tray.
  3. On the Windows toolbar, right-click NI SystemLink Notifications in the system tray.
  4. Click Lock.
  5. When you complete your work, right-click and select Unlock.
After you unlock the client system, any software update the server has deployed will install.
Note To programmatically change the lock status of a client file, use a file API to create or delete a minion_blackout.lock file in one of the following loctaions. The presence of the .lock file locks the client and the absence of the file unlocks it.
OSLocation
WindowsC:\ProgramData\National Instruments\salt\conf\lock
RT/var/lib/salt/minion/blackout