Global Pause settings take effect immediately on the clients you identify either globally or within the selected Business Units. Patch cycles continue to run as configured on the Tenable Patch Server side, and the Tenable Patch Client pauses the deployment of patches identified in the pause settings.

The Global Pause menu item provides access to both a Pause All Patching button and access to configuration details for pausing patch activity for specific products, patches, cycles, or Business Units.

When activated, Pause All Patching immediately stops all patch deployments across all licensed clients. When deactivated (Resume Patching) TPM revokes the Global Pause request and restores normal patching activity to all licensed clients.

In addition, you may create pause configurations for each of the following:

• Paused Products: Pause patch deployments for specified products, either globally or for specific Business Units.

• Paused Patches: Pause patch deployments for specified patches, either globally or for specific Business Units.

• Paused Cycles: Pause Patching, Deployment, or Rollout Cycles either for specified Business Units or for the Business Units already targeted by the Cycle.

• Paused Business Units: Pause all patches for the specified Business Units.

For each, you'll choose either the product, patch, or cycle you wish to pause along with the optional business unit. You can add multiple pauses for each tab that will be added to the relevant pause table.