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Werk #11842: Stabilize the Windows agent updater

Component Checks & agents
Title Stabilize the Windows agent updater
Date Jan 28, 2021
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.1.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.0.0b6 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

In some cases for various reasons the agent updater of the Windows agent can't update the agent. There are two possible outcomes: The agent is not updated at all or the agent is even uninstalled.

Since this release, the Agent controls whether the update was successful and on failure will retry update. The additional information is stored in the file %ProgramData%\checkmk\agent\log\update.log

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