When applying a template in maintenance mode, Command Central runs only the following steps to update installed products to their current fixes:

Validates the composite template, as described in the Validating a Composite Template topic.

Pauses and then stops the run-time components on all nodes included in the provision: section of the template. Installs the fixes for the products (and product plug-ins) defined in the inline templates.

By default, the run-time components in the installation are not started after applying a template in maintenance mode. To control this behavior, include the maintenance: section in the template definition, as described in Maintenance.