Need help to check the software update deployment status before restart the VM

Hello,
I'm just trying to automate the windows patch deployment for several VM's, I build the entire logic like below,
        Deploy software update --> wait for sometime-->Restart --> Check deployment status(collection = iscomplaint) -->stop
I know here I'm missing the logic of not checking the patch deployment status before restarting, Can someone help here plz?
Regards,
Julie

Hello
you can configure a loop for your Activity " Get deployment status(filtered the collection name " until status is succeeded, failed with an embedded loop: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh403826.aspx
Regards,
Stefan
www.sc-orchestrator.eu ,
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