Patch Mgmt Tab

The Patch Mgmt tab contains functions related to monitoring, scanning, installing, and verifying patches to managed machines.

The following functions are available in the Patch Mgmt feature tab:

Functions
Description

Scan Machine

Schedule a recurring scan for missing patches on managed machines.

Patch Status

See at a glance, the number of missing and installed patches for each machine.

Initial Update

Automatically applies all required service packs and patches according to the Patch Approval Policy beginning at the scheduled initial update time. Rebooting the machine immediately as required.

Patch History

View patch scan results for each machine.

Patch Alert

Send an alert when a new patch becomes available for a managed machine.

Machine Update

Schedule patch deployment to an individual machine.

Patch Update

Lists only patches missing from selected machines. Manually schedule installation of missing patches to machines requiring update.

Rollback

Rollback gives you a mechanism to remove patches after they have been installed on a system. Not all patches may be uninstalled.

Automatic Update

Configure the system to automatically deploy newly discovered patches on selected machines.

Cancel Updates

Cancel any pending patch installations.

Exclude Machines

Designate machines to never show up in the Apply Update list.

Patch Approval

Defines a collections based policy for approving patches for automatic update.

Reboot Action

Determines whether or not to reboot the machine automatically after installing new patches.

File Source

Specifies where each machines gets new patch installation files from.

Patch Alert

Configures alerts generated by the patch system.

Windows Auto Update

Remotely sets the Windows Automatic Update settings on selected machines.

Command Line

Set the command line parameters used to install patches.

Patch Location

Specify the URL to download a patch from when the system can not automatically locate it.