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 |
Schedule a recurring scan for missing patches on managed machines. | |
See at a glance, the number of missing and installed patches for each machine. | |
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. | |
View patch scan results for each machine. | |
Patch Alert |
Send an alert when a new patch becomes available for a managed machine. |
Schedule patch deployment to an individual machine. | |
Lists only patches missing from selected machines. Manually schedule installation of missing patches to machines requiring update. | |
Rollback gives you a mechanism to remove patches after they have been installed on a system. Not all patches may be uninstalled. | |
Configure the system to automatically deploy newly discovered patches on selected machines. | |
Cancel any pending patch installations. | |
Designate machines to never show up in the Apply Update list. | |
Defines a collections based policy for approving patches for automatic update. | |
Determines whether or not to reboot the machine automatically after installing new patches. | |
Specifies where each machines gets new patch installation files from. | |
Patch Alert |
Configures alerts generated by the patch system. |
Remotely sets the Windows Automatic Update settings on selected machines. | |
Set the command line parameters used to install patches. | |
Specify the URL to download a patch from when the system can not automatically locate it. |