Configuring vendor settings ........................................................... 31
Configuring software updates installation settings ............................ 31
Configuring inventory and vulnerabilities checking interval ................ 32
Core Services page ....................................................................... 33
Patch management vendor settings page .......................................... 33
Default Software Update Plug-in Policy page ..................................... 35
Chapter 6 Configuring Patch Management server tasks ............... 39
About Patch Management server tasks ............................................. 39
Downloading software updates catalog ............................................ 40
Downloading QChain .................................................................... 41
Checking Software Update packages integrity .................................. 42
Patch Management Import page ..................................................... 42
Download QChain page ................................................................. 43
Chapter 7 Staging and distributing software bulletins and
software updates ........................................................... 45
About software updates and software bulletins .................................. 45
About staging and distributing software bulletins .............................. 46
Staging software bulletins ............................................................. 47
Distributing software updates ........................................................ 48
Viewing the software update delivery summary report ....................... 49
About Software Update policies and maintenance windows ................. 49
Patch Remediation Center page ...................................................... 49
Software Update Policy Wizard pages .............................................. 51
Chapter 8 Using Patch Management reports ................................... 53
About Patch Management Solution for Windows reports ..................... 53
About compliance reports .............................................................. 54
About diagnostic reports ............................................................... 55
About remediation status reports .................................................... 55
About software bulletin reports ..................................................... 55
About the Patch Management home page ......................................... 55
Viewing Patch Management reports ................................................ 56
Chapter 9 Replicating Patch Management data in
hierarchy ......................................................................... 59
About replicating Patch Management data ........................................ 59
About Patch Management Language Alert rule .................................. 60
Replicating Patch Management language alerts ................................. 60
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