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The SummitAI Microsoft Patch Repository is maintained on the cloud, which maintains a list of all the MS Patches that are available for installation. A job is scheduled to download the Patch list from the cloud to the On-Cloud SummitAI Tenant or On-Premise SummitAI Tenant. You can view the Patches available as per the specified filter criteria and approve/disapprove them for specific Asset Groups for deployment/uninstallation.
To view the Patch list:
Select Asset > Configuration > Patch Management > Patch.
On the PATCH page, click the Filters icon and provide a filter criteria to display the list of Patches. For more information about fields on the FILTERS pop-up page, see Filters.
The list of Patches based on the selected filter criteria is displayed.
Figure: PATCH page
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Click a Patch name hyperlink to view details about the Patch. The PATCH INFORMATION page is displayed. It also lists the all the machines where these patches are applicable and deployment status. The following table describes the fields on the PATCH DETAILS page:
ACTIONSThis section explains all the icons displayed on the ACTIONS panel of the PATCH INFORMATION page. FiltersClick Filters to specify the search criteria and click SUBMIT to display the list of Assets. APPROVE Click APPROVE to approve the selected Patch. For more information on how to approve a Patch, see APPROVE. SHOW LIST Click SHOW LIST to display the list of Patches on the PATCH page. EXPORT TO EXCEL Click EXPORT TO EXCEL to export the record displayed on the page to a Microsoft Excel sheet. EXPORT ALL Click EXPORT ALL to export all the records to a Microsoft Excel sheet. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Field Description
The following table describes the fields on the PATCH page:
Field | Description |
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LIST | |
Sl. No. | Displays the serial number in the Patch list. |
KB ID | Displays the KB ID of the Patch. You can click the "i" icon to view the Patch ID, patch file name, and size of the patch file. |
Name | Displays the Patch name. |
Classification | Displays the classification of the Patch. |
Approved | Displays if the Patch is approved or not. |
Release Date | Displays the date when the Patch is released. |
Security Bulletin | Displays the Security Bulletin Numbers provided by the Software Providers for the Patches. |
Approved Date | Displays the date and time when the Patch is approved. |
Scheduled On | Displays the date and time when the Patch is scheduled to be deployed. |
Deployed | Displays the number of assets where these patches are deployed. |
Yet To Deployed | Displays the number of assets where these patches are yet to be deployed. |
Applicable Devices | Displays the total number of assets for the specific Patch. Displays the total number of assets (patch deployed/not deployed and approved/not approved). |
ACTIONS
This section explains all the icons displayed on the ACTIONS panel of the PATCHES page.
Anchor Filters Filters
Filters
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Click Filters to specify the search criteria and click SUBMIT to display the list of Patches.
Figure: FILTERS pop-up page
The following table describes the fields on the FILTERS pop-up page:
Field | Description |
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| View | Select a View from the list to display the Patches. You can create different Views with different filter criteria to display a set of Patches. |
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Tenant | Select the Tenant for which you want to view the Patches. |
Software Category | Select the Software Category for which you want to view the Patches. |
Classification | Select the Classifications (Definition Updates, Service Packs, Upgrades, etc.) for which you want to view the Patches. |
Approved | Select the status of the Patches that you want to view: All, Approved, Not Approved. |
Release Date | Select a range of Patch release dates to view the Patches released within the dates. |
Approved Date | Select a range of dates to view the Patches that are approved within the dates. |
Scheduled On | Select a range of dates to view the Patches that are scheduled to be installed. |
| Patch Name | Specify any keyword of the Patch Name to search for the Patches that you want to view. |
Security Bulletin | Specify the Security Bulletin to view the Patches. You can specify multiple Security Bulletins using comma (,) as separator. |
KBID | Provide the complete KBID of the Patch that you want to view. You can specify multiple K IDs using comma (,) as separator. |
Anchor TO APPROVE PATCH TO APPROVE PATCH
To Approve Patches
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- Click the filter icon and select the value from the drop-down list to view a set of assets.
- Assets with Missing Patches: If selected, a list of assets with missing patches is displayed under the ASSET GROUPS section.
- Assets with Approved Patches: If selected, a list of assets with approved patches is displayed under the ASSET GROUPS section.
- All Applicable Assets: If selected, a list of assets is displayed, where the patches are applicable.
- All Assets: If selected, all the assets are displayed.
- Select the Patches that you want to approve or disapprove from the list.
- Click the APPROVE icon on the ACTIONS panel.
- Schedule the job to install the Patches.
- Select the Asset Groups for which the Patches should be approved or disapproved.
Click APPROVE to approve the selected Patches for the selected Asset Groups.
Note title Note: If you want to disapprove the selected patches that stop the deployment of the patches, click DISAPPROVE. It does not rollback the installed patches from assets.
Figure: APPROVE PATCHES page
The following table describes the fields on the APPROVE PATCHES page:
Field | Description |
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Dependency | Displays the superseding and superseded patches. Superseding is something dependent for this patch to be deployed. Superseded are the outdated patch list and can be ignored. Selected Patches are bundled with the superseded patch list. |
KBID | Displays the KBID of the Patch. |
Patch | Displays the Patch name. |
Description | Displays a description about the Patch. For more details about the Patch, click the More icon. |
Category | Displays the Category of the Patch. |
Classification | Displays the Classification of the Patch. |
Release Date | Displays the date of release of the Patch. |
SCHEDULE | |
Date and Time | Select Now to run the job immediately to install/uninstall the Patch on the selected Asset Group. If you select Later, specify the date and time when the job should run to install/uninstall the Patch on the selected Asset Group. |
Maximum Installation Retry Count | Specify the number of times the job should retry to install the Patches on the Assets in case of installation failure. |
ASSET GROUPS | Select the Asset Groups for which the Patch installation should be approved. |
EXPORT TO EXCEL
Click EXPORT TO EXCEL to export the record displayed on the page to a Microsoft Excel sheet.
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