The Active Patches tab of a patch job
This tab shows the progress of the patching process that is executed by the selected patch job. It provides the following information.
Parameter | Description |
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Patch Name | The name of the executable file contained in the security patch. |
Bulletin | The name of the bulletin if one exists for this patch. |
Status | The overall installation status of the patch executive file, that is, the least favorable status of all devices is displayed. This means that if even on only one of all the assigned devices the installation failed, the overall status is displayed as failed. The possible values are:
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Installed Devices | The number of installed devices. |
Failed Devices | The number of devices that failed to install. |
Total Devices | The total number of devices. |
Percentage Complete | The percentage of devices that completed the installation for each patch of the patch job. |
Severity | The importance of the patch. |
CVE ID | The CVE identification of the patch if it has one. |
Size | The total size of the patch package. |
Product Family | This field displays the full name of the software product family, such as Windows 10 Professional or Adobe. |
To view the devices assigned to a specific patch
To view all devices on which a specific patch is missing and scheduled or already installed, proceed as follows:
- Select the patch executable in the table in the right window pane.
Click Properties.
The Devices assigned to<patch name> appears.Parameter
Description
Device Name
This column lists all devices that are assigned to this patch job.
Status
The patch installation status of the device. Possible values are:
- Patch inventory not yet uploaded: The agent is waiting to establish the patch inventory of the device that is required to determine which patches are missing and must be installed.
- Executing: The patch job is executing and installing the required patches one after the other.
- Installed: All missing patches were successfully installed.
- Installation failed: At least one of the required patches could not be installed on the device.
- Not applicable: The patches of this patch job are not applicable to the device, that is, they are not missing on the device.
Assignment
This column lists the assignment date of the device to the patch job.
Last Attempt
The date and time at which the patch job last tried to install the patch.
# of Attempts
The number of attempts that were required to install the patch or that were made before the installation was finally abandoned.
Error
The error message connected to the reason why the patch installation failed.
- Click Close to close the window.
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