Prerequisites

Before executing Patch Management make sure that you meet the following requirements:

Device Downloading Patches (Patch Manager)

The device executing all actions of Patch Management needs to have:

  • At least 2GB disk space to store patches

Important

To allow expansion of the installer and other services, a verification is performed during patch deployment, to ensure that enough empty space is available on the device (at least five times more than the patches take up). 

  • One of the following operating systems:
    • Windows 8 (32 and 64-bit)
    • Windows 8.1 (32 and 64-bit)
    • Windows 10
    • Windows 11
    • Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
    • Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)
    • Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)
    • Windows Server 2019 (64-bit)
    • Windows Server 2022 (64-bit)

Important

You cannot use the patch manager with only an IPv6 address.

Also, make sure that the root certificate of the device is up to date. Should this not be the case you must apply the update bulletins MSRC-001 or MSRC-002 to the Patch Manager before downloading any Knowledge Base updates.


Devices to be patched

The devices to be patched must have:

  • one of the following operating systems:
    • Windows 8 (32 and 64-bit)
    • Windows 8.1 (32 and 64-bit)
    • Windows 10
    • Windows 11
    • Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
    • Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)
    • Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)
    • Windows Server 2019 (64-bit)
    • Windows Server 2022 (64-bit)
  • MSXML 6.0 SP2 or later installed


License

Make sure that you have a valid Patch Management license to patch devices.

To keep your Patch Knowledge Base up to date, you must also have a valid Patch Knowledge Base Update license.

 

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