Applying patches

After you have scanned a device for patches and got an overview of the current situation, your next task is to fix the most urgent ones. All you have to do, is to select the patches that must be deployed and the Patch Manager will automatically download and apply the patches on the device. To do so proceed as follows:

  1. Ensure that Patch Management > Patch Detection > Scanned Devices > Your Scanned Device > Missing Patches is selected.
  2. Select the patches you want to deploy for the device.You can select multiple patches at the same time. BMC recommends to deploy patches with the highest severity first.
  3. Click Fix fix.png.
     The Patch/Service Pack Distribution Wizard dialog appears.
  4. Ensure that the Select the type of deployment you would like to perform. radio button is selected and click Finish .The wizard closes and under Patch Management > Patch Deployment a new patch group patch.pngis listed.

You created a new patch group which immediately downloads and deploys the selected patches to the target device.

 

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