Patching Job - Analysis Options for Microsoft Windows
A Patching Job checks the configuration of patches on specific servers according to the filters defined as part of the job definition.
You can select List and create an Include/Exclude list for specific patches through the Include-or-Exclude-Selection dialog box. You can specify the patches that you want to include or exclude, or you can specify a .txt file that contains a list of QNumbers for these patches. BMC recommends only adding those patches that you want to test against the target, to the include list, because adding additional patches to the include list might increase the time taken to analyze the target.
If you select Group, by default you select the entire catalog of patches. Use the check boxes under the Group option to include or exclude categories of patches. You must select at least one of the choices under Group. For example, select Security Patches and clear the other fields to analyze only security patches.
Field definitions
Security patches (Recommended) | Analyze patches that address security vulnerabilities. The Patching Job performs analysis against all patches in the patch catalog. Any security patch in the catalog that is found to be missing from the target being tested will show as missing in the Job Run Log. |
Security tools | Analyze patches that prevent or clean up malicious software. |
Non-security patches | Analyze performance-related fixes, fixes for known bugs, and hardware drivers. |
Exclude Service Packs | (Optional) Select when you do not want to include service packs in the analysis results. |
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