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Hey guys and gals, So I have outside users who we would like to manage updates for now. I currently have one WSUS server and Patch Manager PAS here that I manage. I set up a second downstream WSUS server and set it to not store files locally so that outside users can get approvals from it but download the files from…
Hello, Is there any way in Solar Winds to create a report where the following can be listed: -Computer name: -Number of critical patches installed on each machine -Number of critical patches needed on each machine -A percentage of how well the PC is patched
Hi all, We are trying to run a report that will show how many updates were installed at a particular time period. For instance, I want to see all updates that were installed on all workstations between April 1st - June 30th (4th quarterly report) and the same report for all servers as well. We can not seem to find how to…
I would like to create a report on a Test group with install updates on date approved and date install. How can this be done? Regards, CharlesNM
Hello, I'm looking to create a report in Patch Manager which will give me a list of all servers with (or without) all approved updates installed. Thought this might be a standard report but cannot seem to find it. Any help would be a appreciated.
I'm combating some high disk usage on my Patch Manager install. How do I clean up the 'Wsus\UpdateServicesPackages' directory? It's the only large folder I haven't found documentation to clean up. I was able to clean the C: drive up with…
Hello all, I'm new to patch manager - the last three months I've been doing Server/workstation security patches and now I've been tasked with building some 3rd party product packages to push out software. I've watched the videos, read through some of the Thwack articles and RTFM. I had success with my first package…
Is a "managed computer" essentially any computer (server or client) that Patch Manager has the authority to manage? Is there a specific task that officially makes a computer "managed"? Also, according to the documentation, a "managed computer" needs the Path Manager Windows Management Interface (WMI) provider deployed (for…
I'm trying to set up my Patch Manager server and when I run the Server Publishing Verification Wizard, the Patch Manager server has a red exclamation mark next to it and the following message is displayed: There is a version mismatch between the WSUS server API version: 3.2.7600.256 and the WSUS client API version…
Hi, I would like to know what are the best practices to maintain versions of 3rd Praty software. SCCM (in my environment) can expire superseded packages 3 months after a new one comes in. However, wouldn't it be better to manually expire a superseded package before publishing the new one from the Patch Manager? I…
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