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If you are new to SolarWinds products we've built some handy resources that provide you a quick reference on how to get started. These "New To" resource pages in the Success Center provide quick access to: * system requirements * installation instructions * configuration steps (Getting Started Guides) * SolarWinds Academy…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed the NIST 800-171 framework to set guidelines and security requirements for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The latest version three (V3) brings significant revisions impacting organizations' handling of CUI. In this blog, I'll explore…
Hi, We’re running a trial of Patch Manager 2019.4.0.125 as we are particularly interested in keeping our standard third-party apps up to date. These include, but aren’t limited to, things like Chrome and Adobe Reader DC, although I have been using Firefox for testing. Whilst the install and configuration of Patch Manager…
I was trying to detect task one client machines from pacthmanager and getting below error. Operation: Detect Now Object: XXXXXX.abcd.net Status: Failed Details: Attempt to connect to XXXXXX.abcd.net failed. The following attempts were made: ARP Resolution result: No DNS Resolution result: Yes NETBIOS Name Resolution: No MS…
I am trying to send an approval to all computers and then on the Prerequisite Rules, I am trying to block it from installing on a particular computer(s). I am using Registry String Value Not Rule Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ActiveComputerName Registry Value ComputerName…
Has anyone else had issues with Java 8 181 (x86) upgrade installing? It has failed on all our machines. The machines download the update, but it then errors with a code 5. The x86 for x64 upgrade, which was pushed out at the same time, has installed fine. So far all I have tried is deleting the update and republishing, but…
Hi, I have seen this question asked a couple of times on here but not really seen a definite answer or process that works. What is the best way to set up a process that stops services on a couple of servers before Microsoft patches are pushed down to them? For example in my scenario we have to stop the sql service on one…
I've just started rolling out Java 8 162 through patch manager. I have edited the package to select the uninstall options of older versions. Windows picks up the Java update and starts to run it. I'm then getting that the update has failed, however not before uninstalling the old version, so now the pc has no Java at all.…
I am a fairly new user of Patch Manager, but I recently learned that its impossible currently to synchronize or auto-publish only the most recent updates in a catalog, rather than synchronizing or publishing the entire catalog. For instance the Mozilla Firefox catalog has almost 8 years of updates, or about 400 updates,…
Import this report under Reporting → Configuration Management Reports → Computer (Registry Information). The correct functioning of this report is predicated on having an Inventory task running that looks for the Piriform key, based on these articles: http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/09/avast-distributes-malware.html…
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