LGarvin

I'm not seeing where the subject error is coming from... "The specified item could not be found in the database" But typically this is an indication of options selected on the publishing wizard that do not apply because the update is not yet present in the WSUS database. The stack trace clearly shows a more basic error:…

We are investigating the package specifications. Preliminary investigation suggests that we changed the physical installation location of the WMI Providers for v1.8, but did not properly set the corresponding registry value 'TargetDir' in HKLM\Software\EminentWare\WMI Providers. That value is initialized to…

Both our Patch Manager server and our WSUS servers were migrated from one datacenter to another. The first requirement of successfully diagnosing this scenario is understanding exactly what you mean by "migrated from one datacenter to another" and exactly how that was accomplished. From a remote console I get the error…

I'll make an educated guess that the likely roadblock to deploying the WMI Providers in your scenario will be the need to access file sharing, specifically we use the ADMIN$ share on the target system. An Automation Role server on the customer's site will help tremendously with this, as then the file share connection comes…

Strictly speaking... it is not the installation of the WMI Provider that triggers the appearance in the Managed Computers node, but rather the act of targeting a Managed Computer Inventory task to those computers. It's a matter of coincidence that the Inventory task is what typically triggers the installation of the WMI…

I want to make sure I'm understanding this: 1) If we are to create a report that shows the date/time of a patch being installed by target machines we'd have to enable the Event Log inventory task. 2) Then run an inventory task right after the patching to grab the even log you're speaking of. 3) Finally we'll need to…

Then you only have one option. You will need to enable the Administrator account and configure that as the authentication credential for the WMI connection.

SELECT TOP 50 * You cannot use the splat in SWQL, you'll need to explicitly list the column names (as I did in my original example): SELECT TOP 50 EventTimeE, _IconFor_Message, Message FROM ( SELECT tolocal(EventTime) as EventTimeE, '/NetPerfMon/images/Event-' + TOSTRING(EventType) + '.gif' AS [_IconFor_Message], Message…

You might even go one step further with this and define the JOIN conditions in a JOIN statement, which will significantly simplify the logic required in the WHERE clause. Also, take note that TriggerTimeStamp is a DateTime value. You've defined it twice in the SELECT statement, once aliased as "Date", another aliased as…

Yes, %modulepath% is a value internal to PackageBoot, but an interesting discovery about using %cd%!

Tonya sends along a big Thank You for the link at dl.google.com!

As a matter of practice, packages in the catalog from SolarWinds are not configured to disable any autoupdaters. That's not to say that this is a written-in-stone practice, but it is worthy of note that adding disabling of autoupdaters to our packages would increase the amount of QA effort we must do on each and every…

Can we use a PAS to connect to remote replica servers without installing Patch Manager on the remote replica servers? Yes. * Create an Update Server registration under the Update Services node. * Add an Update Server rule to the credential ring with the correct credential for the replica server. * Add the Update Server to…

Which ruleset are you creating these MSI rules in? Can you show me the complete rulesets defined in the package? (Prerequisite, Applicability, and Installed) Also, where did you obtain this ProductID for EMET v3?

turns out my issue was with the msp file Now I'm confused. What does an MSP file have to do with an MSI/MST-based package?

Greetings Mark. >> I would like the ability to change my automatic update rules through Patch Manager... Patch Manager does not curently provide the ability to manage automatic approval rules. I have added this item to our Feature Request list for consideration. Regarding the undesirable automatic approvals of third-party…

There's no specific reason that I'm aware of for v1.72 having issues with WSUS Inventory because of the version that it is, but I wholeheartedly encourage you to upgrade your installation of Patch Manager. The article An "Annual Checkup" for your WSUS & Patch Manager Environment provides a comprehensive overview of the…

Since this reply was originally written, we have provided an update for v1.72 systems that handles the UAC issues on co-located systems. With the update you can now use other privileged local or domain accounts. The update is available in the Customer Portal.

A couple of clarifications. DetectNow -- which can be run from the client's command line, initiated from the Control Panel WUApp, or launched from Patch Manager as a bulk task targeted to multiple machines simultaneously -- will initiate a scan and report status to the WSUS server within 30 minutes. ReportNow -- does have…

Hmm... I was unaware of the reference in the package description. I agree, if we're linking to it in current packages, then the template should work with current versions. I've inquired internally as to what the expectation actually is. I'm sympathetic to your concern about "lack of support", but generally speaking,…

The template was posted as an as-is sample, tested for iTunes 11.0.3. It's entirely possible that Apple made changes that impacted the template's functionality with iTunes 11.1 or later versions. But, inasmuch as the attached ADM files are source code, any such changes that could be made, or might be necessary, are surely…

What kind of followup are you looking for, Rick?

So, it seems to me that part of the challenge here is that you've created an unrealistic test scenario, and specifically a test scenario in which it would be impossible to reliably test for the Installed vs Not Installed state. Take note of how typical applications operate. There's at least one EXE file permanently…

I have been trying to find a solution to why the package continues prompting to install in Windows Update even after installation. The most likely reason that any package would continue to prompt for installation after a successful installation is that the Installed Rules of that package are not properly identifying the…

Can we integrate the patch management with microsoft wsus and system center configuration manager? Absolutely. See the Patch Manager Evaluation Guide for ConfigMgr 2012 for more details.

Patch Manager provides email notifications for synchronization results. There is no web-based resource that is automatically updated. This page is manually updated (by me), typically around 9am in the morning (schedule permitting). There were Skype and Thunderbird releases in the past 36 hours, which will be posted in the…

While it is possible to download the catalog and manually import it into a disconnected server, even if you did download/import the catalog, it would still be necessary to obtain the installation files for each update independently. However, there is no supported methodology for manually importing the update binaries, and…

I'm checking on this, Jay. I'm not seeing the differences either.

JRE7u40 was published to the catalog shortly before 9am CT this morning.

JRE7u40 was just released by Oracle this morning. The previous update was JRE7u25 released on June 19. You're not missing any Java updates!