LGarvin

There is not currently a methodology to auto-download or auto-publish updates to WSUS. We do have an idea posted related to those ideas if you'd like to vote: http://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/1128

Correct, it only displays the Product Category Name for Security or Critical Updates. Beyond that, if you navigate to the Software Publishing node of the console, select the desired synchronization event, and then click on the Packages tab in the bottom half of the Details Pane, the complete list of package obtained during…

I'm looking into the question about email updates on this document and it's companion PatchZone thread, but I've spoken with others who also have email subs to this document, and they did receive an email notification on the last update on August 12. I must confess, though, I'm somewhat confused by how the Email updates…

We're always interested in feedback and suggestions for catalog additions. If you post the request in Patch Manager Feature Requests, the Product Manager will see it and handle it accordingly.

The most likely reason, given that Flash v11.8 is a brand new "feature" release, is that some organizations are a bit more conservative about deploying "feature" releases of products, than they are security updates. Given the choice between v11.8.800.94, which contains new functionality (not yet tested by most…

ESR = "Extended Support Release". The ESR program is the maintenance of the downlevel version of Flash Player. Flash Player v10 has reached End Of Life. The last release of Flash Player v10.3 was on June 11, 2013. Effective July 9, 2013, the ESR program now publishes Flash Player v11.7. (Flash v11.8 is the current…

Okay.. my previous reply, from the Blackberry, suffered from not being able to see the image... the subsequent reply did add some context, but the image makes the biggest difference. "Downloaded" to the WSUS Server is a completely different thing than "Downloaded" to Patch Manager as part of the publishing process. The…

There is a known issue when downloading/publishing content using the Package Download Assistant that does not auto-refresh the package list. If you are downloading/publishing content that can be Direct Downloaded, a refresh is auto-generated -Lawrence (from the Blackberry)

The other thing I'll point out here is that the best practice is to configure Patch Manager to schedule a daily synchronization (we publish updates almost daily) and to enable email notifications from the Patch Manager server that updates have been received. It's much more of a reliable task to automate the process and let…

Actually that experience should NOT be occurring. By the time I get the notifications that updates have been published to the catalog, it's typically 30-60 minutes after I receive the notification that those updates are announced in this post. I'll double-check with our teams to make sure that the catalogs are being…

What time yesterday (GMT) did your synchronization event run? There are no other requirements. Synchronization is best handled as a scheduled event, and at the current time the best synchronization time to get the content as early as possible is about 1500-1600 GMT. If you synchronized earlier than 6/26 1500GMT, that would…

Brandon, I did a sampling of support and dev people inside SolarWinds who regularly sync content to their own Patch Manager installations, and nobody has experience similar issues. Likewise, I've not seen any issues on my own environments. Is the Firefox update the only one missing? If so, what happens if you launch a…

For requests for products to be added to the catalog, please post in the Patch Manager Feature Requests forum so that it will be seen by Product Management.

Good point. I believe it does, as we "remove" the attachment and then "add" a new attachment when the spreadsheet is updated.

Yes, right click on the XLS link at the bottom of the page and "Copy shortcut" from the context menu. The direct link is: http://thwack.solarwinds.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/167089-126-33022/Patchzone%20Table%20-%203rd%20party%20Patches.xlsx

I just subscribed to the "Documents" feed, and it returned four items.. which is an accurate reflection of the content. The documents are related to how to disable automatic updates for each of the products Foxit, Chrome, iTunes, and WinZip, dated from 5/10 to 5/27. I presume that the 3rd Party Updates document will push…

Certainly. Just "subscribe" to the document. On the right side of the screen in the menu select the option to "Receive email notifications". Anytime this document is updated, you'll get an email notification. In addition you can subscribe via RSS feeds to some or all of the "Patch Manager" forums content on Thwack. From…

We do not duplicate any content already provided direct by the vendors. Adobe provides the following catalogs, which are configured to sync in Patch Manager automatically: * Adobe Systems Acrobat 10 Catalog * Adobe Systems Acrobat 11 Catalog * Adobe Systems Reader 10 Catalog * Adobe Systems Reader 11 Catalog The packages…

That is correct, Andrew. The omission of the JRE6 update was my error, I assumed that since Oracle said No More Java6 Updates after 2/28/13, that's what they meant. Now we'll get to see how many more zero-day exploits it takes before they actually do quit releasing JRE6 security fixes. This post and the attached worksheet…

Published to the Catalog at 9:30pm. :-)

It is not our practice to make announcements or promises as to when products or update packages will be released, but you can see from the data in the post above what our performance metrics have been for the past month, and the past year's delivery dates are documented in the attached worksheet. I encourage you to draw…

Chris, I'm not understanding your compliant. JRE7u11 was released by Oracle on Sunday, January 13 and was published to the Patch Manager catalog on Monday, January 14 JRE7u13 was released by Oracle on Friday, February 1 and was published to the Patch Manager catalog on Tuesday, February 5 (which is actually a bit…

Thank you for the feedback, Mark. As it happens, we had not previously heard any requests for Tracker Software's PDF-XChange Viewer, but now that you've asked, I've forwarded your request to the packaging team and it will be added to the list. You can also post messages in the Patch Manager Feature Requests discussion area.

The Adobe Reader 11.0.1 update is available from the Adobe Reader v11 catalog, as were the Adobe Reader v10 updates. The Adobe Reader v11 catalog is available at: http://armmf.adobe.com/arm-manifests/win/SCUP/Reader11_Catalog.cab Please see SolarWinds KB4460 for guidance on how to synchronize the new Adobe v11 catalogs…

Typially "No Results Returned" in a report is an indication that an inventory task has not been created and executed. Inventory is what populates the Patch Manager database so that reports can return them, and is discussed in Chapter 6 of the Administration Guide.

How would I go about adding Acrobat 8 updates to the package list so it can be published and pushed? Assuming that you can get the Acrobat 8 update binaries (which I don't think you can), or you already have them downloaded .... use the Acrobat 9 packages in the catalog as an example.

This previous conversation may also be of some help: http://thwack.solarwinds.com/thread/49587

Is WMI provisioning portion only used to inventorize the computers? No. WMI Providers are used to provide communications and services for any Patch Manager task that is targeted to a system. Included in this, of particular note, would be update deployment tasks using Update Management and Update Management Wizard. Is it…

The behavior of replacing the user-only installation has nothing whatsoever to do with the package; that functionality is built into the Chrome installer itself. The installer that we package with our Chrome packages is the business installer, and it is explicitly coded by Google to remove the user-only installation. In…

Until we installed WDS yesterday. Now WSUS has basically disappeared from the server. Not really sure what to say. WSUS and WDS will certainly co-exist on a Windows Server 2012 server, and there's no known reason, nor have I ever seen/heard of installation of a server role causing another to uninstall. Perhaps it would…