Patch Groups

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The Patch Group is a static group of patches, often used to update servers. You can manually add patches to the Patch Group, which is valid for one month. The added patches are not tested against any conditions, unlike the patches in a Patch Query.

Important Information

A patch can be within as many groups as necessary, no limitations. A patch group can contain as many patches as desired. There are no limits to how many patch groups can be created.

Prerequisites 

An account with the 'Patch Manager' permissions

Discovery: Groups OverviewDiscovery: Groups Overview

To create a new group

To create a folder to store the group

 To edit the existing group

To delete the existing group

To scan all patches in the group

To deploy all patches in the group

To view patches' details

To scan a particular patch from the group

To install a particular patch from the group

To schedule a scan task either now or later

Never check or install selected patches

New patches

Export the patch group list to the XML file

Dashboard

Standard and custom dashboards to display device health

Select Patch Types

Filter devices by device type, patch type, or severity of vulnerabilities detected.

Multiple filters can be used

Filter

Filter devices by device location

Search

Used to search all columns for a specific reference

Download list of devices (with columns) to CSV file

Turn Auto Fix on/off

Hide or show Full Superseded patches

Hide or show Partially Superseded patches

Hide or show patch detection statistics

Guided walk-through: How to Create a New Group and Add a PatchGuided walk-through: How to Create a New Group and Add a Patch

Right-click > click 'New Group' or click   from the toolbar.
Enter a Group Name

Click 

You may import device numbers from a CSV file by using the button

Select a patch(s) by using the check box next to the patch name > Click 

Click 

Guided walk-through: How to Remove a Device from a GroupGuided walk-through: How to Remove a Device from a Group

 Right-click > click  or click  from the toolbar

Click  and unselect patch(es) by unchecking the check box

Click 

Video Tutorial: Baseline Patch GroupVideo Tutorial: Baseline Patch Group

Create Baseline Patch Group  Video

Maintain Baseline Patch Group  Video

Last Update: Mar 12, 2024

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