Migrating our WSUS and Patch Manager servers (2008 R2 to 2012 R2)
(I apologize for any information overload. I just wanted to paint as clear of a picture as I could while picking your brains ) I am beginning work on migrating our WSUS and Patch Manager servers to...
View ArticleCustom Report - Computers Needing Patches
All, Our compliance team is looking for a report that lists the number of systems that need patches that were released prior to the current month. I've tried to use sections from Updates, Computer,...
View ArticleUsing a WSUS certificate signed by a root CA
From time to time, we get inquires about whether the WSUS server certificate has to be self-signed in order for 3rd party updates to work. A number of organizations already have a CA, and would like...
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Splunk Universal Forwarder Package
I created the following package for test deployment of the Splunk Universal Forwarder. When I install via command line everything works fine: msiexec.exe /i RECEIVING_INDEXER="x.x.x.x:9997"...
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Latest Skype Package Boot inquiry
I find the latest skype package boot config to be a bit odd... typically there is something in there to kill the program before it is updated, however in this latest one all the process terminations...
View Articledisable the tools pane in Adobe Reader 11.0.03
Hi Everybody, I am using Patch Manager for 3rd party software patching. We should push Adobe Reader 11.0.03 to all of our clients. I have tested few clients and found while opening Adobe Reader its...
View ArticleWSUS Version mismatch 3.2.x 3.2.y ?
What does this error mean, if i try to publish 3rd Party updates to another wsus-server?: "The Server has the required certificates for Publishing. There is a version mismatch between the WSUS Server...
View ArticleWARNING: Failed to evaluate Installed rule
OK. Back up and running on PM 1.85.490.0 and I've continued with my custom package to deploy the mms.cfg file. The deployment is working but it keeps deploying. I check the WindowsUpdate.log and can...
View ArticleUpdates not downloading to WSUS
What would keep updates that have been approved for install from downloading to WSUS? I have a couple machines that can't get their updates simply because it can't be downloaded. Says it could be a...
View ArticleHow does Patch Manager Issue the "reboot" command?
If I use Patch Manager to shutdown or reboot a server, either after installs or just as a separate task, does anyone know what type of command is issued?CMD, Powershell, or command specific to Patch...
View ArticleBuilding a Custom Deployment Package Using a .CMD or .BAT
We have a product that needs to be rolled out to all of our servers, and it has a very straight forward install that uses a command line string to kick off a .cmd file. I have been searching through a...
View ArticleCustom Report - Computers Needing Patches
All, Our compliance team is looking for a report that lists the number of systems that need patches that were released prior to the current month. I've tried to use sections from Updates, Computer,...
View Article2.1 update guide
Is there documentation somewhere about updating to 2.1.1? Just looking for an upgrade guide, or comments as to anything I need to watch out for. We are running our software on Server 2008 R2 if...
View ArticleCommunication Failure with Patch manager
I am testing out the Patch manager software for our network and have run into an error message I cant seem to fix. Can anyone assist me? I have setup and configured the software with our WSUS server...
View ArticleNot Seeing Latest Adobe Reader updates in console
I am not seeing Reader 10.1.13 in the console. Has anyone else got this version showing?
View ArticleSmartdraw Enterprise MSI Install
Hello All, I am attempting to deploy Smartdraw Enterprise using a customized MSI according to the Smartdraw instructions. I used a tool from Microsoft called Orca to insert the license key into the...
View ArticleUpdates not downloading to WSUS
What would keep updates that have been approved for install from downloading to WSUS? I have a couple machines that can't get their updates simply because it can't be downloaded. Says it could be a...
View ArticleCommunication Failure with Patch manager
I am testing out the Patch manager software for our network and have run into an error message I cant seem to fix. Can anyone assist me? I have setup and configured the software with our WSUS server...
View ArticleJava 7 to Java 8 Upgrade Package
How do I release a package that upgrades systems with any version of Java 7 to the latest version of Java 8 (currently u20)? Is it sufficient to edit the applicability rules of the "Java Runtime...
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Trouble with JRE 8_45
Every time I try to import the Java .exe into Patch Manager, I get the error that the package name is incorrect. I have been using PM for over a year and have never had this issue. Has anyone else...
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