Patch Search & Deploy Report

3. Select the report criteria:

• Select Customer: Choose customers from the drop-down list or select All.
• Filter By: Select whether to filter the report by All (all KBs), KB (specific KBs), Description, or Class. What you select here will update the field below.
• Patch KB / Description /Patch Class:
• Patch KB: Enter the KB code or a partial code e.g. entering 12  will return all patches that have '12' in the code string
• Description: Enter a full or partial description of the KB e.g. Windows 8.1
• Patch Class: Displays a list of update types (eg. critical updates, security updates etc.)
• Agent Types: Select from All, Desktop, Server, or Mac.

4. Check the Exclude retired devices box, to exclude devices no longer in use, from your report.

Note: To define a 'retired device', go to Admin > Settings > Devices. Learn more about defining a retired device.

5. Click Generate

The report generates and displays. This may take a few seconds depending on the amount of data.

Summary Section

The summary section displays at a glance data on:

• Total Updates: The total number of patches in the selected reporting period, both Installed, and Not Installed.
• Installed: The total number of patches in the selected reporting period that have been successfully installed.
• Not Installed: The total number of machines in the searched network/s that does not have the patch you searched for.

You can click on a Summary header to filter the Updates data in the section below.

Click Installed or Not Installed to refresh the report. In this example we will click Installed.

To filter by patch:

To install patches directly from the report:

You can install pending patches directly from the Updates section of the report.

To do this select the Agent Names(s) with Not Installed patches using the checkboxes, or use Select All. Then click Install.