Configuring patch discovery
To create, edit, delete, copy, or assign patch management settings profiles, your user account must have the Configure patch management permission.
To view patch management settings profiles, your user account must have the Configure patch management permission.
For more information about the permissions system, see Managing roles and permissions.
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Click Add. The Add settings page opens.
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In the text boxes, type the Name and Description of the settings profile.
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To select the recipients of the settings profile, see Assigning recipients to settings profiles.
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To make sure that Cytomic Patch manages Windows updates on your computers, enable the Disable Windows Update on computers toggle.
On devices that run Windows 10 and higher, the operating system enables you to defer quality updates, but not disable them. These updates are applied after 30 days even when you select Disable Windows Update on computers.
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To enable the solution to automatically search for available patches, enable the Automatically search for patches toggle. If this option is not enabled, patch management lists do not show missing patches, although you can use patch installation tasks to install missing patches on computers.
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From the Patch installation drop-down list, select an action for the Cytomic Patch tasks:
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Install patches: Installs patches on recipient computers and computer groups.
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Designate as test computers and install patches: The recipient computers or computer groups are considered test devices and patches are only installed if the associated task has the Run task only on test computers toggle enabled. See Configuring a patch download and installation task.
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Do not install patches: Does not install patches on recipient computers or computer groups. This option is applicable to service providers who purchased Cytomic Patch. For more information, see Security product settings in the CYTOMIC Nexus Ayuda Web.
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To establish the frequency with which Cytomic Patch searches for new patches:
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Click the Search frequency drop-down list. A list of possible search frequencies opens.
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Select a frequency.
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To specify which patches to search for, in the Patch criticality section, enable or disable toggles for different types of patches.
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Cytomic Patch shows only the new patches corresponding to the types selected.
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Software vendors define the importance of the security patches they make available to address vulnerabilities. Patch classifications are not universal and vary by vendor. To determine whether you want to install a patch, we recommend that you review its description.
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Windows Service Packs are not applied to macOS or Linux devices.
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The Other patches category includes patches with bug fixes and feature enhancements for macOS and Linux.
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Assigning recipients to settings profiles
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In the Recipients section, click the link. A dialog box opens and prompts you to save the settings profile, if you have not already done so.
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In the dialog box, click OK. The settings profile is saved and the Recipients page opens.
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To add computer groups:
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In the Computer groups box, click the
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Select a group.
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Click Add. The selected appears in the Computer groups box.
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To add individual computers:
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In the Additional computers box, click the
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Select the checkboxes for the computers you want to send the settings profile to.
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Click Add. The selected computers appear in the Additional computers box.
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To delete computer groups:
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In the Computer groups box, click the
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Click Delete. The group is removed from the settings profile.
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To delete individual computers:
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In the Additional computers box, select the checkboxes for the computers you want to delete.
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Click the
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Click Delete. The computers are removed from the settings profile.
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