How to stop one update (Java) going to just one PC
Does anyone know of an easy way to stop one approved update, which happens to ba a Java update, rolling out to just one of our PC's? We go through a pilot testing phase with our pathcing and one of our...
View ArticleCan I 'unmanage' a device (ie, no patch management)?
There is no way (that I can see) to no have patching turned on in an agent config. We have devices that need to be unmanaged and not get updates like the rest of the enterprise. I'd rather not have to...
View ArticleThe previous system shutdown was unexpected
Hello All, I am having a problem with a big percentage of our servers being patched with Landesk. When the Landesk client issues a reboot (if required for patching), when the server comes back up, we...
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When is LANDesk expected to release the flash update to address CVE-2015-0313...
Anyone seen anything on this update? Searched LD site - no indication about this yet anywhere. Adobe has released the update already and the exploit is in the wild and being exploited. Cheers
View ArticleJava 8 patches are defaulting to Static Installations vs Patch-in-Place
Has anyone else noticed this? This isn't really specific to LANDesk patching - rather, it appears that the package from Oracle no longer defaults to Patch-in-Place, and it ignores the STATIC=0...
View ArticleJava Timezone Updater - 1.4.10 (ID JDKDSTv1.4.11)not working
JDKDSTv1.4.11_Manual has a title of Java SE Timezone Updater - 1.4.10 (version tzdata2014i). Note that the ID and title contain different version numbers. Downloading the 1.4.11 timezone updater from...
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_MSU ... yes, no, and maybe?
We use Patch and Compliance in lieu of WSUS/SCCM for patching our production desktops and servers. The system works great for the most part. However, does anyone know the answer behind the...
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Failing to download certain updates
Good morning all, Wondering if someone could possibly explain something for me. I have just started with Patch Manager in Landesk 9.6 (No SP), infact just started with LDMS all together. We have...
View ArticleVulnerability Scans are not updating on the Core. - Client Logs show HTTP...
EnvironmentLANDesk Management Suite 9.5LANDesk Management Suite 9.6 Error Message in Vulscan.log Last status: Done ProcessRules: detected compliance=0 Sending scan results to core LDMSCORE...
View ArticlePatch management when should updated patches show up
When should new patches show up in patch management. For example I am 2 versions behind for Firefox and 1 for Flash.
View ArticleThe client does not support batch file packages
I am running a simple batch file net time /set and I have successfully ran it on several hundred PC's but I have about 25 PC's that give an error: The client does not support batch file packages...
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LANDesk 9.6 Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) Download Error
Good morning, I am configuring the LANDesk Management Suite and all related products in our Company and started about half a year ago gathering experience with LANDesk. However, I am quite at a loss...
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Patching Office365 Click-to-Run Installations efficiently with LANDESK
Introduction As we all know, the latest release of Office from Microsoft comes in 2 flavors. A 'rich client' based installation, which is practically the same as running the Setup as in previous...
View ArticleApplication Blocking Video Tutorial
This video shows you how to get started with Application Blocking. If this video has helped you please like or leave a comment, Thank you.
View ArticleCreating a distribution and patch agent setting video tutorial
This video will go through some of the basics of creating a distribution and patch agent setting.
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Repair Patches As Specific User or Run as Administrator
Purpose This document outlines how to run a Patch Repair task as a specific user. This can be used as a way to apply patches similar to using 'Run as Administrator'. Affected PlatformLDMS Core: 9.6...
View ArticleInternet Explorer 11 via Patch & Compliance
Hey All, Is anyone in the process of rolling out IE11 yet and managed to deploy it via patch and compliance in an efficient way? I'm currently trying to figure out a way to minimise reboots to the...
View ArticleLeveraging Linux Vendor Tools to Remediate Vulnerabilities
Does not apply to 64bit version of the Linux Agent. The 64bit version can only detect but not remediate vulnerabilities. Check the attached document Patch Manager Support for Linux Unix to check which...
View ArticleMS15-015 and 3004375
Hi,I am having a weird issue with MS15-015 and MS15-011. LANDesk shows both of these patches and having been installed on my systems but when I audit with MBSA it says it is not installed. I spot...
View ArticleMicrosoft .NET Framework 4.5.2
Through the last round of endpoint patching we noticed Windows Update showed the most recent .NET framework update as "Important" . Yet in scanning using LANDesk, the vulnerability is not detected...
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