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About Patching: 101 - A simple, effective method of patching
As the Enterprise Ivanti Endpoint Manager Administrator of a large company that has had over 15 Core Servers with over 12,000 systems and over 20 other Ivanti tech's to support I have found "how should...
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Patches are not installing
when run the security scan it build the list and download the patches, but it gives error failed to run and ends with "Exiting with return code 0x8db3019c (412)."we have around 5000 systems in our...
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The 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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Patch Definitions with Detect in the name
ProblemPatches are being detected as Vulnerable but there is no associated patch to download and remediate Example of Affected patch(s):MS18-06-W10-4284880 SolutionIvanti has released a DETECT_ONLY...
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Explanation of Severity and why Supersedence may differ from Windows Updates
PurposeThe purpose of this document is to provide more information about severity and supersedence in Patch Manager. Explanation of SeverityThe patch types in Patch Manager are primarily categorized as...
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patching and security monthly rollups.
So I have a question regarding the microsoft patching and landesk - I have found this document and we are patching based on this Patch Detection for Security-only Quality Update and Security Monthly...
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Content URL exception list for EPM Ivanti Endpoint Management
Overview This document provides a list of required URL addresses for Endpoint Management Suite to allow: Patch executable download.Patch content definition download.Online license activation or license...
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DPDTrace GUI Tool: Used to troubleshoot patch detection issues
Disclaimer Please read this disclaimer before using this tool: LANDESK Share IT Disclaimer Description We created a GUI tool to simplify diagnostic scanning to troubleshoot patch scan issues. The...
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Introduction Ivanti Security and Compliance Manager enables you to remediate (repair) vulnerabilities on clients with the Ivanti agent installed. There are several situations where this remediation...
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How To: Manage Superceded Patches in Patch and Compliance Manager
What is Patch Supercedence?Why scanning only for the latest patches is a good thingViewing replaced patch definition rulesPartial Replaced patch definition rulesViewing rules inside a patch...
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How to change the default Patch Location for Patch and Compliance Manager
DescriptionConfiguring the Patch Download LocationCreating the UNC ShareHow to properly set up a web and UNC share for the new patch location in Server 2008/2012Creating the Web ShareHow to properly...
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How to uninstall patches through Patch and Compliance Manager
DescriptionResolutionUninstalling patchesTo uninstall a patchTask SettingsAbout the task settings page Uninstall Settings Task SettingsPortal Settings Description A common question that is asked...
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Error: "Failed. Cannot Interpret Data" when running a Patch and Compliance scan
IssueCauseTroubleshootingLog Files Used for TroubleshootingReset Internet Information ServicesCore Server RebootIncorrectly configured Application Pool in IIS or faulty .NET Framework InstallationLocal...
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Error: "signature is not valid" when tring to download patch defintion...
Description:When trying to download updates for definitions through Patch Manager, the errors as below is given: As the verification option is now greyed out and enabled by default, we could not...
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A comprehensive guide to the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities (regularly...
This article is regularly updated with information regarding these vulnerabilities This document serves to be a reference to assist with the following: Overview of the Meltdown and Spectre...
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How to Give Support Information on False Patch and Other Detection Issues and...
Note: Clicking on a photo will enlarge it. This document will go over what to look for and do if you think you have a patch that is detecting incorrectly on your devices. Incorrect detections can...
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About the New Patch Engine in Ivanti Endpoint Manager
OverviewDefinition DownloadsContent ChangesDistribution and Patch Agent SettingDiagnostic ToolHow Does Scanning and Remediation WorkLoggingPre-Staging Next Generation Binaries Ivanti Endpoint Manager’s...
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How to use autofix in Patch and Compliance Manager
The purpose of the document is to provide basic information on how to use autofix in Patch and Compliance Manager. To ensure that autofix works, please make sure the configurations below have been...
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How to upgrade to Windows 10 Creators Edition using Ivanti Patch Manager
This article describes how to use Ivanti Patch Manager to upgrade to Windows 10 Creators Edition using Ivanti Patch Manager. Windows 10 Creators Edition is also known as Windows 10 RS2 or Windows 10...
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How To: Import/Export Patch Content
Purpose This document outlines how to import and export Patch Content/Definitions. This can be useful to know when moving content between Ivanti EPM Cores. Example:Export Custom Definitions on one...
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