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Scanning and Deployment

If this setting is enabled the scanning and deployment operations will be performed as per the rules defined in the patch management wizard

Note: This setting overrides all settings in individual rules set up using the Wizard.

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Auto

Approval

If this flag is turned on, once a missing patch is detected, it will be downloaded and automatically deployed on the target system  (adhering to the patch deploy schedule defined). However this option will not affect devices listed in the critical system profile (where an  explicit approval is always required)

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Download CAB file

The CAB file provided by Microsoft provides all the information about the various patches that are released. This needs to be  downloaded periodically from the Microsoft web site. Typically this will be released once in a week. Change the setting as per your scan and deploy settings

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Retry Count

The duration after which a retry has to be attempted.

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Retry Interval

Number of attempts to retry if a CAB file download fails

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CAB File Name

Name of the CAB file provided by Microsoft with all the latest updates

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CAB File URL

Location from where the CAB file is downloaded internally.

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Windows Update Agent Details:

Windows Update Redistribution URL

Download this cab file to perform the ‘Windows Update Agent’ installation. If target system version is less than the stated client version then SapphireIMS will automatically install WUA at the time of performing a scan.

This cab file has updates based on three processor platform types as given below

• ‘x86’ (For 32 bit editions of Windows)

• ‘x64’ (For 64 bit editions of Windows)

• ‘ia64’ (For Itanium based)