Machines

NAVIGATION  Software Management > Management > Machines

The Machines page manages the assignment of Software Management profiles on selected machines. The Machines page can also execute a manual scan of machines, suspend and resume Software Management tasks, and remove profile assignments.

Upper Panel Actions

  • Assign Profiles - Assigns profiles to selected machines.
  • Remove Profiles - Removes a selected type of profile from selected machines.
  • Suspend/Resume - Suspends or resumes Software Management activities on selected machines.
  • Scan Now - Executes a scan on selected machines immediately. A machine must be assigned a Scan and Analysis profile.
  • 3rd-Party Support - Enables or disables 3rd-party installations and patching for selected machines, without having to adjust the profile assigned to the machine.
  • Force Update - Initiates a scan, then deploys all installs and approved patches immediately, rebooting as often as necessary. Ignores the Deployment profile assigned to a machine.
  • Licensing - Profiles Software Management license counts for 3rd-party installations and patching. Software Management license counts also display on the Administration > Manage > License Manage page.
    • Purchased
    • Available - Purchased not applied or expired.
    • Applied - Active license applied to a machine.
    • Expiration Date - Licensing sets the Software Management expiration date equal to the VSA maintenance expiration date.
    • # of Days Remaining - Days remaining before all licenses expire.
  • Disconnect from Patch Mgmt - Disconnects selected agents from being managed by Patch Management.
    • A corresponding Attached to Patch Management column indicates if an agent is currently being managed by Patch Management.
  • Refresh - Refreshes the grid.

Upper Panel Columns

  • Agent ID
  • Status

    Word 80% / HTML 80% managed by Software Management

    Word 80% / HTML 80% Software Management activities are suspended

  • Machine Id
  • Pending Actions

    Word 60% / HTML 100% scanning

    Word 60% / HTML 100% deploying a patch

    Word 80% / HTML 80% rebooting or waiting for a reboot

    Word 80% / HTML 80% inside the blackout window

    Word 80% / HTML 80% warning

    Word 80% / HTML 80% error

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Scan and Analysis Profile
  • Deployment Profile
  • 3rd-Party Software Profile
  • 3rd-Party Support - Enabled or blank.
  • Last Scan Data
  • Last Deploy Date

Lower Panel Tabs

  • Vulnerabilities - Profiles identified vulnerabilities for the selected machine.
    • Deploy Patches - Schedules patch deployments for selected vulnerabilities to the selected machine.
    • Refresh - Refreshes the tab.
  • Profiles - Displays the profiles assigned to the selected machine.
    • Scan and Analysis Profile
    • Deployment Profile
    • 3rd-Party Software Profile - Lists the assigned software, by title and version.
    • Override Profiles - Lists overrides. Overrides have precedence from highest to lowest in the list. You can reorder overrides for the selected machine using the Move Up or Move Down buttons. You can also Delete an override for the selected machine.
  • Pending Patches - Profiles the pending patches set to Review by the latest Scan and Analysis scan of a machine. See Patch Approval.
    • Approve - Approves pending patches for deployment.
    • Reject - Rejects pending patches for deployment. Rejected patches can be subsequently approved and deployed using the History tab.
  • Errors - Profiles Software Management task errors for a selected machine.
    • Delete - Deletes a reported error. Deleted errors can still be identified in Agent > Agent Logs > Diagnostic Logs > Endpoints > Software Management Logs
  • History - Shows the history of completed and rejected patches.
    • Approve - Approves selected rejected patches.