Patch policy
The patch policy indicates how the operating system patching of a set of devices belonging to a report group will be managed. Therefore, patching is not done on devices individually.
How to define the patch policy
- In the Portal menu, select the
Updates
->Recipients
option. - Create a new recipient by clicking on the
+ New
button (or select one from the list if you want to modify it). Give it a name and optionally select the report group to which this policy will apply.
- Click on the
Save
button. - The information of the new policy will appear on the screen.
- To change the behavior of the policy, you can use the
Edit
button, which allows you to:- Change the name of the policy.
- Change the report groups to which the policy applies.
- Select if the devices will restart or wake up via the network (
Wake on LAN
) after applying updates.
- To change the scheduling of the patch policy application, go to the
Scheduling
tab ->Edit
.
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For more information about Updates
, please refer to their documentation.