St. Bernard Software v7.01 manual Query your UpdateEXPERT Machine

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Query your UpdateEXPERT Machine

Begin by querying a machine you have Administrative rights on, i.e., your UpdateEXPERT Master­Agent machine, as a means of testing and learning. Select (highlight) your UpdateEXPERT machine, right­click, do 1) Set credentials...” and enter valid credentials. Then do 2) Manage Selected (decrements license count). The machine name will bold and means the machine is eligible for querying and patch deployment. Then do 3) Query to get a patch inventory. Note: a Globally Unique Machine­ID (“GUID”) is written to the target machine when you “manage” it. If you get prompted for credentials using “Manage Selected” it is because you have not used “Set Credential” at the domain/AD container level, or the machine level yet, or the credentials are invalid. Enter admin credentials when needed, and the Machine ID will be written. Then do the Query command again.

Next, see "Icons" quick reference to quickly get familiarized with UpdateEXPERT icons. Use the application Tabs (below) to see how patches are grouped, click any of the column headers for sorting. Patches are sorted by Release Date (new to old) by default. Sorting on the “balloons” (Green Balloons represent installed patches. Grey Balloons represent uninstalled patches.), or patch type (see “key” icons below for security patches) are useful, for example.

When you wish to query more machines, you will need to select a domain/AD container, or one or more individual machines, and use Set Credential to specify a domain or local machine administrative account that will allow you to query.

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UpdateEXPERT Premium v7.01 Evaluation Guide

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Contents UpdateEXPERT Premium V7.01 Evaluation Guide St. Bernard Software Europe, Asia, Africa Table of Contents June 19th UpdateEXPERT Premium v7.01 Evaluation Guide UpdateEXPERT Premium Overview PurposeInstall UpdateEXPERT Premium June 19th UpdateEXPERT Premium v7.01 Evaluation Guide Click Install June 19th UpdateEXPERT Premium v7.01 Evaluation Guide Launch UpdateEXPERT ... click Finish June 19th UpdateEXPERT Premium v7.01 Evaluation Guide Http//ueupdates.stbernard.com Identify the Web Proxy if applicableDownload the Latest UpdateEXPERT Database Enumerate Discover MachinesQuery your UpdateEXPERT Machine Agentless Query Requirements Download Patches Install Patches Named Policies Install Required command Conformance Reporting Other Reports Installing Master or Leaf­Agents Remote Local Command­Line Active Directory Leaf­Agent Configuration Agent SettingsWhat’s Next? Validation Scheduling Queries LoggingValidating Patches Scheduling Queries LoggingSecurityEXPERT Overview Configure SecurityEXPERT Web Proxy Download SecurityEXPERT Templates Creating a SecurityEXPERT Policy June 19th UpdateEXPERT Premium v7.01 Evaluation Guide June 19th UpdateEXPERT Premium v7.01 Evaluation Guide Testing SecurityEXPERT Compliance Assigning the SecurityEXPERT PolicyJune 19th UpdateEXPERT Premium v7.01 Evaluation Guide Modifying the SecurityEXPERT Policy Enforcing the SecurityEXPERT PolicyJune 19th UpdateEXPERT Premium v7.01 Evaluation Guide Using Profiles with SecurityEXPERT June 19th UpdateEXPERT Premium v7.01 Evaluation Guide Glossary Thank YouAppendix a Custom Install Options Server Master­Agent and Agent­ InstallerAppendix a Custom Install Options …