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June19th,2006 UpdateEXPERTPremiumv7.01EvaluationGuide 23
ValidatingPatches
Validationissupportedby theUpdateEXPERTdatabase.Validation examinesfileversion,size,
orchecksumvaluesinthedatabaseagainstindividualcomponentfilesofeachinstalledpatchon
thetargetmachine.Ifamismatchonevenonecomponentfilefails,Validationforthatpatchfails.
Therecommendationwouldgenerallybetoreinstallthepatch,andtoinvestigateiftheuserhad
recentlyinstalledsoftware that may have overwrittena newer DLL (for example) with an older
DLL.Selectyourmachine,rightclickand“Validate”.NotethatRequiredUpdatesandValidation
aresupportedforUnixtargets.
File> Agent > Settings > Validation allowsconfi guringthe depth of Validation. The default
setting“Versioninstalledisgreaterthanorequal”isrecommendedtominimizeoverhead.