Java 7 Update 11
Support is aware of the Java 7 Update 11 emergency update provided by Java. Our team is currently developing a patch manger definition for Java 7 Update 11 and we will have this released as soon as...
View ArticleCould I use Patch manager to change a users file attibute?
Good Day, To make a long story short the tiles on our Windows 8 Start screen are locked due to a read only attribute being set on the...
View ArticleDefinitions Update Failed (LANDesk Management Suite v9.0.2.3)
I created a scheduled task to run daily and download patch and compliance content. However, I receive the following errors in the vaminer.details.log on the core server after the scheduled task...
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Query a device for vulnerabilites in a patch and compliance group
Hi, I'm trying to scan a group of devices for vulnerabilities in my custom patch group. I would also like to do this for a predefined group (PCI DSS v2.0). Is there an easy way to accomplish this? I...
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Manual patch content not showing as downloaded
Hello, I am having an issue where manually downloaded patches are not showing as downloaded when looking at the properties of a patch on our new 9.5SP1 core. I have changed the Patch location to our...
View ArticleScripted vulscan - detect if anything got patched
Hello. I have a VBscript that basically is using vulscan.exe to patch servers, and I've then build some additional features into the script to handle various situations in my environment. One of the...
View ArticleCurrent LDSS 9.0 subscription- limited patch update definitions
I am new to LANDesk, and have been thrown under the bus as far as learning it top to bottom myself. We have current licenses for version 9.0 SP2 of the Security Suite, which I was under the impression...
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Detect pending reboot on Windows servers
Hello. I'm currently writing a batch script to handle patching of Windows servers. I'm using a batch script to run vulscan because I want to leave some evidence / logging on the local server to show...
View ArticleJava 7 Update 11
Support is aware of the Java 7 Update 11 emergency update provided by Java. Our team is currently developing a patch manger definition for Java 7 Update 11 and we will have this released as soon as...
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How does Patch Manager Work?
i'm new to LANDesk and i have a few questons..... in the Patch Manager window.... the tree looks like this. what do the diferent groups mean?Can i just Scan and not push the patches? I'm not sure how...
View Articlepolicy-based repairs
After reviewing the documentation, talking to my consultants and looking over the community site, I found I was still unclear about what I thought were some pretty basic questions about patch policies...
View ArticleThe client does not support batch file packages
I am running a simple batch file net time /set and I have successfully ran it on several hundred PC's but I have about 25 PC's that give an error: The client does not support batch file packages...
View ArticlePolicy Patching
I am having trouble with policy patching in 9.5.1. I have a custom group with approved patches. i have a repair job with all the agent settings to prompt / autoreboot. I have a laptop connected via...
View ArticleDisabling a patch for a single computer
I have a computer that security required me to remove a hotfix on. Everyting I patch the server, it wants to re-add the hotfix because it no longer exists. All other computers need the hotfix, but I...
View ArticleNodes reported device id is not in database
Hi, When I am deploying patches I get the following -Node’s reported device ID not in database. When I do a security and patch manager scan I get - Unable to get vulnerability definitions from core...
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LANDesk Security and Compliance Manager - applying settings failed
After upgrading to 9.5, when we run Security Scan on our devices we get applying settings - failed? Anyone know why this would be doing this?
View ArticleVAMiner process
Hi, guy Sometimes I see the VAMiner process take until 80-90% cpu. How does it work? Thanks.
View ArticleInstalling exe with patch and compliance
I can successfully install MSI files via custom definitions within Patch and Compliance. However, how does one go about installing an executable under Patch and Compliance? I have a program which I...
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LANDesk Definition Servers - are they down?
Have Microsoft's Out-of-Band patch releases brought LANDesk's servers down?Does anyone else get this right now? "You have not specified a valid site from which to download updates. Please verify your...
View ArticlePrevent java and adobe from self updating after patch is applied
If I apply an update from patch manager for java or adobe products it will override previous settings that were created to stop the applications from trying to self update. Does anyone know a way...
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