Server Patching - Manually Controlling Patch Installation
We are looking at using LDMS 9.5 SP2 Patch Manager to patch our servers as well as our workstations. However I can see no options within the agent or the scan and repair settings to enabel us to...
View ArticleError Failed: Another instance of the agent is running when run...
Hi,Got error Failed: Another instance of the agent is running when manually run Security/compliance scan from console.LDMS version 9.0 SP2
View ArticleDetermine Systems with a Specific Patch Installed
Hi all, I know ld 8.8 patch mgr shows what systems are in need of a patch (affected systems) but I'm wondering if there is a way to determine all systems that have a particular patch installed. For...
View ArticleKB... does not apply, or is blocked by another condition on your computer.
Hi, I have a core server Landesk 9 SP3 et agent are on SP3 too. I have a lot of patch especially .NET patch ( ndp*****.exe ) that are detected by landesk but the installation failed.When I try to...
View ArticleWindows 7 patches failing on workstation (log attached)
While attempting to patch workstations I have one which appeared to fail on only Windows patches but Office, Adobe etc patched correctly. The error details are - Error:"C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe"...
View ArticleStaging patches
When staging a patch job, does each client computer pull down all the patches in the staging task, or just the ones related to that systems detected vulnerabilities? Eg. - Staging job is for 10...
View ArticleIssues with JREJDKv1.6.75_Manual
LANDesk issued this: LANDESK Patch News Bulletin: Java 6 Update 75 06-MAY-2014 I have six machines that say they need JREJDKv1.6.75_Manual (jre-6u75-windows.i586.exe). I have searched the Oracle Java...
View ArticleW3WP process for LDAppVulnerability consuming high CPU
(LANDesk 8.8) I started noticing slowness when running a Security Scan from a client machine, and also slowness in our 32-bit Consoles. When I launch a Security Scan It just sits for 30-60 seconds at...
View ArticleClean up patch folder
Hi!I'd really like to clean up our patch folder. We're now having 1735 patch in there and I really don't think that we need them all.Is there any recommended way or can I simply delete all the patches...
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...
View ArticleCustom Query to see the last successful patch installation date (clean/repair)?
Hello all, Trying to create a custom query to see the last successful patch installation date. What I mean by this is if you go to a machine and go to "Security and Patch Information" then go to...
View Article"Host not found" "No response from core" "Core returned error"
None of our devices are able to run security and patch manager scans. When running a manualy scan locally with the UI, it times out awaiting connection and we get these errors: Verifying Device ID...
View ArticleVulscan fails to detect a logged in user
Hi all, I suspect I may end up logging this as a support case with LD, but I'm not sure of the scale of the problem yet, and wanted to run it past you lovely lot first. Scenario: Patch push task....
View ArticleSecurity scan fails to download some patches
When i run a security scan, it fails to run certain installers. Last status:2 patches were found to runLast status: Done. 2 patches were foundDownloading...
View ArticlePatching with Deep Freeze PCs
Using LANDesk 9 SP3. I am running into an issue with systems that use Deep Freeze so I am trying to figuire out the best way of doing it whereas I just exclude all the PCs for now that have the...
View ArticleDownloading Java SE 6 Update 51
Has anyone figured out how to actually download the latest v.6 Java update? They only list the v.7 stuff now on their standard download page. I found a page where you can download old versions, but it...
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Patching: Replaced, Paritally replaced and Replacement not Enabled Folders
Noob question as I'm just switching over from WSUS to Landesk 9.0SP3 for client patch management. I've gone through numerous documents explaining patching, all of which cover the 9.0 SP1 or older...
View ArticleWhen converting to Patch Management, what to do with WU settings?
I'm converting us from WSUS to LDMS Patch Management. I've read all about best practices and we've been patching for a few months now but I want to get more aggressive with the move to PM. How have you...
View ArticleVulscan shows LANDesk UI, but not exe UI?
I have a custom vulnerability that executes a in-house packaged exe. The exe is supposed to pop up dialog boxes warning the user of the install with instructions to close open apps. When I run the...
View ArticleDisabling updates with Patch Manager
Is there an easy way or a best practice to disable updates in software that is pushed out through LANDesk? For example, installing packages such as Java, Firefox, Flash, Shockwave we generally disable...
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