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Have On Demand Content compatible with Shared content repository

Audran Moulard

Everything is in the title, and if you want more information, see the links below: Knowledge Document: ZENworks On Demand Content and Shared content repository https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000031549
- 4 months ago
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Important Patch name lack import information

wencheng

Admin deploy patch to use keyword like "cumulative update" or critical for example windows catalog , still keep such information and OS name but the advanced ZPM remove "cumulative update" keyword from patch name from ZPM...and it lack such information…
- over 1 year ago
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ZPM - Support for Patching ZENworks Appliances for Online updates

Spencer Caplin

Hi Be nice for those customers with ZPM to be able to manage the online updating of the ZENworks appliances via ZPM rather than having to manually go to each appliance and manage the installation and rebooting. Also be nice if ZPM could host the ZENworks…
- over 3 years ago
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Zenworks Patch Management to deploy hardware drivers

Paul Rock

When Windows 10 workstations are built they download the latest hardware drivers from Microsoft. WSUS will also do this for updated hardware drivers but if we disable WSUS to use ZPM instead, we lose this functionality. Therefore ZPM needs to have the…
- over 5 years ago
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Patch management options in advanced search

Valerie_G

I would like to search on devices on Patch Management - Last Patch Scan (similiar to "Inventory - Last Load Date") so that I can find devices that are not running Patch Scan. I can run a report in Reporting Server for Last DAU but I want this function…
- over 6 years ago
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Mechanism to avoid reboots during user sessions.

MigrationDeletedUser

Currently the method for rebooting a device following patch installation has the potential to disrupt a users session with the chance of data loss. For instance a user may leave their workstation for an extended period during which a patch is installed…
- over 6 years ago
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reset signature cache

MigrationDeletedUser

reset patch can lose history. But sometimes we want to force a full download of all patches. It would be nice to have an option (maybe sysvar or flag if not in ZCC) to bypass the signature cache.
- over 6 years ago
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Notification mail for failed ZPM policy auto publishing needs more details

nathelpdesk

We are working with various ZPM patch policies, for all of which we defined "auto approve". Once in a while such a patch policy throws an error message mail, telling that auto approval was prevented, but it would not tell the reason: "The following policies…
- over 7 years ago
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Create filters on Pre-canned Reports so we can filter

Kurt Finlayson

Example: Report: Not Patched Patches by Device Give us a filter so we can filter only on Criticals and/or Recommended and/or Software Installs. Also a filter for a recursive search on all devices in a certain ZCC folder, this would allow them to get just…
- over 8 years ago
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Schedule patch deployment on shutdown

MigrationDeletedUser

Windows Update/WSUS deploys patches on shutdown. This is the most convenient way to deploy patches without disturbing users. ZPM needs the same.
- over 8 years ago
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More options and analysis of deactivated patches

MigrationDeletedUser

In ZPM, patches can be disabled at least by "by User", "System", "Superceeded" or "Withdrawn". In the past automatically deactivated patches by ZPM were often categorized as "by User". This is totally wrong. This categorization does not work correctly…
- over 9 years ago
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Make last DAU time available in ZENworks Reporting

MigrationDeletedUser

As a user of the ZENworks Reporting system I want to be able to create ad-hoc reports that contain information about the last time a device successfully provided it's Discover Applicable Updates patch scan so that I can use this data with other reporting…
- over 9 years ago
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Display more progress during patching operations

MigrationDeletedUser

As an administrator I want the option to have detailed progress displayed to the user during patching operations so that my users know the device is being patched and can see the progress. Today there is a Cool Solution tool called PatchWatcher that provides…
- over 9 years ago
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Provide a non-snoozable notification as last step before a forced reboot

MigrationDeletedUser

As an end user when my machine is patched and needs to reboot I was to see some kind of notification before it actually reboots so that I know why the machine is rebooting. This notification should be configurable by the administrator. Additional Information…
- over 9 years ago
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