Owner's Manual

136 Dell Patch Management Solution
1 To view reports, do any of the following:
• Select
Reports  All Reports  Software  Patch Management for Dell
Servers
 Hardware Update Compliance .
•In the
Patch Management for Dell Servers Home portal page, in the
Getting Started
Web part, click Check applicable updates by
computers
.
2 View data in the Available Updates for Rollback report.
3 Perform a Lifecycle Controller enabled patch rollback using Stage and
Distribute wizard.
DUP Catalog Import
Use the DUP Catalog Import page to get the Dell software management
packages available for download.
Run the compliance assessment for an Altiris Agent or Lifecycle Controller
enabled patch update to determine the DUPs applicable for the managed
systems.
Based on the assessment, applicable DUPs are downloaded to the Dell
Management Console only when you select a stage or stage and distribute
action. Downloading the catalog is imperative to get the latest recommended
DUPs.
The DUP Catalog Import task allows you to automate the catalog download;
To ensure that you have the latest DUPs released by Dell, specify a schedule
to run this task.
Downloading Dell Update Catalog
You can download the required software management resources for
populating the Manage Dell Hardware Updates page with the DUP Catalog
Import task.
To download the Dell Update Catalog:
1
In the Home menu, click Patch Management for Dell Servers Home .
2 From the Getting Started Web part, under Configuration , click
Download Updates Catalog .
3 In the right pane, select one of the following:
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