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St.BernardSoftware,Inc.  ProtectingYourNetworkInvestment
June19th,2006 UpdateEXPERTPremiumv7.01EvaluationGuide 12
QueryyourUpdateEXPERTMachine
Begin by querying a machine you have Administrative rights on, i.e., your UpdateEXPERT
MasterAgent machine, as a means of testing and learning.  Select (highlight) your
UpdateEXPERT machine,rightclick,do1)“Setcredentials...”andentervalidcredentials.Then
do2)ManageSelected(decrementslicensecount).Themachinenamewillboldandmeansthe
machine is eligible for querying and patch deployment.  Then do 3) Query to get a patch
inventory. Note:aGloballyUniqueMachineID(“GUID”)iswrittentothetargetmachinewhen
you“m anage”it.Ifyougetpromptedforcredentialsusi ng“ManageSelected”itisbecauseyou
havenotused “ SetCredential”atthedomain/ADcontainerlevel,orthemachinelevelyet,orthe
credentialsareinvalid.Enteradmincredentialswhenneeded,andtheMachineIDwillbewritten.
ThendotheQuerycommandagain.
Next,see"Icons"quickreferencetoquicklygetfamiliarizedwithUpdateEXPERTicons.Usethe
applicationTabs(below)toseehowpatchesaregrouped,clickanyofthecolumnheadersfor
sorting. Patchesaresortedby Release Date(new to old) by defaul t. Sortingonthe “balloons”
(GreenBalloonsrepresentinstalled patches. GreyBalloonsrepresent uninstalled patches.), or
patchtype(see“key”i consbelowforsecurit ypatches)areuseful,forexample.
Whenyouwishtoquerymoremachines,youwillneedtoselectadomain/ADcontainer,oroneor
more individual machines, and use Set Credential to specify a domain or local machine
administrativeaccountthatwillallowyoutoquery.