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St.BernardSoftware,Inc.  ProtectingYourNetworkInvestment
June19th,2006 UpdateEXPERTPremiumv7.01EvaluationGuide 23
ValidatingPatches
ValidationissupportedbytheUpdateEXPERTdatabase.Val idationexaminesfileversion,size,
orchecksumvaluesinthedatabaseagainstindividualcomponent filesofeachinstalledpatchon
thetargetmachine.Ifamismatchonevenonecomponentfilefails,Validationforthatpatchfail s.
Therecommendationwouldgenerally betoreinstallthepatch,andtoinvestigateiftheuserhad
recentlyinstalledsoftware that mayhave overwrittena newerDLL (for example) with anolder
DLL.Selectyourmachine,rightclickand“Validate”.NotethatRequiredUpdatesandValidation
aresupportedforUnixtargets.
File > Agent > Settings > Validation allows configuring the depth of Validation. The default
setting“Versioninstalledisgreaterthanorequal”isrecommendedtominimizeoverhead.