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Running VCM Patching Reports
You can run patch status reports on UNIX and Windows machines based on trends, details, template
summary, bulletins, affected software products, and patch deployment history.
With real-time assessment reports you can generate SQLreports for machines assessed against bulletins
and affected software products. With the patch deployment history report, you can report on the history
of patch deployments using VCM Patching assessment results.
You can generate several reports.
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Create real-time assessment reports by bulletins or products.
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Create real-time assessment reports by affected software products.
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Create real-time assessment reports of bulletins and products.
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Create a patch deployment history report.
When you generate reports, you can take the following actions.
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Manually update VCM Patching Windows content.
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Run reports without Internet access.
Customize Your Environment for VCMPatching
Perform routine maintenance on your VCM configuration management database. With routine
maintenance, you can tune the visibility of configuration information so that the policies you develop and
the actions you take are appropriate for your IT infrastructure.
To ensure that you retain the correct information for auditing, review the data retention settings and
update them appropriately according to your policies.
For more information about VCM Patching, see the online help.
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