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7. Select the machines and patches to deploy and click Next.
The Deploy wizard attempts to detect the patch by first checking the Collector, and if found, uses the
downloaded patch. If the patches are not found on the Collector, the Deploy wizard attempts to locate
the patch on the Internet.
If the patch is found on the Internet, you can choose to download the patch immediately or at run
time.
If access to the Internet is denied, you must obtain the patches manually and store them in
\\collector_name\cmfiles$\SUM Downloads on the Collector.
8. Click Next.
9. If you selected multiple patches to deploy, confirm the order to deploy the patches, or reorder them,
and click Next.
10. On the Switches page, do not select any switches for the installation, and click Next.
11. On the Patch Staging and Deployment Schedule page, select to copy the patches to the VCM Patching-
machine during deployment.
12. Select to run the deployment immediately or schedule it to run later, and click Next.
13. Click Next to either schedule the deploy job or to instruct VCM Patching to execute the job
immediately.
14. On the Reboot Options page, select to not reboot the machine and click Next.
15. On the confirmation page, click Finish to deploy the patch.
When the deployment completes, VCM Patching automatically runs a delta collection of the VCM
Patching Security Bulletins filter set to update the assessment information.
16. To view the status of the deployment job, select Patching > VCM Patching Administration >
Windows > Job Manager > Running .
17. If you scheduled the job to run later, to view the status of the scheduled deployment, select Patching >
VCM Patching Administration > Windows > Job Manager > Scheduled > Deployments.
18. In the assessment template data grid view, run another assessment and confirm that the machines you
patched are marked as Patched in the assessment results.
If a machine is in a pending reboot state, the patch status for the machine is Not Patched.
IMPORTANT If a failure occurs at any point in the patch deployment job, the System Administrator must
check the status of the system, resolve any issues, and then reassess the machines.
For more information about scheduled patch deployments for Windows machines, see the online help.
Getting Started with VCM Patching for UNIX and Linux Machines
When licensed, you can use VCM Patching for UNIX/Linux to determine the patch status of UNIX and
Linux machines and deploy patches to those machines.
NOTE Assessments of UNIX and Linux machines operate differently from Windows assessments. UNIX
and Linux assessments require you to collect new data. Windows assessments are performed against
previously collected data.
Getting Started with VCM Patching
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