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select Enable/Disable Summary to enable the Summary view, and click the template node again.
The Summary view displays a graph of the patch status for the machines that were assessed and the
patch status by asset classification and bulletin severity rating. The Not Patched column displays
machines that require a patch or a reboot for a patch that was applied.
From the Summary view, you can drill down directly to the affected machines.
Deploy Patches to Windows Machines
You can deploy patches on Windows machines that are managed by VCM Patching. These machines
appear in Patching > VCM Patching Administration > Windows > Machines Manager > Licensed
Machines.
Before you patch Windows 2008 servers and Windows 7 machines, make sure the Windows Update
service is running (set to something other than Disabled) or the patch deployment will fail.
If you have VCM Service Desk Integration licensed, the Service Desk Connector dialog box appears prior
to the VCM Patching Deploy Patches wizard.
If you licensed and activated VCM Service Desk Integration, the deployment job must be approved
through VCM Orchestrator before it can run.
Procedure
1. In the Patching > Windows > Assessment Templates node, select the template used for the
assessment.
2. Make sure the data grid view is visible so that you can view the machines and bulletins.
3. Locate the rows that display the StatusNotPatched status.
To easily identify the machines that must be patched, group the Patch Status column.
4. Highlight the row containing the machine to be patched and select Deploy.
5. (Optional) Although the Deploy wizard automatically selects the machine and the patch to be
deployed, you can select additional machine and patch combinations to include.
6. 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.
7. Click Next.
8. If you selected multiple patches to deploy, confirm the order to deploy the patches, or reorder them,
and click Next.
9. On the Switches page, do not select any switches for the installation, and click Next.
10. On the Patch Staging and Deployment Schedule page, select to copy the patches to the agent machine
during deployment.
11. Select to run the deployment immediately or schedule it to run later, and click Next.
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