Overview
Welcome to Ivanti Patch for Windows, a unified IT management platform used for managing and protecting Windows-based machines and VMware ESXi Hypervisors. Ivanti Patch for Windows Server provides you with one centralized and common interface that you can use to perform several essential IT management functions. In 30 minutes or less, start managing your physical and virtual machines, software, patches, ITScripts and energy costs.
Ivanti Patch for Windows Servers
(Previously known as Shavlik Protect)
Software and Technical Documentation
Patch for Windows:
- Download site
- Administrators guide
- Agent Quick Start guide
- API Quick Start guide
- Custom ITScripts guide
- Evaluation Guide
- Installation guide
- Migration Tool guide
- Online help system
- Quick Start guide
- Release notes
- Report Views guide
- Upgrade guide
- Version history
- Video: How to Scan for and Deploy Patches
- Video: Product Preview
- Videos: All Videos for Version 9.3
- Virtual Machine Quick Start guide
Licensing Information
Patch for Windows:
Best Practices & How To's
Patch for Windows:
- Best Practices guide
- Ivanti Patch for Windows Software Distribution Best Practices And Informational Guide
- How To: Download Content Data Files and Patches using the Download PowerShell Script
- How to create a Custom Patch in Patch for Windows
- Deployment Template: Custom Actions Tab
- System requirements
Troubleshooting Common Issues
Patch for Windows: Installation & Upgrade
- Patch for Windows:Preparing for Upgrade of Protect and Resolving Common Upgrade Issues
- Error: "Installation Failed. a Data Conversion Error Has Been Detected During the Database Upgrade Process."
- How to clean up broken installs of Patch for Windows and previous products using the Microsoft Fixit tool
- Resolving database upgrade timeout failures for Patch for Windows
Patch for Windows: Obtaining Trace Logs
- How To: Gather console, patch deployment and agent logs for Ivanti Patch for Windows
- Where can I find Patch for Windows Console and Agent installation logs?
Patch for Windows: Scan & Detection
- DPDTrace GUI Tool: Used to troubleshoot patch detection issues
- Patch for Windows scan error messages
- Troubleshooting slow patch scans in Ivanti Patch for Windows
- Patch scan results fail to import in Patch for Windows
- Why Ivanti Patch for Windows patch scan results may differ from Windows Update
- Troubleshooting why patch scans do not detect Java updates as missing or installed
- How To: Include or Exclude Specific Patches in Scan Results in Ivanti Patch for Windows Servers
- Missing patches that always show missing in results - Security Tools
Patch for Windows: Patch Deployment & Shavlik Scheduler
- Deployed patches detected missing after subsequent scans
- Deciphering the Patch for Windows Deployment Tracker Status Messages
Patch for Windows: Database Related
Other Useful Information
Patch for Windows: