Shavlik - Initiate Reboot Immediately
In our deployment template, users can initiate the reboot as soon as patch installation is complete. When they do so, it takes some time before the computer actually reboots (sometimes as long as 10...
View ArticleApplication shutdown
Hi, could anyone recommend a way to patch multiple servers that hold one application in the correct order? Ideally what I'd like to do:1 - stop application services across multiple servers2 - patch...
View ArticleHow to export patches deployed in specific timeframe ?
Hi all, So the task is this : i need to export all patches installed by Shavlik on server X in a specific time frame (for ex : 1July - 1Dec) . Sounds easy but i can.t have the report that i want ....
View ArticleConsole Crashes when selecting Distribution Server options
Every time I go into Tools... Options... and select Distribution Servers, the Ivanti Console crashes with the attached error message. Has anyone run into this problem before.
View ArticleOption für "Temporäres Systemlaufwerk erstellen..." greift nicht
Hallo zusammen, auf einigen unserer Rechner sind administrative Freigaben via GPO deaktivert (AutoShareServer und AutoShareWks = 0).Auf diesen Rechnern schlägt daher der Patchscan mit dem Fehlercode...
View ArticleCustom Action - How to Work with Batch Files
Symptoms When running a batch file as part of a custom action, the deployment never completes or the deployment hangs. CauseWhen Protect is running a deployment, it creates a batch file that is copied...
View ArticleIvanti Patch for Windows Servers API integration with the Qualys...
Purpose The following is a sample integration script for the Ivanti Patch for Windows Servers API integration with the Qualys vulnerability scanner. If you use a vulnerability scanner to identify...
View ArticleCCleaner: Best way to scan & find what version each computer has?
Hey guys, We just became aware of the issue regarding ccleaner 5.53 being a trojan. Better late than never I guess. While we're already scanning everything with antivirus, I was curious what the best...
View Articlefilter so you can remove versions?
Hi Is there any filter so you can remove versions of updates, for example .net (when you scan)? We just want to patch updates and not version.Becomes quite tricky if you are going to make a patchgrups...
View ArticleUpdate Failed: unable to download manifest. Already followed doc 2216 How to...
Update Failed: unable to download manifest. Already followed doc 2216 How to remove an agent and all of its components. Any suggestions? Thanks.
View Articlescheduled weekly emailed report just on failures, how do you do that step by...
Just need to report weekly by email on all servers I'm patching just on failures please
View ArticleWhat port in a firewall do you open to push patches?
How do you contact a person to speak with?
View ArticleDeployment Sits at Scheduled After Upgrading to Ivanti Patch for Windows...
Purpose This document is meant to provide information on how to properly scan and deploy in Ivanti Patch for Windows Servers 9.3. Description When you run a scan and deployment from the upgraded...
View ArticleHow add machine with its respective credential by text file
Hello, I would like add machines with its respective credential to a machine group by text file, but i can't because shavlik takes the credentials as a machine name. is there a way to do this?, import...
View ArticleAdd-PatchGroupItem Failing
I am trying to run a simple:Add-PatchGroupItem -Name 'PatchGroup-A' -Cve 'CVE-2016-0127','CVE-2016-0149' However, I am getting an exception:Add-PatchGroupItem : Failed to add patch group items:...
View ArticleInstall single installer to a machine group
Hello, I would like to deploy a Firefox executable to a machine group, but I'm not sure how to deploy a separate installer from what Ivanti already provides. I'm noticing a select group of machines are...
View ArticleScheduled automatic downloads Twice + Exclude some SP in scan
Hello, I implement rings for patching and has to disable automatic updates and create a scheduled automatic download task in the Options to update the definitions and download the patchs using the...
View ArticleConsole Crashes with Unrecognized Attribute 'threatDataDirectory'
Symptoms A crash occurs when after upgrading Ivanti Patch for Windows Servers prompting the error - An unexpected error has occurred and Ivanti Patch for Windows Servers Activation must close to...
View ArticleKeeping settings consistent when using User Role Assignment
I have configured User role Assignment in our environment because I don't want a single user account to be used by all users of the system (10 - 15 users). However I didn’t realise when I configured...
View ArticleCurrent Microsoft Security Bulletin Naming Convention As Of April 11th, 2017
Overview Starting with the April 11th 2017 Patch Tuesday, no longer has used a traditional naming format for Security Bulletins. To help our customer's, we created our own naming format as follows: The...
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