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Why Office 365 Q numbers have D, FD or C appended to them
Purpose The purpose of this document is to explain what it means when a D, FD, or C are appended to an Office 365 update Q Number. Symptoms Office 365 updates show up in scan results and reports with a...
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Ivanti Patch Definition Naming Convention for Microsoft Patches
Overview We have seen numerous changes to how Microsoft content was being organized through 2016 and 2017, the two main changes being the following: 1. On October 2016, Microsoft moved to a security...
View ArticleInstalling both Cumulative and Security Only patches
To be safe, I usually install both the Windows Cumulative Update and the Security Only patches during the same task. In this example patch Q4093115 installed successfully, but patch Q4093114 reports...
View ArticleIs there a limit how many Ivanti Shavlik Server (Console) we have?
We are looking to add another Console server but share the Database, we already have two of them configured this way. Is there a limit how many consoles we can add?
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How to list Software Distribution patches in Ivanti Patch for Windows Servers
Purpose The purpose of this document is to create an up to date list of Software Distribution patches in Ivanti Patch for Windows Servers using a Smart Filter in View > Patches. Instructions 1....
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Scheduled Task Runs One Week Early or Not At All
Purpose The purpose of this document is to highlight a Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler bug that can cause your scheduled console tasks to run a week early or not at all. Symptoms The Ivanti Patch for...
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Uninstall Grayed Out
Agents are deployed to a few machines at the moment but the "Uninstall" option on the context menu is grayed out for everything. Why is this?
View ArticleVM Template Patching
Hello, This might be more of a feature request or update, but would it be possible to build some additional logic in determining the OS Disk on a VM Template? I'm encountering a issue where a cloned...
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Determining Proxy That Ivanti Protect is using?
Good afternoon all, We have been experiencing issues with one of our offline sites getting patches. The offline site will scan a machine, and the data will rollup to our online server to download the...
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Report Views Guide
Purpose This document describes how to use database views within SQL Server database queries to generate custom reports for Shavlik Protect/Ivanti Patch for Windows Servers (PWS). When you install...
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KB4018342 appears to be mislabled in Patch for Windows Server
This is more information than anything but KB4018342 appears to be mislabeled in the tool and may be misapplied. Is anyone else experiencing this? In the Patch Summary it is labeled "Description of...
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sharepoint 2016 patch Q4011687 detected as needed when its not
Hey guys, Our Sharepoint 2016 farms are up to date, with the latest rollup installed. Protect detects that KB4011687 is missing, but when you go to install it, manually, it reports that its not...
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how can i tell which event generated an email
I have an email from an deployment event that occurred. The deployment report is empty. The email went into queue for a help desk queue. I have no idea who set it up or where. Is there anyway to find...
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Problem pushing KB4074588 and KB4093112
I am unable to push either of these patches to several Windows 10 machines. Any thoughts?
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Patch for Windows Agent installation/Registration
Hello community, I asked this question on "community.ivanit.com" but with no result or answer till now....Recently we started to test the Ivanti Patch for Windows solution for our company and I got...
View ArticleImportant information on detection logic for the Intel 'Meltdown' security...
Overview Changes to expect in the Ivanti Content: With the Ivanti Content release on 04/25/2018, we will be removing detection only patches for machines that do not have the AV registry entry as per...
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Security Tool: Implement registry keys per Windows Server guidance to protect...
PurposeMicrosoft lifted the AV compatibility check related to the Spectre/Meltdown vulnerabilities for all patches released since January Patch Tuesday. All related definitions were modified in this...
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Deployment Tracker stuck at Scheduled during Deployment but patches install
Purpose The purpose of this document is to go over what to do when the deployment tracker fails to update beyond Scheduled. Symptoms Deployment tracker will stay at scheduled despite the deployments...
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ITScripts on Ivanti Patch for windows Servers Standard
I'd like to schedule the ITScripts Get Reboot for an hour after a machine group is scanned and patched, and be emailed the results. Unfortunately, I don't see a way to get the results of that out of...
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VM Machine disappeared from Machine Groups
Hello, I have a Shavlik console in which all the machine groups are categorised and VM's are added along with Physical servers.Suddenly all the VM machines disappeared from the groups and now the...
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