From the console, you can select the action for the appropriate
Fixlets that you want to deploy. The action propagates across your
deployment. Patches are applied based on the settings that you make
in the Fixlet work area and the Take Action dialog.
About this task
Follow these steps to deploy patches from the Endpoint Manager
Console by using Fixlets.
Procedure
- From the All Patch Management navigation tree, click .
- Select the site. In the following image, the Patches for
Windows (English) site is selected.
- In the content that is displayed in the list panel, click
the Fixlet that you want to deploy.
- The Fixlet opens in the work area. Click the tabs at the
top of the window to review details of the Fixlet.
- Click Take Action to deploy the
Fixlet. You can also click the appropriate link in the Actions box.
- Optional: You can set more parameters in the
Take Action dialog.
For detailed information about setting
parameters with the Take Action dialog, see the IBM Endpoint Manager Console Operators Guide.
- Click OK.
Note: In some
cases, you must enter your Private Key Password after you click OK.
Results
The action propagates across your network, installing the
designated patch on the computers that you specified and according
to the schedule that you selected. You can monitor and graph the results
of this action to see exactly which computers were remediated to ensure
compliance.