When it comes to patches, it's always time consuming as it's an ongoing process every month to install and secure workstations and servers from threats. Then we are always looking for a solutions to automate this task. Altiris Patch Management Solution is a good solution which can make patch installation jobs much easier, and more important you will get the best reports compared to any other solutions. So if you are planning to get this solution this article will show you, what is PMS module and how to install it.
What is Patch Management Solution?
Patch Management Solution is the solution to install Windows security patches and updates, which are released most often on a monthly basis. They are very critical for workstations and servers for security reasons to prevent exploitation or allowing hackers to gain unwanted control of systems.
To install Patch Management Module you need to have Notification Server where you install and configure your Patch Management Module. With this solution most of your patching tasks will be as easy as staging and creating tasks and will install all the patches on desired workstations.
So we have understand the reasons of this solution, let's install PMS module.
As I said that it requires Notification Server to install this add-on module. Go to NS console.
Go to Solution Center in Notification Server, in that available solution select Altiris Patch Management for Windows.
Select start to install PMS module.
Above figure shows the download of PMS module in progress.
How to install Patch Management Agent manually
Double click on altiris_Patchmgmtagent_Win32_6_2.msi
Read and accept the license agreement.
Select the path where you want to install the agent, by default its in Program Files
Select Next to start the installation.
Click Finish to complete the installation.
Also once you install Patch Management I recommend you to go through the Altiris Patch Management Solution best practice guide which is available at kb.altiris.com