Providing Patch Management With N-central - N-able Technologies

N-central 7.2 Providing Patch Management With N-central
The Associations tab appears, displaying all associations for the selected profile.
Deleting Patch Profiles
You may want to delete one or more patch profiles as your patch deployment policies evolve. Be cautious
when you do this as devices will need to use an existing profile if they are to receive deployed
patches. If you try to delete a profile that is currently being used by one or more devices, you will be
warned that it is an active profile. You may then either cancel the deletion or specify a replacement profile
to be applied to those devices that are using the profile.
Tip: You can delete multiple patch profiles simultaneously.
To delete a profile
1. On the menu bar, click Setup > Patch Management > Profiles.
The Profiles screen appears.
2. Select the check box next to the profile (or profiles) that you want to delete.
Tip: You can select the check box next to the Name column to select all of the profiles.
3. Click Delete.
4. When prompted, click Delete to confirm the removal of the selected profiles.
The Profiles screen appears.
Configuring Devices for Patch Management
After WSUS servers are configured (and enabled) and your patch profiles are set up and ready to use,
you can enable Patch Management on your managed devices. The Patch Management feature is only
available on Professional devices that have a Windows Agent installed on them. Patch Management can
be enabled in three different ways:
• on a per-device basis,
• by bulk-editing multiple devices simultaneously, or
• by configuring Patch Management options through a folder.
Note: It may take up to 24 hours for the Patch Management feature to be fully operational as the Windows
Update Agent (WUA) on all configured devices must synchronize with a WSUS server. Following
the completion of this initial registration period, Patch Management functionality will be
fully available on managed devices.
To configure single or multiple devices for Patch Management
Note: The following procedure can only be performed at the customer level. Select the appropriate
customer in the navigation pane to continue. For more information, refer to Navigating N-central.
1. Click All Devices View in the navigation pane.
The All Devices View screen appears.
2. Perform the following:
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