In this article, you will learn everything you need to know about the Operating System Updates product.
1. Description
2. How do Operating System Updates work?
3. Operating System Updates view
4. Operating System Updates settings
DESCRIPTION
With Patch and Asset Management you can install Operating System Updates to the Windows/Linux computers in your company’s environment. The Patch & Asset Management – Operating System Updates module allows the management of these patches, select which ones to deploy on the computers under the respective Group Policy, delete or hide them, and select to suppress the reboot of the endpoints (on updates that require a reboot to complete installation), as well as schedule when the computers to be restarted.
HOW DO OPERATING SYSTEM UPDATES WORK?
Operating System Updates checks the installed and the available Operating System Updates on an endpoint and reports them to the HEIMDAL Dashboard.
OPERATING SYSTEM UPDATES view
The Patch & Asset Management - Operating System Updates view displays all the information collected by the HEIMDAL Agent that is running on the endpoints in your organization. The collected information refers to the Operating System Updates that are available or installed by the HEIMDAL Agent and is divided between the Windows Updates installed on Windows endpoints and the Linux Updates installed on Linux endpoints.
On the top, you see a statistic regarding the number of Installed updates and the number of Available/Pending updates.
The collected information is placed in the following views: Installed, Pending, Available, and Updates per Endpoint.
- Installed
This view displays a table with Linux Updates that are installed on the endpoints in your organization with the following details: Application, Package, Version, CVE, CVSS, Endpoints, Servers, Category, and Distribution. - Pending
This view displays a table with Linux Updates that are pending to complete the installation on the endpoints in your organization with the following details: Application, Package, Version, Endpoints, Servers, Category, and Distribution. - Available
This view displays a table with Linux Updates that are available for installation on the endpoints in your organization with the following details: Application, Package, Version, Endpoints, Servers, Category, and Distribution. - Updates per Endpoint
This view displays a table with the Updates per Endpoint with the following details: Hostname, Username, and Updates per Endpoint.
OPERATING SYSTEM UPDATES settings
The Patch & Asset Management - Operating System Updates module allows the HEIMDAL Dashboard Administrator(s) to view, download, and deploy available Operating System Updates that are specific to any endpoint in your environment. Patch & Assets allows you to select which ones to deploy on the computers that are applying the current Group Policy, to delete or hide them, and select to suppress the reboot of the endpoints after completing the Operating System Updates installation or to schedule when the endpoints will reboot (to complete the installation of the Operating System Update).
Operating System Updates - turn ON/OFF the Operating System Updates product. The System Updates and Security Updates can be deployed by the module. Other updates can be deployed using the Infinity Management module.
OS Vulnerability reporting only - will only display the updates available for the endpoints in your environment without applying them. This option is enabled by default for new Group Policies.
General Settings
Suppress and install everything - allows you to enable/disable the automatic download and installation of all the available Linux Updates (those that require a reboot the complete the installation process and also those that do not require a reboot);
Installation by category - allows you to enable/disable the automatic download and installation of specified Linux Updates categories. Categories can be selected from the drop-down menu:
Check interval - allows you to set the time interval when the HEIMDAL Agent checks for new available Linux Updates. 6 hours is the default value for newly-created group policies;
OS Schedule - allows you to configure the deployment of the available Linux Updates by selecting a day/multiple days during the week or during the month (and a timeframe that applies to the selected day(s)). Choosing a week of the month will make the HEIMDAL Agent apply the same functionality for all selected days of the week. The scheduler can be made Active during the time selection or Inactive during the time selection: