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. HEIMDAL Agent - Operating System Updates
4. Operating System Updates view
5. Operating System Updates settings
DESCRIPTION
With Patch and Asset Management, you can check and initiate the installation of available operating system updates on macOS computers in your company’s environment. The Patch & Asset Management – Operating System Updates module allows the management of these patches to delete or hide them.
HOW DO OPERATING SYSTEM UPDATES WORK?
Operating System Updates checks the installed and available Operating System Updates on an endpoint and reports them to the HEIMDAL Dashboard.
The administrator can configure general settings that download and install available macOS updates, but it is not able to restart the computer to complete their installation. This action needs to be taken by the end user to be sure the updates are installed.
HEIMDAL Agent - OS Updates
The HEIMDAL Agent displays information about the Installed Updates and the Available Updates.
The HEIMDAL Agent allows the end-user to see the installed updates that were installed on a computer.
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 top, you see a statistic regarding the number of Installed updates and the number of Available updates.
The collected information is placed in the following views: Installed, Pending, Available, Updates per Endpoint, and Compliance.
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Installed
This view displays a table with Updates that are installed on the endpoints in your organization with the following details: Title, Version, and Endpoints.
- Available
This view displays a table with Windows Updates that are available for installation on the endpoints in your organization with the following details: Title, Version, and Endpoints. -
Assets
This view displays a table with Updates that are installed on the endpoints in your organization with the following details: Title, Version, and Endpoints.
The Download CSV functionality allows you to generate and download a CSV report that includes all the information in Standard mode corresponding to each view.
OPERATING SYSTEM UPDATES settings
The Patch & Asset Management - Operating System Updates module allows the HEIMDAL Dashboard Administrator(s) to view and download available Operating System Updates that are specific to any endpoint in your environment.
Operating System Updates - turn ON/OFF the Operating System Updates product;
General Settings
Download new updates when available - allows the endpoint to download available updates (in the background);
Install macOS updates - installs available OS Updates, ensuring that devices run the latest and most secure OS version;
Install Security Response and system files - installs available security updates and other important system files, ensuring that your device is secure and stable;
Install application updates from the App Store - automatically updates applications installed from the App Store;
Assets view - enables the audit of all installed OS Updates on your devices;
Check interval - allows you to set the time interval when the HEIMDAL Agent checks for new available OS Updates:
IMPORTANT
Due to the fact that Apple changed the way OS Updates are installed on a macOS device, the HEIMDAL Agent is only able to detect available updates and enable/disable the automatic options that handle the OS Updates. However, most OS Updates require a manual reboot to be completely installed and the HEIMDAL Agent does not support this action.