7.5 Delete a Patch

The Patches section enables you to remove patches from the Patch Management System.

To delete a patch:

  1. Select the check boxes for the patches you want to delete, and click the Delete menu item.

    A message appears, asking you to confirm patch deletion.

  2. Click Yes to confirm the deletion. Click No to return to the Patches page.

    When you delete patches, all associated bundles that are not deployed are also removed. To add the deleted bundles back to the Patch Management System, perform a subscription update.

    IMPORTANT:If any of the patches you are deleting are deployed, those patches and their associated bundles are not deleted. In this case, when you click Yes to the Delete Patches message, another prompt will open, informing you of the dependencies to deployed bundles and their bundle identification numbers. These bundles can be from patch policies and/or patch remediations.

    Any indicated dependencies must be resolved before the patches associated to them can be deleted. The services-messages log shows the patches that cannot be automatically or manually deleted because of dependencies. The location of the log is provided below:

    • Linux: /var/opt/novell/log/zenworks/services-messages.log

    • Windows: %ZENWORKS_HOME%\logs\services-messages.log