Action Menu Items

The Action menu on the Patches page provides the following actions that can be performed on a selected patch:

Deploy Remediation: Enables you to deploy a patch. To use this option, select the check boxes for the patches you need to deploy, and select Deploy Remediation from the Action menu to open the Deploy Remediation Wizard. For more information, see Deployment Remediation.
Enable: Allows you to enable a disabled patch.
Disable: Allows you to disable a patch. To use this option, select the check box for the required patch and select Disable. The selected patch is removed from the list.

NOTE:Disabling a patch also disables all the patch bundles associated with it.
Update Cache: Initiates a download process for the patch bundles associated with the selected patch and caches those patch bundles on your ZENworks Server.

NOTE:The remediation patch bundles must be cached before they are installed on the target device.

To use the Update Cache option:
1. Select one or more patches in the patches list.
2. In the Action menu, click Update Cache.
  
  The patch icon changes to . While the download is in progress, the icon changes to . When the caching is complete, the color of the patch icon changes to green. This indicates that the patch remediation is ready to be deployed.
Update Dashboard Report: Enables you to update the dashboard report with the latest statistics.

You can sort the patches in ascending and descending alphabetical order. To sort, click the arrow in the Patch Name column heading.

NOTE:To know when a patch was downloaded, view the Message Log panel for that patch in the Bundles section.