Release device patches from quarantine using a quick task: Scheduled policy or remediation installations of patches on a device will not execute for quarantined patches. If you resolved an issue that prohibited a patch from installing, but the patch is quarantined, you can use the Release Quarantined Patches quick task to release quarantined patches on a device. Patches that are released from quarantine remain in a released state until an installation attempt is executed.
For more information, see Release Quarantined Patches in the ZENworks 2017 Patch Management Reference.
Patch Management System variables: Two new System variables were added to Patch Management to further control patch reboot behavior and to control storage of patch trending data that was configured in an earlier version of ZENworks Patch Management.
PATCH_ALWAYS_SHOW_REBOOT_PROMPT
This variable displays the patch reboot prompt to users when the Patch Policy Reboot Behavior option for Suppress reboot is set to Yes.
PATCH_TREND_DATA_DAYS
This variable controls the number of days that patch Dashboard and Trending data, which was configured in an earlier version of ZENworks, is stored in the database. Set the value to x days of storing data or set it to 0 to disable storing the data.