1.1 Patch Management Universe Objects

The following universe objects are used in ZENworks Control Center under the Patch Management component:

NOTE:In the Advanced Patch Feed, some of the fields no longer exist in the data source. Hence, you should remove those fields to generate the report.

  • Patch Management: The Patch Management domain set.

  • Patch Bundles

    • Admin Initiated Remediation Bundle: Name of the administrator who initiated the remediation bundle.

      When you update your zone to ZENworks 23.4, The DAU bundle that was part of the report will be removed when Device Name is added.

      To view only bundles other than DAU and patch agent bundles in the report you can add the following filters to filter out the bundles:

      • Discover Applicable Updates SUSE-x64

      • Discover Applicable Updates WINDOWS-x84

      • patch-agent-linux-SUSE-x64

      • patch-agent-windows-x86

    • Assigned Device Name: Name of the device to which the patch bundle is assigned.

    • Is Deployed: Specifies whether the patch bundle is deployed to the assigned device.

    • Deployed Patch Bundle Status Events

      • Event Status: Status of the deployed event.

      • Event Type: The type of deployed event.

      • Failure Event Message: The message appears when a patch bundle fails.

      • Failure Event Time: The time when the patch bundle failed.

      • Language: Language used for the event message.

      • Last Successful Execution Time: Time at which the patch bundle was executed successfully.

      • Probable Cause of Failure: Probable cause of failure for any event.

  • Patches

    • Description: Detailed information about the patch.

    • Is Patch Cached: Specifies whether the patch will be cached on the server.

    • Is Patch Deployed: Specifies whether a patch bundle has been deployed.

    • Is Patch Enabled: Specifies whether the patch is enabled for use.

    • Last Modified: Date on which the patch was last modified (by default it is null).

    • OS Name: A short name provided to the supported operating system.

    • OS Type: Operating system type, for example: Windows, Linux, and so on.

    • Patch Count: Count of patch records defined by other row attributes.

    • Patch Impact: The relative importance of a patch: critical, recommended, informational, and so on.

    • Patch Media Status: Status of the patch media.

    • Patch Name: Name of the patch.

    • Patch Vendor: Software manufacturer responsible for the patch.

    • Released On: Date on which the patch was released.

    • Vendor Product ID: A unique product ID used by the patch manufacturer.

    • Patched Devices: Total number of patch devices.

      • Device Folder: Folder path in the ZCM hierarchy to the device.

      • Device Name: Name of the device to which the patch was deployed.

      • Device ZUID: A unique ID identifies a device in the ZENworks environment.

      • Error Device Count: Total number of devices with patch errors.

      • Not Applicable Device Count: The device count that is not applicable.

      • Not Patched Device Count: Device count not patched.

      • Patched Device Count: The device count that is patched.

      • Total Device Count: Total number of devices.

      • Last DAU: Last agent DAU time.

      • Patch Device Status: Status of the patch device (patched, not patched, or not applicable).

      • Patch Installation Time: Time when the patch was installed.

      • Patch Installed By: User who installed the patch.