7.7 Release Quarantined Patches

The patch quarantine feature is designed to prevent too many installation attempts on operating systems by bad patches or patches that require a reboot. A patch could fail multiple times because of environment issues on a device or because the patch needs to be fixed by the vendor.

If a patch becomes quarantined because of an environment issue that you can resolve, you can use the Release Quarantined Patches quick task on a device to remove a patch's quarantined state and then enable ZENworks to attempt to install it one more time, either through a patch policy or a remediation deployment. When the quick task executes it will release all quarantined patches on the device.

To run the Release Quarantined Patches quick task:

  1. Select the device or server that requires the patch in the Devices list.

  2. Choose Release Quarantined Patches in the Quick Tasks drop-down menu.

  3. Define your desired options in the Quick Tasks Options dialog box, and click Start.

NOTE:Once an attempt is made to install a patch that is released from quarantine, it will return to quarantine if the installation fails.