Configuring Inventory And Vulnerabilities Checking Interval - Symantec ALTIRIS PATCH MANAGEMENT SOLUTION 7.0 SP2 - FOR WINDOWS V1.0 Manual

32 Configuring Patch Management Solution for Windows

Configuring inventory and vulnerabilities checking interval

Configuring inventory and vulnerabilities checking
interval
Vulnerability analysis let you periodically inventory operating systems,
applications, and installed patches on managed computers with the Software
Update Plug-in installed. For example, the Microsoft Vulnerability Analysis
policy detects vulnerabilities to known Microsoft security problems. Vulnerability
information is then used to determine which software updates the managed
computer requires. Also, based on this information, filters are automatically
created to assist with the targeting of Software Update policies.
The Microsoft Vulnerability Analysis policy now incorporates four policies that
were included in Patch Management Solution for Windows for Windows 6.2.
The policies are as follows:
Default Windows OS Inventory Policy
Default Windows Software Release Inventory Policy
Default Microsoft Inventory Policy
Default Microsoft Vulnerability Analysis Policy
You can configure how often do you want to check for vulnerabilities.
To alter vulnerability analysis settings
1 In the Symantec Management Console, on the Settings menu, click All
Settings.
2
In the left pane, click Settings > Software > Patch Management
3
Click Microsoft Settings > Microsoft Vulnerability Analysis or Adobe
Settings > Adobe Vulnerability Analysis.
4 In the right pane, in the Scan interval box, specify how often to report back
inventory on the vulnerability of managed computers.
5 Click Only if Changed (set by default) if you want to report inventory only if
it has changed, or click Always.
6 If you want to send a log of the results back to Notification Server, check Send
inventory summary .
7 Do not change the targeted filter from All Windows Computers with Software
Update Plug-in Installed Target unless you have a specific reason to do so.
8
Click Save changes.