Symantec ALTIRIS PATCH MANAGEMENT SOLUTION 7.0 SP2 - FOR WINDOWS V1.0 Manual page 34

34 Configuring Patch Management Solution for Windows
Patch management vendor settings page
Some of these settings are used as default values in the Software Update Policy
Wizard . All new vendor software updates that are downloaded have these settings
by default. If you change the settings, existing Software Update policies and
packages are not updated with these defaults. You can force them to update by
re-creating packages from the Patch Remediation Center page.
See "Distributing software updates"
See "Patch Remediation Center page "
Options on the Software Update Options tab of the vendor policies
Table 5-2
Option
Patch Filter Update Interval
Resource Exclusions
Software Update Distribution
Options
Options on the Policy and Package Settings tab of the vendor
Table 5-3
policies
Option
Delete packages after
Use multicast when the Altiris
Agent's multicast option is enabled
on page 48.
on page 49.
Description
Specifies when to update the target filters for all Software
Updates.
By default, the filter update is performed every 30
minutes.
(Microsoft vendor policy only)
Lets you select the software releases to exclude from
download.
For example, you can exclude the software releases that
are not used in your organization. Excluding software
releases ensures that unnecessary files are not
downloaded.
The table shows the filter that the policy targets.
The default target is All Windows Computers with
Software Update Plug-in Installed Target.
Description
Lets you specify when to delete software update
packages that are no longer needed.
Default: 1 week.
Check if you want to use multicast when distributing
software update packages.
For more information on multicasting, see the
Symantec Management Platform User Guide.