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Table of Contents Install the Software.................................................................................................. 3 User Interface Overview ........................................................................................... 4 Settings & Preferences......................................................................................... 8 Analyzing the Network ............................................................................................ 15 Discovering Systems ......................................................................................... 17 Discovering Windows Systems .............................................................................17 Specifying Unix Systems .....................................................................................20 Managing Systems & Groups ................................................................................... 23 System & Group Properties..................................................................................24 Understanding Scans.............................................................................................. 28 Saving Scans ........................................................................................................ 31 Installing Patches & Hotfixes.................................................................................... 32 Using Rollback ...................................................................................................32 Push & Rollback Jobs ..........................................................................................33 Job Settings ..................................................................................................... 33 User Delay ....................................................................................................... 35 Patch Repository Management ................................................................................. 36 Patch Repository Maintenance............................................................................. 37 Patch Attributes ..................................................................................................... 39 Custom Patches ..................................................................................................... 42 Interface Overview.............................................................................................42 Defining a Custom Application..............................................................................43 Defining a Custom Patch .....................................................................................46 Exporting Custom Packages.................................................................................48 Importing Custom Packages ................................................................................49 Scheduling Patch Analysis ....................................................................................... 50 Windows Task Scheduler.....................................................................................51 Getting Updates..................................................................................................... 52 Scheduling Updates............................................................................................52 Migrating the Database .......................................................................................53 Agent Installation & Setup....................................................................................... 54 Installing the Agent Manager ...............................................................................54 Installing Agents ................................................................................................55 Agent Management ................................................................................................ 57 Agent Manager Console ......................................................................................58 Scheduling Analysis for Agents.............................................................................59 Using Alerts & Triggers ........................................................................................... 60 Policy Management ................................................................................................ 64 Creating Policies ................................................................................................64 Applying Policies to Systems and Groups ...............................................................66 Viewing by Policy Compliance ..............................................................................67 Remediation by Policy.........................................................................................67 Patch Test Center .................................................................................................. 68 Reporting Center ................................................................................................... 70 Installing the Reporting Center ............................................................................70 Using the Reporting Center..................................................................................71 Administering the Reporting Center ......................................................................73 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................... 75 Ecora Copyright Notice ........................................................................................... 76 Copyright © Ecora Software Corporation • (www.ecora.com) • 2
