HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager Software - Manual (Page 72)

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Validating installed patches
Patch validation identifies any missing patches on target systems and immediately reinstalls the patch,
creating a patch deployment event in HP SIM. If a VPM Patch Agent update has been acquired, the
update is also automatically applied. If reinstalled patches require selected target systems to be
rebooted, this action is automatically deferred. The reboot status can be viewed after a validation task
has completed by selecting Diagnose>Vulnerability and Patch Management>View Patch Reboot
Status.
Schedule a task to periodically verify that deployed patches are still installed on the target systems.
Scheduling the task determines how often the VPM Patch Agent performs the verification.
1. Select Deploy>Vulnerability and Patch Management>Validate Installed Patches.
2. Select the target systems for which to validate installed patches by selecting a group from the
dropdown list or selecting the individual systems.
3. Click Apply.
4. Verify that the correct target systems appear in the lists, click Add Targets or Remove Targets, if
necessary to reselect target systems, and click Next.