Status Summary Tab

The Status Summary tab highlights the number of computers that are flagged as Vulnerable, and the number of patches currently missing in the environment.

The Status Summary tab provides the following key functionality:

• Interconnected widgets: All the widgets are interconnected and selecting the values in one widget automatically changes all widgets and the values in the Computers grid. For example, if you select Security Patch Status as Highly Vulnerable, the Computers grid will show the computers that are missing 2 or more security or critical patches.

• Multiple selections: You can select values in multiple widgets to filter the output. For example, you can select Security Patch Status as Highly Vulnerable and select a Tag. The result in the Computers grid will reflect all computers that are Highly Vulnerable with the specific tag. Click the Clear Filter icon to clear multiple selections.

The Status Summary tab is a visual representation of the following parameters:

• Security Patch Status – Shows the breakdown on current Security status of computers:

  • Up to date – When a computer has no Security and Critical category patch missing and has a patch scan status reported not older than 7 days.

  • Vulnerable – If a computer has at least 1 Security or Critical category patch missing or has an outdated patch scan status (older than 7 days).

  • Highly vulnerable – A computer has 2 or more Security or Critical category patches missing.

• Patch Scan Status – Shows the breakdown of current patch status:

  • Outdated – If a patch scan is older than 7 days

  • Failed – If patch scan process has failed

  • Initiated – If patch scan is in progress

  • Successful – When the patch scan successfully completes on the device and is not older than 7 days

• Missing Patches – Shows the breakdown of total patches (Approved, Not approved, Declined) missing across all computers.

  • Critical Update

  • Security Update

  • Definition Update

  • Update Rollup

  • Service pack

  • Tool

  • Feature pack

  • Update

  • Drivers

  • Microsoft

  • Upgrades

• Patches Pending Approval – Shows the breakdown of patches that are pending approval.

• Group – Shows the number of computers assigned to each group.

• Policy – Shows the number of computers assigned to each policy.

• Tags – Select or clear the tags to filter the widgets and Computers grid accordingly.

• Computers grid: Shows all the computers that match the widget selection on the dashboard. Click on the computer name to show the detailed view. You can select one or more computers in the grid and Initiate Patch Scan or Install Missing Patches.

  • Initiate Patch Scan – This action will run a patch scan on the machine and update the current patch status of the computer to DF cloud.

  • Install Missing Patches – This will force the machine to perform a Run Maintenance Period task where all patches that fulfill the installation criteria will be installed.

To successfully install missing patches:

1. Maintenance Period must be enabled under General Settings.

2. The Perform Software Updater tasks option must be enabled under the Maintenance Period.

Install missing patches will run maintenance during which it will only perform Windows Updates and not any other actions configured within the Maintenance Period.

You can export information to a PDF, image, or spreadsheet format by clicking the Export To icon at the top right of each widget.