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RE: Improving the query process

New Boundary Support — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:03:45 GMT

Hi Constance,

Prism Patch Manager already has the "auto query" feature. Please click on File-->Agent-->Settings-->General Tab. Under the "Back Ground Query" section, you can schedule your queries to take place after hours. I would recommend doing this 1 day a week and scheduling it after hours.

In regards to the queries, PPM will query as many machines as your machine will allow. It bases it queries on your processor/memory and your bandwidth. Another thing to try would be stopping & starting your UEAgent service before you query your machines. Doing that will always improve your performance.

If you have any other questions, please let us know.

Thank You!

Improving the query process

Constance — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:20:58 GMT

Since the Patch Manager does not indicate new patches need to be install unless a query is performed, and the process of querying all the computers on the network is very time consuming. Also a second query is necessary to confirm that the patches have installed. A big improvement would be to be able to schedule system queries to run at later times. I have been running the patch manager since August and have found that at most 5 computers can be handled at one time and when managing 200 + systems any thing that can be done to shorten the process is a huge benefit.