Patch Management history
NAVIGATION Modules > Patch Management > History
SECURITY Patch > View Policy
SECURITY Patch > Edit Policy
The History page provides a journal of Patch Management activity for all endpoints in your environment. It surfaces important information about patch availability, any matched rules that triggered the patching attempt, and whether the patch was successfully applied to the device.
This article describes the page's layout and functions.NOTE To learn how to work with VSA 10's patch management feature, refer to Creating/editing Patch Management policies.
Overview
From the left navigation menu in VSA 10, navigate to Patch Management > History.
As you navigate, you'll see the following features and fields:
Page features
| Feature | Definition |
| Search field | Enter a partial or whole value to filter current view to matching records |
| Filter by | Click to select additional criteria by which you can refine your search |
| Patch status journal | Provides a log, sorted by date, of patch actions on your endpoints and the outcomes of those action |
Patch status journal
| Field | Definition |
| System | Assigned hostname of the endpoint |
| Status | Indicates the outcome of the patch action at the time of its execution; possible values are OS Updates Were Installed, Software Updates Were Installed, No Available Updates, or Errors |
Description | Brief synopsis of the patch action's outcome; click any entry in the patch status journal to view a detailed event log for the selected action
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| Date | The date, in M/DD/YYYY format, on which the patch action occurred |
Lean more
The following additional resources will help you get the most out of VSA 10's patch management features:
