CA Patch Manager

upm manages software patches in heterogeneous environments. You can have patches delivered to managed servers in  when you have upm installed with itcm. Patches can be delivered to computers that are identified as meeting the prerequisites for patch delivery.
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CA Patch Manager
manages software patches in heterogeneous environments. You can have patches delivered to managed servers in 
Server Automation
when you have 
CA Patch Manager
installed with
CA Client Automation
. Patches can be delivered to computers that are identified as meeting the prerequisites for patch delivery.
Server Automation
 checks the status of the patch to verify whether it is approved or not. Only approved patches appear in the list of available packages when you are setting up package delivery in
Server Automation
, regardless of whether the patch is available in
CA Client Automation
.
To deliver a patch to a server, the server must have a
CA IT Asset Manager
agent installed on it. This agent classifies the server into one of the following groups:
  • Server needs the patch
  • Server does not need the patch
  • Server does not meet the prerequisites for patch delivery
CA Patch Manager
 creates these groups automatically and updates them, so that 
Server Automation
knows which servers are available for patch deployment. If the agent is not installed and you attempt to deliver a patch, 
Server Automation
returns an error message. The message notifies you that the state of the server is unknown and the patch cannot be delivered.