Software Update Plug-in User Interface
When the software update plug-in is installed on a managed computer, a
Software Updates
tab appears in the Symantec Management Agent. From this tab, users can view the software updates that are applicable to their computer. They can view the status of all received software updates: those that have been scheduled to be installed and those that have been recently installed.Item | Description |
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Schedules | This pane lists all scheduled activities for the software update plug-in. |
Show Updates | By checking or unchecking boxes, you can choose to show or hide software updates with the status listed next to each box. For example, uncheck Not Currently Applicable to hide any software updates not applicable to the managed computer. |
Tasks | Click Start Software Update Cycle to manually start the installation of software updates rather than wait for scheduled times. This option is available only if Allow user to run is checked on the Default Software Update Plug-in Policy page. |
Software updates for this computer | Displays the software updates that are applicable to this computer. |
Icons in the Status column |
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Text labels in the Status column |
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Bulletin Name | The name of the bulletin containing the software update. |
Software Update Name | The name of the individual software update. |
Last Applied | The date and time of the last applied download. The last install time is displayed only if the software update plug-in installs the software update. If the software update is already installed (another source installed the software update) when the software update plug-in goes to install it the first time, this field displays “Never”. |
Schedule | Time of schedule means that this software update has been scheduled to be installed. Not scheduled means that this software update has not been scheduled to be installed. |