KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
Please tell us how you’d like to see the KACE Systems Management Appliance product improved!
161 results found
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Fix Patch superseding in detect only schedules
As per case 4747082:
If a Windows asset has new (non-superseded) patches installed and is scanned using a detect only schedule that uses a label containing superseded updates which have NOT recently been deployed to the asset, these patches are incorrectly detected as required.
Looking in the logs, it is evident that Kace calls dism to only look for the package in question and not packages that Kace knows supersedes it.
The result is that it is impossible to completely rely on detect only labels to generate reporting for accurate compliance.
3 votes -
add a run now module for patching similar to scripting
I would like to see the an option for patch management similar to scripting where you can chose a patch schedule and run it against a device(s) with out having to run the scheduled schedule along with the run now status
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Move patch message window background
Please give us the ability to minimize the initial patching in progress message, or put in the background so it doesn’t disrupt user workflow.
Currently, it sticks to the foreground until the patching process is complete.
3 votes -
Add a patch label to multiple schedules
Hello, it would be very useful to allow a patch label to be added to multiple patch schedules at once, rather than having to open and edit each patch schedule.
I have many many schedules - opening each one to add a label is time consuming.2 votes -
Dropdown list of valid label names in smart label definitions.
When entering a label name in a smart label definition, provide a dropdown list of valid label names to choose from. This would prevent typographical errors from creating an invalid definition. For example we have a smart label of "emergency" patches embedded in our deployment jobs which is usually empty. The label name was misspelled for over a year but not caught until we put a patch in the emergency smart label and it didn't go out as expected.
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Reboot Snooze Options in 10.0 (311316) There is no way for the administrator to remove any of these user snooze options
There is no way for the administrator to remove any of these user snooze options. Terrible Idea users will put off patching as long as they can. We System Admin need to have control of what users can do. Old method after the 5th prompt users new a reboot was coming and at the end of the day the pc's were patched, now anything goes. Kace seriously needs to fix this in the next release.
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Schedule the reboot on the Patching Schedule task
Would be good to have the ability to set the time for rebooting on the patch Scheduler.
For servers, we need to reboot on a specific time, and we never know when a patch deploy will be completed after starting.
For Example: Patch job starts at 9 am. If a reboot is required, reboot at 10 pm.1 vote -
Include Firefox In Patch Subscription/Download/Patch Schedule
Please include FireFox in the applications that can be automatically patched.
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Express patch download
Many time, device patching will at "Downloading" when a KB is needed. A patch download will fix that.
The issue is that everytime Patch Download process will first retrieve Catalogs, and then download KB. Retrieve Catalog may takes lots of time, especially in the morning at weekend, guess everyone is doing that.
I know we should done a Detect job first, yes we are doing that, the problem is that some device just need another KB after one KB is applied.
Can we have a "Express Download" that download KB only? I thnk New Catalog is not nescessary since Detect…
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Dependent Reboot
It would be good to add a dependent patching feature. This would be useful when patching servers. I would like to be able to automatically initiate a patching process or a reboot of an application server after the associated database has been patched.
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libreOffice
Please include LibreOffice on KACE 1000 publisher.
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Automatic Software Patch
It would be nice if the K1000 gave a way to automatically acquire software updates for many of the popular programs like so many other software / patch management programs now do.
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Dashboard view \ news feed of recently released Microsoft patches
Dashboard view \ news feed of recently released Microsoft patches. This would be especially true for Feature updates and service packs that Kace\Quest does not deploy from subscription. Would like to see them listed at least in news feed instead of looking at multiple sources such as Microsoft etc to ease in making sure we are on top of latest updates.
3 votes -
Add an option to set a designated time to download Files after the Signature files download
Since a machine dect is needed after a Signature File download before needed Patch Files can download, an option to set a designated time to run the File download would help manage the process in addition to the 2 options of After signature download and Every 30 minutes-12 hours.
As it is now the File setting "After signature download" is ineffective until a machine detect is ran. Once a machine detect is ran, machines will not update the latest patches because they still have to download. When a Patch Schedule runs, the devices will stop at Downloading and will not…
3 votes -
Enable patching Autodesk 2019 and higher versions
Enable patching Autodesk 2019 and higher versions
4 votes -
Patch Notifications Improvements Needed
Please review the attached chat I had with support. The Notify section of patching needs some serious improvement. The snooze option, if used, needs to be configurable. It's crazy that I can't configure the snooze values. Who gives a user an 8 hour option to snooze? I can see where for some it might work, for us it does not.
Also, if I don't select any option for Notification, why do the progress and completion text boxes stay enabled while the initial message test box greys out? I was expecting that by selecting nothing for options in notifications that I…
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Allow patching/update of VMWare ESXi trough KACE
There are quite often new updates for ESXi systems released, however, in our company those are currently not being patched as we have no options for it. It would be great if this could be implemented in KACE to allow us to update our ESXi environment using KACE instead of doing it manually or have to use another product for patching.
6 votes -
Include support for Windows 10 for Virtual Desktops (WVD In Azure)
Microsoft's recent GA of WVD is recognised by KACE as a version of Windows 10, but is not yet recognised for updates and patching. As this is likely to become increasingly used by customers over the next few months it would be good to understand what can be supported and what patches can be included (for example I can install Chrome manually but the SMA will never update it because the build isn't recognised)
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Bring Full Installers Back to Patching
Since the change from PatchLink to Quest providing patches, the Full software installers for Chrome, Adobe, FireFox, etc... are gone. It was so much easier to have that available and push to computers rather than manually downloading and scripting each time a new version comes out. There is an option to download Full Software under subscriptions but it is only for old java and silverlight. Please bring this back!
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Request option to "turn off" Operating System patches for K1000 (Systems Management Appliance)
I would like the option to DESELECT any OPERATING SYSTEM PATCHES on the K1000 (Systems Management Appliance).
we only use the K1000 for applications, not for patching the OS
1 vote
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