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Patch Management for Non-MS Products Ben 10-03-2005
Posted by Ben on October 3, 2005, 1:13 pm
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 Hi,

Just wondering what other people use for patching non-ms products? I thought
SMS could do this, however after reading the product guide, I'm not so sure.
I want to be able to update software like firefox or acrobat reader when a
security update is release, from a central location, like WSUS. That way I
don't have to rely on the users having to remember to do this!

Cheers

Ben




Posted by James on October 3, 2005, 9:07 am
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 We currently use Altiris

"Ben" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just wondering what other people use for patching non-ms products? I thought
> SMS could do this, however after reading the product guide, I'm not so sure.
> I want to be able to update software like firefox or acrobat reader when a
> security update is release, from a central location, like WSUS. That way I
> don't have to rely on the users having to remember to do this!
>
> Cheers
>
> Ben
>
>
>


Posted by Nick Payne on October 7, 2005, 5:44 pm
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For acrobat patches, group policy works fine. Run the patch on a
workstation, pause at the initial dialog, and you will find the MSI and
associated files in a subdir of <yourprofile>\Local Settings\Temp. Just copy
them away to a location on a server and then create the app object.

Ditto for Sun Java and many other products.

Nick

> Hi,
>
> Just wondering what other people use for patching non-ms products? I
> thought SMS could do this, however after reading the product guide, I'm
> not so sure. I want to be able to update software like firefox or acrobat
> reader when a security update is release, from a central location, like
> WSUS. That way I don't have to rely on the users having to remember to do
> this!




Posted by Ben on October 7, 2005, 2:44 pm
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Hi Nick,

Thanks for the reply.

What I'm really looking for is a product that will act like WSUS, in that
you can configure what software your using, then have it go away and check
for updates either daily/weekly/monthly then distribute it to all the
clients.

I've found this, which I think might do a simular job, But I'm not to sure!
http://www.altiris.com/products/patchmanagement/#ss

Ben


> For acrobat patches, group policy works fine. Run the patch on a
> workstation, pause at the initial dialog, and you will find the MSI and
> associated files in a subdir of <yourprofile>\Local Settings\Temp. Just
> copy them away to a location on a server and then create the app object.
>
> Ditto for Sun Java and many other products.
>
> Nick
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just wondering what other people use for patching non-ms products? I
>> thought SMS could do this, however after reading the product guide, I'm
>> not so sure. I want to be able to update software like firefox or acrobat
>> reader when a security update is release, from a central location, like
>> WSUS. That way I don't have to rely on the users having to remember to do
>> this!
>
>




Posted by Eric Denekamp on October 7, 2005, 6:52 am
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I have experience with Altiris, and it works great, but it does much more
and it is your best management too I have seen....

good luck,

Eric Denekamp
mailto:ericd@infosupport.com

> Hi Nick,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> What I'm really looking for is a product that will act like WSUS, in
> that you can configure what software your using, then have it go away
> and check for updates either daily/weekly/monthly then distribute it
> to all the clients.
>
> I've found this, which I think might do a simular job, But I'm not to
> sure! http://www.altiris.com/products/patchmanagement/#ss
>
> Ben
>
>
>> For acrobat patches, group policy works fine. Run the patch on a
>> workstation, pause at the initial dialog, and you will find the MSI
>> and associated files in a subdir of <yourprofile>\Local
>> Settings\Temp. Just copy them away to a location on a server and then
>> create the app object.
>>
>> Ditto for Sun Java and many other products.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just wondering what other people use for patching non-ms products? I
>>> thought SMS could do this, however after reading the product guide,
>>> I'm not so sure. I want to be able to update software like firefox
>>> or acrobat reader when a security update is release, from a central
>>> location, like WSUS. That way I don't have to rely on the users
>>> having to remember to do this!
>>>




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