Patch Scan / Scan With

Enables you to initiate a patch scan of the selected machines using any of the available patch scan templates.

Asset Scan
(Machine View only)

Enables you to initiate an asset scan of the selected machines using any of the available asset scan templates.

Note: This menu item is available in Machine View but not in Scan View.

Deploy All Missing Patches

Enables you to deploy (install) all patches currently missing on the selected machine. See Deploy to All Scanned Machines for more information.

Test Patch Deployment

Enables you to perform a test deployment to the selected machines. This is especially useful for patch deployments you want to schedule for a later time. Testing the deployment allows you to correct any potential problems in a deployment and make it less likely that a deployment will fail. See the Operations Monitor for more information.

Note: Test deployments will not work on offline virtual machines .

Power

Enables you to modify the power state of the selected machines. You can immediately restart, shut down, or awaken the machines, or you can use a power state template to schedule a reboot of the machines and leave them in a particular state (fully powered on, in sleep mode, in hibernate mode, or powered off). See How to Initiate Power Management Tasks for more information.

Add to Machine Group

Enables you to add the selected machines to a new machine group or to an existing machine group. See Creating A New Machine Group for more information.

Important! Machines you add to the machine group are automatically assigned credentials. The credentials assigned will be either the credentials used in the previous scan of the machine or, if no credentials were assigned in the previous scan, the default credentials will be assigned. In the latter case, if the default credentials are not valid for the machines, and if the account credentials of the person currently logged on to the program are also not valid for the machines, scans of the machines you just added to the group will fail. To prevent scanning errors, always supply credentials for machines you add to a machine group. See Supplying Credentials for more information.

Refresh
(Machine View only)

Refreshes the information displayed in the top pane.

Note: This menu item is available in Machine View but not in Scan View.

Machine Properties

Enables you to view and edit machine properties. See Managing Individual Machine Properties for more information.

Agents

Enables you to:

• Install an agent, assign a different policy to the agent, or uninstall an agent.

• (Machine View only) Manage the contents of an agent's quarantine directory. This command is only available if a single agent machine is selected, the command cannot be used on multiple agent machines. For detailed information on remotely managing the contents of a quarantine directory, see Remotely Managing an Agent's Quarantine.

• Send a number of different commands to the selected agents. The commands apply only to machines that already have agents installed, that are online, and that are configured to be listening agents. See the Send command description for detailed information about the available commands.

• (Machine View only) Initiate any of the tasks currently defined within the selected agents. When you select a task a confirmation dialog is displayed. If you choose to continue, the task is immediately started on the agent machines. See Creating a New Agent Policy for information on the types of tasks that may be available.

Delete
(Machine View only)

Deletes the selected machine from Machine View. If the machine is rescanned it will be re-added to Machine View.

Deleting a machine from Machine View also affects the information displayed for that machine within Scan View (see Accessing Patch Scan Results). The machine will be moved to the Machines Not Scanned tab and all previous scan information for that machine will be lost.

Note: This menu item is available in Machine View but not in Scan View.

Expand All

Expands all machine trees in the top pane. This can also be accomplished using the Machines > Expand All menu.

Collapse All

Collapses all machine trees in the top pane. This can also be accomplished using the Machines > Collapse All menu.

Export selected machines to CSV

Export information about the selected machines to a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file. The CSV file can then be used within a spreadsheet program. This can also be accomplished using the Machines > Export visible machines to CSV menu.

View Executive Summary Report
(Scan View only)

Generates an Executive Summary report that provides a high-level summary about the patches and the machines discovered by the scan.