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Reset Patch Management V3

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summary

Under certain circumstances, it may be necessary to completely reset the Patch Management V3.

goal

This article describe the way how Patch-Management V3 completely reset.

procedure

1. Step

Create a backup of the site database.

2. Step

Disable AutoApprove and AutoDownload respectively.

3. Step

Please document the patch group settings you have made and delete the existing patch groups in the Empirum Management Console (EMC).

4. Step

You should now empty the Patch Management V3 directories.(%EMPSERVER%\Empirum\Configurator\Packages\PatchManagement_v3\Patches)

5. Step

Run the patch management v3(ClearPM3Tables.sql) reset script via DBUtil on the site (%EMPSERVER%\Empirum\Empirum DBUtil\Scripts\SQLServer)

6. Step

Now delete the contents of the folder (%EMPSERVER%\Empirum\Configurator\Packages\PatchManagement_v3\Data).

7. Step

Perform a synchronization of the Patch Management V3 catalog via DBUtil (duration approx. 45 minutes)

8. Step

After that you can create the desired patch groups in the Empirum Management Console (EMC) and release the patches via the search dialog "ComputerPatchStatus=Missing".

This procedure will physically delete the already downloaded patches!