Open Source Patch Management for Cross-Platform

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 16, 2014

Single Point of Patch Management for Cross Platform
Remote support for all platform
system, server and all VM monitoring
Single Point of software management / install / uninstall / inventory
process management
configuration management
hardware resource management
Asset management database
Notification mail for all issues
Functionality :

roll-out patches

sequence patch updates

scheduling patch updates , reboots and shutdown the infra nodes

Notifications for all process

Tags [grouping the nodes]
Cross Platform support
Has a feature like parity across Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X for all versions.
from the single console we can handle / push / uninstall patches / software for all platforms.
mail update prompts to Admins with info about each patches with severity and security details.
provision to install / uninstall the third party application / software’s and its updates to all the machines from single console.

Virutual Machine support
Can push the patch to your complete Virtual system environment .
support XEN, VmWare

Application level support
Third party applications can get the patch updates [like Java and Adobe] from the same dashboard.
Product have API option to integrate with 3rd party applications .
console prompting the updates for most of open source software updates .
System Resource Status
Can get the current status for all systems CPU / Mem / HDD status in admin console
Can get the notification Mail for any critical situations in the workstations
Remote Patch update
Can push the patch update across all the nodes in the infra from the admin console from remote place in silent mode . also get to know the success status of the patch updates.
No more downtime in the working environment for the nodes maintenance
Its a combined Product,
which can show easier way how to handle the patches with severity
Can monitor the whole infrastructure from the single admin console
Can do the Patch management from remote location and see the status of the infrastructure . reduce the system admin manual works.
Can do the reboot / shutdown from remotely if required
Can take the remote desktop support with all machines.
Reducing the Patch Download bandwidth usage [single download]
power management
Grouping different location Machines
Can grouping all branches computers under single console .
Can monitor / maintains the different location machines from single console.
Notification updates :
Notification alerts for all patch updates and schedules
Notification alerts for all resources status while reaching the critical threshold .

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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