Once the infrastructure has been patched, what we need are fancy reports to show to the management that we are all green in terms of patching. VCM does not disappoint you when it comes to reports–there are multiple preconfigured reports, which can be either scheduled or run on demand and exported to multiple formats such as .xls
, .doc
, .csv
, and .pd
f.
Once logged in to VCM, go to the reporting section.
Navigate to Reports | Machine Group Reports | VCM Patching.
These are the default reports available in VCM for Windows patching:
Ser
Name
Description
1
VCM Patching Assessment Based
These reports use data generated by VCM patching assessments (on the VCM Patching slider) to generate their patch status results
2
Patch Status Summary
This displays the patching status across the enterprise for Windows and Unix
3
VCVP Windows Patch Status Details
This displays details...