Environment
Novell ZENworks Patch Management 11.2
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2
Situation
One or more patches got deployed through a patch bundle
The analyze.exe starts the patch scan after the patches device got restarted.
The analyze.exe starts the patch scan after the patches device got restarted.
Resolution
Working as designed
Cause
The patch scan process can not always collect complete information
right after installing a patch got installed since some patches
need a reboot to finish installing. When a patch requires a reboot,
the patch scan process might be only able to detect the patch as
correctly installed until after a reboot.
Additional Information
During a patch deployment, a file called %zenworks_home%\zpm\snoozeList.xml
gets created, which contains an XML style tag called AnalyzeRequired set to
True.
This causes the patch agent to start the analyze.exe process to scan for installed/applicable updates on next device startup. The flag gets only reset to False once the patch scan process has been completed.
In case it is necessary to avoid having the patch scan process running on next device startup, remove the above files.
ATTENTION! This will delay reporting of a good patch status until a new version of the Discover Applicable Update Bundle is available and is installed.
This causes the patch agent to start the analyze.exe process to scan for installed/applicable updates on next device startup. The flag gets only reset to False once the patch scan process has been completed.
In case it is necessary to avoid having the patch scan process running on next device startup, remove the above files.
ATTENTION! This will delay reporting of a good patch status until a new version of the Discover Applicable Update Bundle is available and is installed.