Patch Acquisition using Metadata takes minutes as opposed to hours, on average, because it is lightweight—meaning only the patch information is downloaded and published to the CSDB.
From the Console, click the Operations tab and go the Patch Management group. Select Start Acquisition.
After acquisition, the CSDB only contains the patch metadata information and not the actual patch binary data.
From the Console, click the Operations tab. Expand the Patch Management group and click Report Acquisition Status.
The Patch Agent downloads the applicable binaries through the patch Gateway. The Gateway then caches the binary for other clients to use.
To access this page from the Console, click Operations and select Patch Manager, Gateway Operations, and Cache Content Details.