To enable the Patch Gateway on the Core server:
Use the Patch Gateway Operations area to enable and configure the Patch Manager Gateway. Specify the following:
Enabling the Gateway displays additional fields to configure it.
The advantage of preloading is that the first agent to request a specific patch binary does not have to wait for the Gateway to download it.
The disadvantage of preloading is that the Gateway downloads all the patch binaries related to an acquisition—regardless of whether the agents require them or not.