Patch must be enabled in order for the Patch Management areas of the Console and patch-acquisition facilities to be available.
Use the Database Settings area to enable this feature which will start the Patch Manager service (HPCA Patch Manager
) and synchronize the Patch database with the Core authoritative CSDB information stored in the Patch Library with the patch information in the SQL database.
Prerequisite
The Patch database must be created and an ODBC connection defined for it. For details, see the HP Client Automation Enterprise Installation and Upgrade Guide.
To enable and configure Patch:
If you modified Patch ODBC Settings, follow the prompts to restart the Patch Manager Service.