Creating and Managing Remediation Jobs in Saner Patch Management (PM)

Overview

Saner Patch Management (PM) provides a streamlined interface to manage and deploy security, non-security, and feature update patches across your environment. This article outlines how to create remediation jobs and use filtering options to efficiently identify and apply missing patches.

Creating Remediation Jobs

You can create remediation jobs in Saner PM for:

• Security patches

• Non-security patches

• Feature upgrades

All available patches are listed on a single, unified page. This allows you to easily select and group the relevant patches into remediation jobs.

Patch Categories

Saner PM categorizes patches into the following types:

• Operating System (OS)

• Third-Party Applications

• Feature Updates

This categorization helps in organizing and selecting patches based on their nature and relevance to your systems.

Advanced Filtering Options

To narrow down the list of patches, use the filters available under More Filters. These include:

1. Tags

Filter patches based on custom-defined tags to match specific business or operational requirements.

2. Patch Group

Choose between:

• Security patches

• Non-Security patches

3. Severity

Filter patches based on their severity level:

• Critical

• High

• Medium

• Low

• None

4. Detected Date

Filter patches based on the date they were detected by Saner PM during the latest scan.

5. Release Date

Filter based on the date the patch was released by the vendor.

Asset-Level Details and Host Information

Each listed patch includes the number of affected hosts. By clicking on a specific asset, you can view:

• Detailed patching status

• Device-specific patch information

• Associated severity and compliance data

Viewing and Organizing Patches

You can apply multiple filters to view missing patches grouped by:

• Operating System

• Patch Family

• Severity

• Patch Type

Additionally, you can search for a specific device or group to focus your remediation efforts.

Types of Remediation Jobs

Saner PM offers two types of patch remediation approaches:

1. One-Time Remediation Job

Create a job to apply missing patches on-demand for a specific device or group. This is ideal for manual or ad-hoc patching activities.

2. Automated Remediation Job

Create scheduled automation tasks to apply missing patches detected during the most recent Saner Agent scan.

This ensures continuous patch compliance with minimal manual effort.

Conclusion

Saner PM provides a flexible and powerful platform to manage patching operations across security, non-security, and feature updates. Leveraging filtering, tagging, and automation capabilities ensures that your environment remains up-to-date and secure.

If you have any questions or need assistance with remediation job creation, please contact our support team.