Patch Management Software Suggestions

Chris Seiter (LBFF) wrote:
This looks interesting.
http://www.nitrobit.com/updateserver.html
Edit: maybe not on the price.It looks simple. But it looks like it integrates with WSUS. My director is wanting to lose the WSUS server, or at least look at the possibility. I'm not sure we are going to be able to do this. Solarwinds also integrates, but you can manage it along with the 3rd party updates from one console. I am good with that, but my director wants me to check and see if a product exists that completely replaces WSUS. The price looked great at first until you look at little deeper! :)

I am currently doing a trial of Shavlik Protect and love it so far. Very scalable, supports third party applications and didn't take long to get set up. We are using it just for our servers and then will use WSUS for user workstations. I was patching 200 plus servers over 4 nights each month. Shavlik will allow me to do all of this over one night. So I can set up everything in the week before patching, have all the updates downloaded and ready to be deployed. Will cut down the hours I have to put in out of normal business hours.
Edit: It can also uninstall updates from the console. This also can be scheduled like installing updates so you can do everything after hours. A very nice feature to have.

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I've tried TuneUp but don't necessarily love it. Goal is to add missing lyrics, Artwork, fix artists names, etc.
Any other suggestions out there or is this the best one?

No computer program is perfect, I'll give you that. But I still think iTunes is the best one going, especially considering the price!
I think there's a market that Apple could tap into to have an iTunes Pro, costing around $50 that would have more robust library management tools, to solve the problem you're talking about, also allowing mutiple computers to more easily share and update the same library and stuff like that.
All that said, I think there are some workarounds that might help you:
1) I'm not sure why you "re-import" your library each time iTunes loses the connection to the files. Isn't it faster just to close iTunes and re-open it. If iTunes sees the files are present at startup the ! will disapear.
2) Someone on this forum recently suggested a good tip: create an automator action to automatically connect to your network drive when you open iTunes, so you don't have remeber to manually do that tedious step.
Does any of that help?
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Lion Battery Management Software seems to be erratic.

The Lion OS X 10.7.2 battery management software appears to be very erratic.
I just brought a new MacBook Pro direct from Apple last week (late 2011, 15", 2.4 GHz, 8 GB 1333 Mhz DDR3, 7500 rpm disc) with Lion OS X 10.7.2 preinstalled, i.e., the latest and greatest. I was only getting 3 hours on a battery charge until it ran out. After searching the forums nothing quite matched (older models, different graphic cards, more constrained systems, Lion software upgrades, etc).
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I ran a "repair" from the recovery partition and my hard disk had no problems.
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Shutdown
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Hold for at least 10 seconds
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But I started seeing odd reporting in the "time remaining" in the battery icon. The "time remaining" would fluctuate by as much as 20% in a just a few seconds, going either up or down! For example, it would jump from 4 hours to 3 hours, then up to 3.5 hours then up to 4.5 hours, down to 1.3 hours, and back up to 4.0, and so forth whenever I changed the state.
So I watched the "battery charge remaining" over several hours with different states: (WIFI on/off, start/stop applications, turn Thunderbird/Firefox to offline and back to online; Thunderbird is not an issue because I have it set to check for incoming messages every 2 hours not every few minutes) and I monitored using the Activity Monitor and the widget iStat Pro. The cpu was reported to never exceed 2% busy, user+system, and free memory never fell below 5.9 GB with minimwl swapping and paging, i.e. the machine was basically idle even when I had WIFI on with Firefox watching Adobe Flash video from the net, which is purportedly a CPU hog (it is not).
Has anyone else seen this erratic battery software managemt behavior? Does any have an explanation?

I noticed in some archived threads that someone suggested changing "time" to "percentage" because "time" remaining is calculated every few seconds and is very sensitive to changes of state as I noted in my post. I don't see that "solution" as much use because it doesn't tell me "percentage" of what? The amount of charge left? What I really what to know is "how long will my charge last?". 70% of 3 hours is something quite different than 70% of 7 hours. It seems to me that the time remaining ought to be calculated less often. The value is reported in hh:mm. I don't see much point in calculating it every few seconds. Once a minute would actually be more accurate.

Project Management Software Options

Does anyone know of good project management software? I recently joined an advertising firm and am responsible for scheduling projects and keeping track of client info. What I need is a program or programs that will allow me to track projects, schedule due dates, etc. and enter client info and keep track of client daily interactions (phone calls, faxes, meetings).
If you're using something you like please let me know. Any suggestions are appreciated.

No, I coudn't find an appropriate forum. I wanted to post it on a general software discussion but couldn't find one. Sorry, I'll try elsewhere.

Issue with Removing the Patch Set Software 9.2.0.8

Hi experts,
I have issue with removing the patch set software 9.2.0.8
I'm working on solaris box recently ugraded to 9.2.0.8 from 9.2.0.7. however i want to downgrade now. I have followed the document 4547809 mentioned. Now the real issue is when i restored the oracle_home (9.2.0.7) and execute sqlplus /nolog here is error message shown
bash-2.05$ sqlplus /nolog
bash: /oracle/test/920_64/bin/sqlplus: No such file or directory
bash-2.05$ lsnrctl
bash: /oracle/test/920_64/bin/lsnrctl: No such file or directory
Please help
thanks in advance

Hi,
Thanks for reply you are right
ls -l /oracle/test/920_64/bin/sqlplus was not exist. However i copied everything from the backup.
I'm trying again
cp -r bk_test_home/* /oracle/test/920_64/*
still i couldn't the file however it exist in bk_test_home. please suggest
Thanks and regards

Q4_How to manage software material and BOM in SAP_High-tech Industry PLM Implementation Issues

Hello,
We are implementing SAP PLM for a high-tech company which designs and manufactures mobile phones (ODM). Since we are new in PLM consulting and we are facing with some implementation difficulties, we are looking for some solutions here.
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Looking for a Project Management software package for macs

while I'm on the hunt for some good business software for my mac, I am also looking for a good project managment program, in the spirit of MS Project, but "Apple-ized".
Open to suggestions from somebody with experience.

My company has a web-based project productivity management software called ActiveFocus which works on any type of machine.
Check out the demo and let me know what you think: http://www.activefocus.net/AFDemo/AFLogin.aspx
I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - MAC OS X & MS-PROJECT

Hi Folks,
I need some advice!
I am looking for some good Project Management Software to run on my MAC OS X. Mostly, I will do be doing Gantt Charts, Critical Path, Resource Loading, Task Creation, Etc. My clients typcially run MS-PROJECT on PCs--so I will need to have some type of import/export compatibility with MS PROJECT.
Any Suggestions?
Thanks,
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jxProject, Intellisys Project Desktop, PMX, and SharedPlan are a few.

Inventory management software for Macs

Does anyone know of a free one? I have an I.T. audit I need to do, and it's an all-Mac house. I have a few Macs myself, but I've never had to do an audit on an all-Mac network. I need things such as patch levels, software inventory, etc. We usually use GFI LANguard for Windows machines, but it doesn't do a good job with Macs or Linux machines. Thank you!

For autonomous, Cisco has the WLSE:) or you can look at 3rd party management tools like Wavelink http://www.wavelink.com/solutions/management.aspx
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ACER eSettings Management Software?

Does anyone know where to download ACER eSettings Management Software? I cannot remember my BIOS Password and need to delete/reset it.http://www.tech-faq.com/how-do-i-reset-an-acer-bios-password.html discusses how to do this but I cannot find the software.
I really do not want to open up the Laptop and remove the Bios Battery.

Hello Laurent_14, Sorry for my delay.Thank You for your response regarding the eSettings Software. It doesn't seem to help my situation though. I decided to install Vista on the Laptop so I could run eSettings Mgmt, but as you probably realize finding drivers thast will work with Vista for that Acer Model was impossible.
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Any reason this software would not see that a password was set and allow me to change it.
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Dv6775us HP Backup and Recovery Manager software corrupted - can't find download

I am getting an HP error message saying the HP Backup and Recovery Manager software has been corrupted and needs to be updated. For over an hour I have been frustrated trying to find where on this site to download a replacement of what was installed or an upgrade that would repair the problem.
Can anyone point me to where I can get the software? Thanks.
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Did you make a recovery disk set or usb recovery media?
If you did, then you are in luck because that is the software that can be used to reinstall the Recovery manager.
The downside is that you will have to do a factory image recovery to reinstall the software. A recovery is a destructive process, unlike a Windows stystem restore. A recovery will mean that you will needto save all of your data externally to avoid losing it and reinstall all of your programs after the recovery is complete.
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erico
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Please recommend photo management software.Thank you.

Hi everyone,
I am looking for suggestions and advice about photo database management software.
I will be graduating as a veterinarian in February and plan to document my forthcoming cases, using photos and perhaps some videos. At this point in time I believe it will be useful if the software is available for Mac as well as Windows platform (see later why).
However, I am open to any suggestions regarding Mac-only or PC-only programs as long as they are professional, reliable, strong, fast and customizable.
The photos entering the database will be:
1. close ups (taken with or without flash) or
2. taken from a close range (about 1-2 m for pets or about 5 m for horses/cows),
3. except for cropping, brightness and sharpness adjustments, there will be NO editing
4. saved in RAW, TIFF or JPEG. (I am not yet clear about the differences between these however the software should be able to handle as many major formats as possible).
Ideally, the software would allow:
1. to create custom keywords and add descriptive comments for each photo.
2. grouping of photos based on different criteria, themes, parents etc.
3. fast search
4. custom search, based on a large range of criteria, including text
5. Mac-PC interaction: Allow me to explain this: I have 2 laptops (Mac & PC) onto which intend to install the software and if the working environment uses PC only software, I will have the PC with me, otherwise the Mac and the database is always at hand.
6. data attached to each photo will move with it when the photo is transferred to a different machine using similar software (see above).
Thank you for your time.
D.M.

You should take a look at iView Media or its Pro version. It is a cross-platform (Mac and Windows) program that is free of some of the stultifying limitations of iPhoto. For example, you can create multiple catalogs and you can easily catalog media (not just photos) that are not on the current disk, like media stored on CDs. It has very flexible cataloging features.
If they have not changed their licensing, you can buy one license to run both the Mac and PC version for one price. You can make one catalog and easily pass it between a Mac and PC with no translation or confusion. This would be much easier than trying to make it work with iPhoto and some other Windows program.
If you were to go the iView route, you would have to "sync" the data back to the photos so that they carry your keyword etc. data with them to other apps. I don't know if iPhoto embeds that info back to the photos, or if it stays in the iPhoto database only.
Photoshop Elements 4 is great on Windows, but the Mac version of Elements does not include the cataloging feature because it integrates with iPhoto. I'm not sure how smooth that all works.

Patch manager

Can someone help me run the patch manager? I have downloaded and installed the patch manager from the sun website. I have found the help files, which are not very helpful, but where do you run it from? the help file says use the browser, been there but have not been able to find out where it put the files I''m supposed look at. when I do look at some HTMl pages I do find I get the code not the web page.
Frustrating!!!
Where's a little icon or menu that says "Patch manager here Dummy!"
Thanks
Bill

Hello Thiago,
if the patching procedure is empty, then one important post installation step has to be executed. It is about "defining a software library path". This step will not only define a path, but will also populate data into it. After a while the missing patching procedures shall come up automatically.
Please inspect the installation guide for ACMP for further details and advice.
Kr
Volker

Handling of pending reboot, exclusive updates for patch management with SCCM 2012

Hello,
Planning to use SCCM 2012, I would like to understand how smart is SCCM 2012 when dealing with specific patch management situation.
Assuming I have the following:
- A given server to be patched is missing a lot of updates, several being mutually exclusive. This typical case will require several reboot / patching to properly obtain a server fully up to date.
- A given server to be patched is in pending reboot state because the local admin installed new software and has not restarted the server yet as requested
- Those servers have configured maintenance windows of 2 hours during each night. I scheduled a deployment of missing patches authorizing restart.
--> when the maintenance window will be reached:
- will the server first be restarted to clean the pending reboot ?
- will the the server be patched / restarted several times as required to fully meet the updates to be deployed.
Another scenario on workstation side:
- can I enforce deployment of updates at a given time, do not automatically restart the workstation during patch deployment, but after deployment schedule a mandatory restart with a countdown if there is a pending reboot... From end-user perspective, it
would have the following behavior. For instance:
- patches are automatically installed on Monday at 10 AM
- as soon as deployment is done, warning message is displayed to ask users to reboot
- then user has up to 48h to restart his computer by himself. If he does not do it, it will be automatically done after countdown expires.
--> Can such a scenario be managed by SCCM 2012 ?
Regards.

Hi,
I have a related question about deploying Microsoft Security Updates to workstations via SCCM 2012. Is there a way to deploy the MS updates to workstations and only suppress reboots for machines with users logged on or locked? There seems to
be only 2 different options for reboots, Suppress them all or don't suppress them at all. We would like SCCM to reboot the machines that are logged off, but suppress the reboot for those that are logged on, while at the same time, provide the user with
a notification that their machine needs to be rebooted (at their convenience).
We've tried applying the Domain GPO "No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations" (Enabled) and "Configure Automatic Updates" (Disabled), but the logged on/locked machines still receive the restart countdown with no
option to postpone or delay.
This is a show stopper for us since we have an environment where we are absolutely not allowed to reboot a logged on machine.
For a little background, we are coming from SMS 2003 and the Distribute Software Updates (ITMU) way of deploying MS Updates, where we could always set the program to run "Only when no user is logged on".
Please tell me there is a way to achieve our desired result.
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Best information manager software?

I work as a reporter and often research large, sprawling investigative projects. I'm looking for the best information manager software out there, and am wondering what would work best. Here are the features I'm looking for:
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-Powerful searching capabilities, and searching options that will allow me to refine searches
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