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Approve from All updates

From All updates, you can approve updates or set them to Not approved in the groups you select. Declining an update is a separate action. See Decline Updates. For more information about the statuses, see Updates.

  1. In the Patch Management tree, go to All updates and select the category or classification that contains the updates you want to change.

    All updates in the tree view with its Categories and Classification folders

  2. In the content pane, select one or more updates. Right-click them and select Approve or Not approved. To decline updates, see Decline Updates.

    The right-click menu for updates under All updates

  3. Confirm that you want to change the selected updates. If necessary, write a change description.

    The confirmation dialog for approving the selected updates

  4. Select the groups you want to change the selected updates for, and then click OK. You can select only one group for each child point. If you select a group that has groups above it under the same child point, the updates are also changed for those groups.

    The Update approval dialog with a group selected under each child point

  5. If you selected a group with groups above it, a message asks you to confirm that the updates are also changed for those groups.

    The message about also changing the updates for the groups above the selected group

  6. The progress dialog shows the status of each update.

    The progress dialog while the selected updates are approved

Section titled “Related tasks”
If you want to… You can…
Approve updates Approve updates
Automatically approve updates Approval rules
Learn more about classifications and categories Categories and Classifications