Files > PATCH MONITOR PARAMETER

name

PATCH MONITOR PARAMETER

number

9.95

location

^XPD(9.95,

description

This is the parameter file that controls certain functions of the Patch Monitor software: .01 SITE NAME 1 MAIL GROUPS (multiple) 2 NUMBER OF DAYS TO KEEP DATA 3 DELETE INSTALLED PATCHES? Site name: Free text name of the facility. Mail groups: groups that wish to receive the uninstalled bulletin. Number of days to keep data: number of days to allow data to remain, provided field 3 is answered NO. If field 3 is answered YES, this field is ignored. Delete installed patches? - YES allows the nightly job to remove patches shown as installed. NO does not remove them. If this field is answered YES, field 2 is ignored.

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	site name(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	The free text name of the facility that is tracking the patches.
1	mail groups	1;0	MULTIPLE	9.951		This is a multiple field that has all the mail groups you wish to send an uninstalled patch bulletin to.
2	number of days to keep data	0;2	NUMERIC			If the site wishes to keep the data recording patch isntallations on file, this field keeps the number of days the site wishes to keep on file. This field is not used if field 3, DELETE INSTALLED PATCHES? is answered 1 or YES.
3	delete installed patches?	0;3	BOOLEAN	0:No 1:Yes		If the site wishes, patches that are installed may be deleted by the night time job. This is only if they wish NOT to track timely installation. If this field is answered 1 or YES, field 2, NUMBER OF DAYS TO KEEP DATA is ignored.
4	reporting group	2;0	MULTIPLE	9.954