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Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and Planning Guide
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With JP1/Software Distribution, you can obtain patches provided by Microsoft, such as security updates and service packs. By then distributing these patches to clients, you can apply patches without having to directly implement security measures on the clients themselves.
You obtain patches by means of the Software Update Management dialog box. In this dialog box, you can also configure settings so that patches are obtained and packaged automatically according to specified conditions.
Before you obtain patches, you must obtain the patch information file. Obtaining the latest patch information file enables you to determine the list of patches that you wish to obtain. For details about how to obtain the patch information file, see the Readme file for JP1/Software Distribution Manager.
The patches you obtain are stored in a database. The Software Update Management dialog box is the only interface from which you can package the obtained patches.
You can also use Windows Task Scheduler to obtain patches automatically. Task Scheduler enables you to obtain the patch information file automatically and then to obtain and package the patches.
The following figure provides a conceptual overview of obtaining patches with JP1/Software Distribution.
Figure 2-35 Obtaining patches with JP1/Software Distribution
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For details about how to perform operations in the Software Update Management dialog box, and for details about how to use Task Scheduler to obtain patches, see 7.1 Acquiring patches to be installed at clients in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
Note that the remote installation facility is used to apply the packages to the clients. For details about how to perform remote installation, see 2.3 Executing remote installation in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
The following subsections explain the types of patches that you can obtain and the prerequisites and preparations for obtaining patches.
With JP1/Software Distribution, you can obtain patches for the programs listed in the following table. You can obtain OS patches for all OSs supported by JP1/Software Distribution Client.
Table 2-32 Programs for which you can obtain patches
| Program | Type and version |
|---|---|
| Windows | Windows 8 |
| Windows Server 2012 | |
| Windows 7 | |
| Windows Server 2008 | |
| Windows Vista | |
| Windows Server 2003 | |
| Windows XP | |
| Windows 2000 | |
| Windows Mail | 6.0 or later# |
| Windows Media Player | 7.1, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0 or later# |
| Microsoft .NET Framework | 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 or later# |
| Microsoft Data Access Components | 2.5, 2.7, 2.8 or later# |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | 6.0, 7.0 or later# |
| Microsoft Outlook Express | 5.5, 6.0 or later# |
#: Patches from the latest version can be obtained when they are released from Microsoft.
Of the patches that are provided for these programs, JP1/Software Distribution can obtain the following four types (or classes):
The following prerequisites apply to obtaining patches with JP1/Software Distribution:
If you plan to package the patches yourself, the Packager component of JP1/Software Distribution Client 08-10 or later must be installed on the computer that obtains the patches.
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