Performing Patch Impact Analysis
AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Application Manager
Edition:Support for importing Microsoft Security Patch files and the Patch Impact Analysis Wizard are included with AdminStudio Enterprise Edition.
You can use the Patch Impact Analysis Wizard to identify conflicts between Microsoft operating system security patches and the packages and OS Snapshots in your Application Catalog. This helps you determine how specific MSI packages or OS Snapshots would be affected when a Microsoft OS patch is installed.
To perform patch impact analysis:
| 1. | Import at least one Microsoft OS Security Patch file, as described in Importing a Microsoft Operating System Security Patch Into the Application Catalog. |
| 2. | On the Analyze tab, right-click on the application or group of applications that you want to perform patch impact analysis on, and select Launch Patch Impact Analysis Wizard from the shortcut menu. The Patch Impact Analysis Wizard will analyze the products you select here against the patches you will select. |
The Welcome panel of the Patch Impact Analysis Wizard opens.
| 3. | Click Next. The OS Snapshot Panel opens. |
| 4. | Optionally, select an OS Snapshot to include in your analysis. The selected OS Snapshot will be used to identify specific file information for any patch impacts that are discovered. Only one OS Snapshot can be selected. |
Tip:The OS Snapshot serves as a representation of the underlying baseline system in your enterprise. If you include an OS Snapshot in your Patch Impact Analysis, then the file version information displayed in warning messages is derived from that OS Snapshot. If an OS Snapshot is not included in the analysis, the file version information will be displayed as “unknown”. As such, it is recommended to include an OS Snapshot in your analysis because this allows a finer-tuned evaluation of impacts based upon file and version information.
| 5. | Click Next. The Source Patches Panel opens. |
| 6. | On the Source Patches Panel, select the patches that you want to include in your analysis. |
When searching for patches to include, you can use the Filter by product list to restrict the patches displayed on this panel. Also, to view more information on a patch, select the patch and click the Patch Properties button to open the Patch Properties dialog box.
| 7. | After you have selected the patches that you want to include in your analysis, click Next. The Summary Information Panel opens, listing a summary of the options you selected in the Patch Impact Analysis Wizard. |
| 8. | Click Finish to accept these options and begin the Patch Impact Analysis. Analysis messages are listed in the Output tab of the Output Window. |
When analysis is complete, patch conflicts are listed on the Patch Impact tab of the Output Window in table format.
See Also
Viewing Patch and Patch Impact Information in Application Catalog