Flexera SVM Patch Configuration

Flexera Software Vulnerability Manager Patch Configuration integrates Software Vulnerability Manager application with the configured WSUS server to achieve the automation for subscribed packages.

On successful installation of Software Vulnerability Manager Client ToolKit, a shortcut with a name Flexera SVM Patch Configuration will get created.

Note:You will get 400 error message when the SVM Token has expired. To re-generate the token, follow the steps as mentioned below in the SVM Connections (point 12 and 13).

To use Flexera Software Vulnerability Manager Patch Configuration follow the below steps:

1. Double click on the shortcut created on your desktop, Flexera SVM Patch Configuration windows pane appears.
2. It consists of five tabs:
WSUS tab
Intune tab
Workspace ONE tab
SVM tab
General tab

3. In WSUS Connection tab, enter the WSUS server details and the port number, click Load Groups.
4. In Groups to auto deploy, you can see the list of computer groups configured in WSUS Server.
5. Select the computer groups which you wanted to deploy the packages. To know more about a package publishing, see Automating Patch Deployment.
6. To external package signing, select Sign package manually option.

7. In Intune Connection tab, you will be prompted to enter your Intune credentials like Application (Client) ID, Directory (tenant), Client Secret. To know more details on configure Intune credentials, see Set up a Distribution Connection for Microsoft Intune.
8. In Assignment Groups (optional) field, choose a group or multiple groups and make assignments for end point deployments. For more information, see Assignment Groups.
9. Click Test Intune Connection button, on successful connection you will receive a successful message in the Output Window.

10. In Workspace ONE tab, you will be prompted to enter the valid Workspace ONE connection details like Server name, Authentication Type, Tenant ID/API Key, and selecting Organization Group ID. To know more details on configuration, see Set up a Distribution Connection for Workspace ONE.
11. Click Test Workspace ONE Connection button, on successful connection you will receive a successful message in the Output Window.

12. In SVM Connection tab, you will be prompted to enter your Software Vulnerability Manager Cloud credentials.
13. Click Test SVM Connection button, on successful connection you will receive a Token in the Output Window.

14. In the General tab, you can set any one of the below distribution systems.
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Microsoft Intune
VMWare Workspace ONE

15. You can edit the folder path to save the action logs of this Tool. By default, the folder path will be C:\ProgramData\Flexera Software\SVM Patch\svmpatch.log.
16. You can set any one of the below preferences to save the log files:
LogAlways
Critical
Error
Warning
Informational
Verbose

Note:The Log times will be in UTC format.

17. In Check-In Settings, you can set the frequencies to pull the relevant packages from the server.

Note:Force Check-In Now button can be used to pull relevant packages immediately.

18. Click check box button if you want to get all latest subscribed packages.
19. To run the services, click close button. You will be prompted to enable Start SVM Patch Daemon in the closing window. Click Yes to restart the Patch Daemon for the change to take effect.

Note:If any changes added in the Workspace ONE tab or SVM tab, then make sure that Test Connection to be done and then Restart the Patch Daemon for the changes to take effect.