Solarwinds patch manager credential ring

Configure credentials and credential ring rules solarwinds. Manage patches for your microsoft products, and diagnose and fix problems from the windows update agent with solarwinds patching software. Within the customer portal you can download products, receive support, renew maintenance, and much more. In the navigation pane, expand patch manager system configuration and select security and user management. How to add administrator credentials to the default credential ring in patch manager duration. During the configuration process, you can map the credentials to the corresponding resources using rules. In a credential ring, you can set up the default rule and rules for. Patch manager uses a default credential ring to identify which credentials to pull from the database before performing tasks on the managed computers in your corporate enterprise. Welcome to the solarwinds customer portal login page. The design of this video is to show how to utilize. Despite using sccm, when it comes to patch management and software distribution of nonmicrosoft updates. When patch manager is installed there is one user profile created, the default user.

Keeping systems patched with solarwinds patch manager 2. How to install configure and integrate solarwinds patch. Patch manager credential ring rules and server accounts what im trying to do in credential ring is setup a rule where workstations are assigned to one domain user account and servers another. Patch manager uses a credential ring to identify which credentials to pull from the database before performing tasks on the managed computers in your corporate enterprise. Credential rings are not assigned to a management group, but rather to a user profile e. Patch manager credential ring rules and server acc. You can select the domains or work groups to manage with solarwinds patch manager. How to add administrator credentials to the default.

Patch manager uses a centralized credential ring to map end user credentials to managed resources. When you change a user account password in microsoft windows, you must change the corresponding credential password in patch manager. Wsus servers, sccmsite servers, or specific computers. How to add administrator credentials to the default credential ring in patch manager by solarwindsinc. Use the credential and credential ring rules wizard to add new credentials to a credential ring.

If the domain or workgroups are not listed then you can add it manually using add button at the bottom of the screen. If not a firewall issue, this could be a reflection of an improperly declared preferred domain controller, or it could be a manifestation of stale, unscavanged records in the dns server that is being queried by patch manager to find the dc, or it could be that the dc is simply inaccessible to the patch manager server. Log in to the patch manager admin console as an administrator. Basically because of security concerns and the wide variety of solarwinds packages i have ive had to split out the service account for different things. Patch management suite allows agents to schedule updates and provides better realtime reporting. When you are finished, the wizard adds the credentials to the patch manager database and maps those credentials to the targeted resources. Using solarwinds network configuration manager with cisco smart net total care reporting. This rolebased method enables the application to know which credentials to use to perform a specific task on a specific managed system.