- Release Notes
- Patch Manager 2025.1 release notes
- Patch Manager 2024.4 release notes
- Patch Manager 2024.2 release notes
- Patch Manager 2024.1.1 release notes
- Patch Manager 2024.1 release notes
- Patch Manager 2023.4.2 release notes
- Patch Manager 2023.4.1 release notes
- Patch Manager 2023.4 release notes
- Patch Manager 2023.3.1 release notes
- Patch Manager 2023.3 release notes
- Patch Manager 2023.2.2 release notes
- Patch Manager 2023.2.1 release notes
- Patch Manager 2023.2 release notes
- Patch Manager 2023.1.1 release notes
- Patch Manager 2023.1 release notes
- Patch Manager 2022.4 release notes
- Patch Manager 2022.3 release notes
- Patch Manager 2022.2 release notes
- Patch Manager 2020.2.6 release notes
- Patch Manager 2020.2.5 release notes
- Patch Manager 2020.2.4 release notes
- Patch Manager 2020.2.1 release notes
- Patch Manager 2020.2 release notes
- Patch Manager 2019.4.2 release notes
- Patch Manager 2019.4 release notes
- Patch Manager 2.1.7 release notes
- Patch Manager 2.1.6 release notes
- Patch Manager 2.1.5 release notes
- Patch Manager 2.1.4 release notes
- Patch Manager 2.1.3 release notes
- Patch Manager 2.1.2 release notes
- Patch Manager release history
- Install or Upgrade
- Get Started
- Patch Manager Getting Started Guide
- Get started with Patch Manager
- About the Patch Manager Administrator Console
- Configure your Patch Manager environment
- Verify the WSUS installation
- Verify the services and applications
- Add a WSUS server to Patch Manager
- Remove a WSUS server from Patch Manager
- (Optional) Provision additional server roles
- (Optional) Create Automation Server routing rules
- Populate the default credential ring
- Create a WSUS publishing certificate for third-party publishing
- Configure the group policy to enable third-party updates
- Refresh the group policy
- Select and download the updates
- Generate an inventory of systems to update
- Approve, push, and schedule the updates
- Generate reports
- Best practices for using Patch Manager
- Beyond Getting Started with Patch Manager
- Patch Manager Getting Started - Additional Resources
- Administer
- Patch Manager Administrator Guide
- Introduction
- Patch Manager Administrator Console
- Configure Patch Manager
- Publish third-party updates
- Push, approve, and install third party updates
- Push the updates
- Approve the updates
- Install the updates using Update Management
- Create PowerShell scripts for third-party updates
- Push the updates with PowerShell scripts
- Schedule the WSUS updates
- Stop an update assigned to the managed systems
- Delete an update assigned to the managed systems
- Check the task history
- Troubleshoot certificate errors during third-party updates
- Uninstall an update from the managed systems
- Uninstall a program using Patch Manager Computer Explorer
- Generate an inventory and create reports
- Manage WSUS using Patch Manager
- Advanced configuration options
- Manage users and security
- Manage client WMI connectivity
- Patch Manager agents
- Integrate Patch Manager with the SolarWinds Platform
- SolarWinds Platform integration architecture
- Access Patch Manager data in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console
- Configure the Patch Manager Web Console
- Access the Patch Manager Summary view
- Generate Patch Manager reports in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console
- Install the Patch Manager Web Console on a separate server
- Administrator functions and settings
- Wake on LAN
- Advanced deployment examples
- Troubleshoot your Patch Manager deployment
- Set up Patch Manager with SCCM
- Integrate Patch Manager with SCCM
- Publish third-party updates
- Manage the published third-party updates
- Manage the WSUS servers using the SCCM console
- Provision the WMI Providers using the SCCM console
- Resolve WMI connectivity issues using the SCCM console
- Verify WMI connectivity using the SCCM console
- Troubleshoot Patch Manager in SCCM
- Reference
- Frequently Asked Questions
Gotchas
This section includes gotchas for each product version that may impact your upgrade.
- Upgrade one version at a time on each Patch Manager server.
- If you are upgrading from an End of Life product version, consider installing the latest Patch Manager software instead of performing an upgrade, saving, or migrating your data. SolarWinds Support can provide the best advice for these upgrade scenarios.
- If you are migrating your Patch Manager database to a remote Microsoft SQL Server computer, verify that the computer hosting Patch Manager meets the necessary requirements.
- If you have more than 200 trusted root certificates, you may not be able to upgrade Patch Manager due to a limitation in the Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (RPC) implementation. Contact Technical Support for assistance.
See the following sections for details: