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UpdateEXPERT is easily installed on 32-bit Windows operating systems (Win2k Pro etc, Win XP Pro, Win2k3 Server) with administrator rights. Major components include the Master-Agent which does the "heavy lifting", ie., network communications over LAN/WAN connections, and patch downloading and deployment to target machines, and the Console, which provides an integrated user-interface showing your network tree, patch details, and patch related articles from Microsoft, RedHat, or Sun. An Agent-Installer is provided for pushing additional Master-Agents out to strategically placed machines that will aid in deploying patches (for remote-office networks for example). The Agent-Installer is also used for pushing Leaf-Agents out to Windows clients, which could be:
hardened machines (as in a DMZ) that can't be managed because certain network services are disabled, or where encrypted packet traffic is desirable.
machines expected to be disconnected from the network frequently and need to contact the Master-Agent for updates when they reconnect.
non-hardened machines where Leaf-Agents may provide patch deployment performance advantages, or security advantages.
UpdateEXPERT also can be installed in an isolated network, and kept up-to-date with a utility called PUP.
See "Can you give me an introduction to UpdateEXPERT usage?" for a narrative on components, initial database update and network discovery, initial patch deployment etc., with links to details.
Note on Licensing: St. Bernard Software provides flexible network topology support. You may use as many/few Master-Agents as you wish (within your machine count limit). You may use as many/few Consoles as you wish to support central or delegated patch management. You may intermix the use of Windows Agentless/Leaf-Agent support, as suits your organizational and security needs.
Note that Solaris and RedHat Linux require a license enabled for Solaris/RedHat with a separate machine count limit.
Note that isolated network support (PUP) requires a pup-enabled license.
Note on SecurityEXPERT: The addition of SecurityEXPERT (for "settings management", ie., hardening) requires the installation of IIS, and upgrading to IE 6.x on the UpdateEXPERT Master-Agent machine. Other needed SecurityEXPERT components are upgraded or installed via the SecurityEXPERT installation itself. If adding SecurityEXPERT to an existing UpdateEXPERT installation, a SecurityEXPERT-enabled license needs to be installed.
