Summary WSUS server has a maximum size limit and sometimes the update package may exceed the size limit if you try something drastic such as publishing the entire MS Office in a custom package through SVM. You shouldn't do that in general. This arti...
Users often require additional help for the logical process workflow when it comes to integrating the Software Vulnerability Manager 2019 software to their internal WSUS or SCCM servers for patching. In most, users need additional elaboration on wha...
This article provides the steps required to swap your WSUS self-signed certificate or your CA-private code-signed certificate in WSUS when the old certificate has expired. Before you start Make sure Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration ...
Good news, everyone! The Mozilla Firefox packages are now far more amazing than ever before! It all started with the policies.json file, that Mozilla appears to be pushing on people now. It is a JSON file, which contains a bunch of settings for Fire...
Question: What are the correct requirements to integrate SVM to WSUS for publishing third-party patches? Answer: This section guides you through the connection properties and requirements of the connection and overall integration of the Software V...
Synopsis An Update Package in Software Vulnerability Manager is a security and/or critical update patch that is built based upon a scan result for a product that was identified as vulnerable by the software. In this KB article, we provide more concre...
Oracle has decided to implement their licensing restrictions on all their Java packages and it is now hiding Oracle Java JRE/JDK downloads behind their customer login page. As a result, Flexera is no longer able to provide Out-of-the-box pre-configur...
Summary SVM Patching Plugin is installed with an elevated admin account but it fails to load when a web page is refreshed. It displays a '"An error occurred while loading the SVM Plugin" related to signature checksum. Symptoms SVM Patching Plugin is ...
Summary You are under Patching menu in SVM2018 and you attempt to connect to your WSUS/SCCM instance using the connection dialog in SVM. The SVM display connection error 0x8007007e and error message "Unable to load DLL "SusNativeCommon.dll" :: The sp...
Symptoms WSUS / System Centre states Disconnected every time when logging in to check if there are any new updates available. Clicking through the steps to connect works. Cause The user has not signed into the Internet Explorer using the "Run As Admi...
Summary Can SVM connect to multiple WSUS/SCCM Servers? Yes, you can! Discussion The connection to the WSUS, or the SUP of an actively deployed SCCM server, is user-dependent. This means that the Software Vulnerability Manager will allow multiple user...
Summary Information regarding editing an uninstall package in the Flexera Software Package System. Synopsis The script below is generated in instances where we do not have a built-in uninstaller available for the product in question. The example prov...
Summary Windows Server 2012 requires the publishing user to be a local administrator which causes a failure to sign error on users without this privilege. This article provides alternative methods to solve this problem. Symptoms You may find that som...
With the use of the Software Vulnerability Manager over time, the number of packages created in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) can begin to take up valuable disc space on the server that is facilitating the WSUS role. Simply declining and dele...
Summary This article is a deeper-dive guide to troubleshooting problems with publishing Flexera SPS packages to Windows Server Update Services that can also be installed in configuration with System Center Configuration Manager as a "Software Update ...
Summary A full guide on how to create a GPO to distribute WSUS certificate and Windows update settings. Synopsis This short guide describes how to create a Group Policy Object (GPO) for CSI-WSUS by using the Group Policy Management console. Once the ...
Summary On systems running Windows Server 2012, 2012R2, 2016 - WSUS no longer issues self-signed certificates as this is disabled by default by Microsoft. You can use a workaround to enable the feature in the machine registry and thus you can go arou...
Summary When the WSUS Server and WSUS console are not on the same Patch Level and not on the same WSUS server version, an error message for version mismatch is displayed and publishing of packages fails. This is caused by a known incompatibility of d...
Summary Sometimes when deploying an Update Package aiming to patch your active Insecure/EOL programs, your WSUS/SCCM takes it further and applies your update as a brand new installation on machines that were not intended to install it. This article e...
Summary When publishing a package from the Software Vulnerability Manager, the following error appears: "Failed to publish package - Code: -2147024809 - Unable to find database configuration value" Symptoms The related issue is a Microsoft WSUS API i...
