Agent Status
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Written by Tara Bennet
Updated over a week ago

NAVIGATION : Modules > Patch Management > Agent Status

SECURITY : Administrator or user access to Pulseway

From the Agent Status page, you can view the patch policy assignment status for all of the endpoints in your environment. You can also manage and manually run assigned policies for individual devices.

This article describes the page's layout and functions.

NOTE To learn how to automate your patch review process, consult Automating patch review with Pulseway.

Overview

  1. To access the Agent Status page, in the left navigation menu of your Pulseway instance, click Patch Management > Agent Status.

  2. The page will load.

3. As you navigate, you'll see the following features and fields:

Page Features

Feature

Definition

Search field

Enter a partial or whole value to filter current view to matching records

Filter by

Click to select additional criteria by which you can refine your search

Actions

Provides actions you can take for the selected device; available options are:

Device Table

Field

Definition

Name

Assigned hostname of the endpoint

Status

Indicates the installation status and enforcement of the selected policy on the device

Policy

Name of the policy assigned to the endpoint

Actions

Move your mouse over any list entry to reveal the following options:

How to...

Assign a policy to one or many systems

From the Agent Status page, perform the following steps:

  1. To assign a policy to all systems in the current view that do not currently have one , click the Actions at the top of the page. Then, click Assign Policy.

  2. To assign a policy to an individual system, move your mouse over its list entry and click the icon.

  3. From the drop-down list that appears, select a policy to assign to the chosen systems. Then, click Assign Policy.

  4. You'll see the new policy go into effect for each system with an initial status of Active. Any issues encountered in the deployment process, such as failures to run the policy, will appear in the Status column.

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