Patch Management is being moved out of the VSA 6.3 core installation and will be created via a separate Patch Management add-on module. Making Patch Management 2.0 a separate add-on enables us to modify Patch Management and deploy future functionality separate from core version releases of the VSA. Patch Management 2.0 is applicable to VSA versions 6.3 forward. Other modules of functionality will be created as add-ons; currently targeting Monitoring and Quickview as subsequent add-ons.
The Patch Management 2.0 add on will be a required add-on when Kinstall is run. Kinstall will not proceed unless the Patch Management 2.0 add-on module is selected. There is no new functionality with Patch Management 2.0 outside of making Patch Management an add-on. Patch Management 2.0 is simply moved out of the core VSA installation.
To receive Patch Management hotfixes, you must upgrade your 6.3 VSA to the Patch Management 2.0 add-on via Kinstall. Patch hotfixes will no longer be posted for core VSA 6.3.
The next version of Patch will contain Mac patch management and utilization of WSUS file store as we discussed at Kaseya Connect. When that version is ready, it will be installed using Kinstall and selecting to upgrade the Patch Management 2.0 module.
Patch Management Team