Approve updates

Introduction

The following is a description of how to approve updates and change their status. Updates can hold one of 4 different statuses: approved for installation, approved for removal, not approved, and declined. For further information about the different statuses, Updates.

Step	Action
1	Go to the folder containing the update you want to approve/decline.
2	Find the update you want to approve/decline.
3	Right-click on the update to display one of the following menus:
4	Click on the appropriate approve/decline type. In this example, it is Approve for install.
5	Enter the change description in the field for Approve for install, Approve for removal, Not approve or Decline. Click OK.
6	In the update approval status, you can see the progress

	Tip! To learn more about the flow of Patch Management, All updates.

If you want to…	You can…
Approve Update from All Updates	Approve from All updates
Automatically install updates	Approval rules
Learn more about classifications	Classifications.
Learn more about categories	Categories.