How to find patches with dual Approval status

We test the updates in the IT department before we roll them out to the
other departments. We have Computer groups, with IT computers in the IT
group and office computers in the Office group.

After we have detected that new updates are available, we approve the
updates for the IT group. When we are happy that the patches are ok, how can
I differentiate the updates with the dual approval status? They all say
Install. I just want to change the approval status of the updates with the
dual status.

Do I have to select each installed update (starting with the most current)
and check its status? Or do I just select all updates in Install status and
then change the All Computers group to Install?

I would like to know how I just select the updates with the dual install
status so I can update so All Computers will get the new patches.

Thanks

Nathan

 

What I do is look and the Needed updates on the Office group computers
then change the status for those that are needed. You might miss
updates that were needed in the IT group but are not needed in the
office group. But then does it matter since they are not needed
anyway.

I usually find that approving the needed updates on a few of the
office group PCs is all I need as mostly they are the same for all.
Sometimes I miss one if there is just a single PC that needs an update
but next day (or 2 later) it shows up as the needing updates in a very
short list and I can check each.

 

Hi Dave,

So you have to do each update individually that comes up as needed.

If that's the way to do then that is the way to do it.

Thanks

Nathan

 

Yea, you can select lots in the Updates view and set them all but only
one at a time in the Reports/Computes/Needed view. Trouble is it is
very hard to know which to select in the Updates view. Much easier one
at a time for 8 or so monthly updates.