Security Compliance

Configure the Patch Manager email settings

This article describes how to configure your Patch Manager email settings.

First published date

10/26/2018 8:36 PM

Last published date

3/10/2022 5:26 AM

Overview

This article describes how to configure the email settings in the Patch Manager Admin Console. 

To configure the email settings, configure the SMTP settings on the Patch Manager server. 

Product section

Patch Manager

Resolution

The following procedure does not configure Task Notification Emails. These are configuration under the Application Server Settings. See Notification emails are not received after an update for more information.  Patch Manager has email settings in two different locations. both must be configured for emails to work. 

First Configuration 

  1. Log in to Patch Manager.
  2. In the Patch Manager menu, expand Patch Manager System Configuration > Patch Manager Servers and select Application Servers.
  3. Select the Patch Manager server in the center pane, and then click the Application Server Settings tab.
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  5. Select an Email Configuration category setting and then click Modify Setting in the Actions pane.
  6. Verify the email address in the Sender-email address window, and click OK. 
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Second Configuration
  1. In the left panel click on Administration and Reporting 
  2. Click on General Settings
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  4. Set the Console Email Settings image.png
  5. Click Ok
  6. Test if you can receive email now. *Make sure all the configurations are correct*