Patch Management Feature Dependencies

Learn more about dependencies for certain Patch Management features and functionalities.

•  MacOS Deployment Messages for Mac Jobs
• The Run Script Pre-Action and Post-Action Support for Mac jobs
• Save User Credentials for Mac ARM OS updates

MacOS deployment Messages for Mac Jobs

The MacOS deployment messages are compatible with Mac agent binary version 4.30.0 and later for Intel and 4.40.0 and later for ARM. Users with the Patch Manager and the Patch User roles can then configure the MacOS deployment messages during the Mac Job creation.

The Run Script Pre-Action and Post-Action Support for Mac jobs

You can now add a Run Script pre-action and post-action to Mac Jobs. Using the Run Script, you to use a custom script to execute actions. The MAC agent 5.2.0-xx[Intel] and 5.3.0-xx[ARM] is the prerequisite for this pre-action and post-action support. 

For more information, see About Pre-Actions and Post-Actions.

Save User Credentials for Mac ARM OS updates 

When the Mac ARM OS update is pushed to the user's machine, a message will be shown about entering credentials to start with the OS update. 

The Save User Credentials checkbox is selected by default. For more information, see Creating Patch Job for Mac Assets

The expected behavior of saving user credentials for Mac ARM OS updates will work only if you have the Agent binary version 5.5.0.x or later.