St. Bernard Software v7.01 Manual

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June19th,2006 UpdateEXPERTPremiumv7.01EvaluationGuide 23

ValidatingPatches

ValidationissupportedbytheUpdateEXPERTdatabase.Vali dationexaminesfileversion,size,

orchecksumvaluesinthedatabaseagainstindividualcomponent filesofeachinstalledpatchon

thetargetmachine.Ifamismatchonevenonecomponentfilefails,Validationforthatpatchfail s.

Therecommendationwouldgenerally betoreinstallthepatch,andtoinvestigateiftheuserhad

recentlyinstalled softwarethat mayhaveoverwrittena newerDLL (for example)with anolder

DLL.Selectyourmachine,rightclickand“Validate”.NotethatRequiredUpdatesandValidation

aresupportedforUnixtargets.

File > Agent > Settings > Validation allows configuring the depth of Validation. The default

setting“Versioninstalledisgreaterthanorequal”isrecommendedtominimizeoverhead.