Policies & Maintenance

Policies and maintenance settings define how Patch Management behaves over time, including which patches are considered in scope, when changes are allowed, and when they are explicitly prohibited.

This section explains how to align Patch Management with your organization’s change management and risk policies.

Baselines

Start here to define patch scope for operating systems, environments, or releases. Use this guide when deciding which updates are included, excluded, deferred, or approved for a patch job.

Maintenance Windows

Align patch execution with application, environment, and business timing requirements so jobs run only during approved windows.

Blackout Windows

Review considerations on periods when patching must not run, such as peak business events, regulatory freezes, or other change-restricted periods.

Reboot Policy

Decide when patched hosts should reboot, how reboot order is controlled, and how owners should handle no-reboot or custom-reboot scenarios.