Use the Extended Properties page in the System Center Updates Publisher Create Update Wizard or the Modify Update Wizard to configure extended property information about the software update definition.
This page contains the following elements:
- Article ID
- Specifies the ID for the article that contains more information about the software update. This is an optional field.
- CVE ID
- Specifies the Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) identification number that provides security information about the software update. This is an optional field.
- Severity
- Specifies the severity for the software update. This is a required field for software updates with a Security Updates category type and it is optional for all other software updates. The following values are available from the drop-down menu: None, Critical, Important, Moderate, and Low.
- Support URL
- Specifies the URL where support information for the software update is available. This is an optional field.
- More Info URL
- Specifies the URL where more information for the software update is available. This is a required field.
- Impact
- Specifies the impact for software update installation. This is
an optional field. The following values are available from the
drop-down menu:
- Normal: Specifies that the software
update requires typical installation procedures. This is the
default value.
- Minor: Specifies that the software
update requires minimal installation procedures.
- Require Exclusive Handling: Specifies
that the software update must be installed exclusively from any
other updates.
- Normal: Specifies that the software
update requires typical installation procedures. This is the
default value.
- Reboot Behavior
- Specifies the reboot behavior for the computer after installing
the software update. This is a required field, but a default value
is automatically populated. The following values are available from
the drop-down menu:
- Never reboots: Indicates that the
computer never performs a system restart after installing the
software update.
- Always requires reboot: Indicates that
the computer always performs a system restart after installing the
software update.
- Can request reboot: Indicates that the
computer requests a system restart, only if necessary, after
installing the software update. The user has the option to postpone
the restart by answering No to the restart request. This is
the default value.
- Never reboots: Indicates that the
computer never performs a system restart after installing the
software update.
- Previous
- Displays the previous page of the wizard.
- Next
- Displays the next page of the wizard.
- Finish
- Displays the Summary page of the wizard.
- Cancel
- Discards the settings and exits the wizard.