Manage OS and patching lifecycles with a repeatable process.
Use OS catalogs and deployment plans to select approved images, validate readiness, schedule upgrades or downgrades, and review execution results on supported devices.
WHY IT MATTERS
The upgrade process needs to be ready before the next urgent patch.
Delaying a software update can leave the enterprise exposed. Rushing one without a repeatable process can interrupt services. OS Manager gives teams built-in lifecycle constructs for firmware and operating-system management, so every patching priority does not become a new scripting project.
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What OS Manager provides
Select approved images
Use the optional OS Catalog to associate approved images with device SKUs. Build OS Plans for discovered, managed devices.
Validate and execute upgrade paths
Use platform-specific upgrade paths including In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU), multi-step upgrades, and controller-based deployment. Availability and sequence depend on the target platform, image, and installed package.
Distribute the image service
Deploy Gluware File Server instances across the enterprise network to place image delivery closer to target devices and improve transfer performance.
Review results and recover
Review failed targets and execution logs, then use the supported rollback or downgrade path to return to the prior image when available. Rollback behavior and prerequisites depend on the device and upgrade type; a new OS Plan can retry failed targets.
THE BUSINESS value
Operate with higher continuity and security.
Repeatable software management supports faster operational and security response while protecting continuity. Teams can measure progress through policy coverage, completed upgrades, and time to verified remediation instead of counting scripts written.
PART OF THE FULL STACK
Explore related Gluware components.
OS Manager owns software image selection and deployment plans; distributed File Server instances provide image delivery. Device Manager supplies inventory and management state. CME (Config Model Editor) owns separate CLI/API state assessments. Network RPA can invoke assessment tasks around OS operations and coordinate approvals, records, and operation-specific recovery paths.
Functional lifecycle components
Device Manager
Discover and inventory devices, inspect configuration and software state, and maintain the fleet information that network automation depends on.
Orchestration & integrations
Network RPA
Build and run visual processes that connect Gluware applications, external systems, operational logic, scheduling, and traceable tasks.
Business outcome solutions
Titan Exposure Remediation
The remediation component of Titan Exposure Management can orchestrate supported patches or compensating controls with approvals, validation, and outcome verification.
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PLATFORM CAPABILITIES
Vendor and OS coverage
Examples include Cisco IOS/IOS XE, IOS XR, NX-OS, ASA, SD-WAN and wireless controllers; Arista EOS; Juniper Junos; HPE ArubaOS-CX; Extreme EXOS; and Palo Alto PAN-OS. Check Point Gaia has transfer-only support. Upgrade and recovery paths vary.
network automation CAPABILITIES THIS COMPONENT SUPPORTS
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Device & OS lifecycle management
Connect discovered inventory, device advisories, image selection, deployment plans, and operational checks.
Network exposure management
Bring device advisories, contextual CVE assessment, and supported remediation into a governed network process.
NIST & Cisco CVE/PSIRT integrations
Associate Cisco PSIRT advisories and NIST/NVD CVE information with discovered devices and software.
OS management & patching
Plan, validate, schedule, and review supported network software upgrades, downgrades, and patching operations.