Question: Does Patch Management require that the Altiris Software Management Solution Agent/plug-in or any other plug-ins to be present on client machines in order for the Altiris Software Update Agent/plug-in to function properly?

Answer: No. Patch Management only requires that Altiris Software Update Agent and the core Symantec Management Agent components be present which consist of: 

• Altiris Base Task Handlers
• Altiris Client Task Agent
• Inventory Rule Agent
• Software Management Framework Agent
• Symantec Management Agent