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Patch reports help you understand how well servers in the data center conform to vendor recommendations and can be used to track patch policy compliance over time. Summary reports show data for installed and missing patches, such as number of patches installed, number of patches missing, and number of servers audited. Details reports show data for missing patches. 

To collect data in Patch reports, you need to set up and run the Patching Jobs in BMC Server Automation. For more information, see Setting up data collection for Patch reports.

The following table summarizes the built-in Patch reports. For information about running these reports, see Running built-in reports.

Built-in Patch reports

Report/Description

Fields

Drill-through fields

Prompts

Patch Repository Summary

Lists all the patches for a selected catalog.

Column applicable for all objects: PATCH NAME
Columns applicable only for the Windows Hotfix object:

  • IMPACT
  • CVE ID
  • Date
  • Vendor ID
  • KBURL

Columns applicable only for the Windows Bulletin object: 

  • IMPACT
  • DATE 

Columns applicable only for the AIX Container object: UPDATE TYPE

Columns applicable only for the AIX Fileset object:

  • DOWNLOAD URL
  • IS REBOOT

Columns applicable only for the Oracle Solaris Patch and Solaris Cluster objects:

  • OS
  • DATE 

Columns applicable only for the RPM and Errata objects: DATE

None

  • Site Name
  • Catalog Name
  • Object Type

Patch Summary By Server

Provides a summarized view of the missing patch count for a policy on a server over a selected time interval.

  • Server Name
  • Policy Name
  • Job Run Start Time
  • Installed Patch Count
  • Missing Patch Count
  • Total Patch Count
  • % Patch Compliance

Missing Patch Count: Drill-through on this column takes you to the Missing Patch Summary report.

  • Date Range
  • Show only latest run data
  • OS Name
  • Server Name

Patch Analysis Policy Summary

Provides job run information, such as the number of servers on which a Patching job was run and number of servers scanned for a Patching Job.

  • Policy Name
  • Job Run Start Time
  • Servers Attempted Count
  • Scanned Server Count
  • Not Scanned Server
  • Count

Scanned Server Count: Drill-through on this column takes you to the Patch Summary By Server report.

  • Date Range
  • Show only latest run data
  • Policy Name

Missing Patch Summary

Shows the number of servers on which a patch is missing for a policy over a selected time interval.

  • Patch Catalog Name
  • Policy Name
  • Job Run Start Time
  • Patch Name
  • Missing Server Count

Missing Server Count: Drill-through on this column takes you to the Patch Summary By Server report.

  • Date Range
  • Show only latest run data
  • OS Name
  • Patch Catalog Group
  • Patch Catalog Name
  • Policy Name
  • Patch Name

Patch Analysis Trend By Policy

Shows the following weekly trends for a selected policy:

  • Number of servers on which a job was run for the policy, number of scanned servers, and number of servers that were not scanned 
  • Installed and missing patches
  • Policy Name
  • Servers Attempted Count
  • Scanned Server Count
  • Not Scanned Server Count
  • Installed Patch Count
  • Missing Patch Count

None

  • Date Range
  • Policy Name

Patch Trend By Server

Provides a graphical and tabular view of the count of installed and missing patches against a patch analysis policy over a selected time interval.

  • Job Run Start Time
  • Patch Analysis Policy
  • Installed Patch Count
  • Missing Patch Count

Missing Patch Count: Drill-through on this column takes you to the Missing Patch Details report.

  • Date Range
  • OS Name
  • Server
  • Policy Name

Missing Patch Details

Shows a detailed view of the missing patches on a server over a selected time interval.

  • Columns applicable for all the available platforms:
    Policy Name, Job Run Start Time, Missing Patch Name
  • Columns applicable only for Microsoft Windows platforms:
    Vendor Name, KB URL, Q Number, Bulletin Title, Superseded By, Is Obsolete Bulletin, Date Posted, Product Name, Language, Impact, Impact Description, Hotfix Size, Is Custom Install 
  • Columns applicable only for Linux platforms:
    Errata Advisory, Errata Synopsis, Errata Issue Date, Errata Type, Errata Topic, Errata Severity, Errata Supported OS Architecture 
  • Columns applicable only for Solaris platforms:
    OS Architecture, Patch Count, Payload Size, Release Date, Is Recommended, Is Security, Single User Mode, Reboot Mode, Is Obsolete, Is Global Zone, Is Non Global Zone

None

  • Date Range
  • Show only latest run data
  • OS Name
  • Server Name
  • Policy Name