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 |
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Patch Repository Summary Lists all the patches for a selected catalog. | Column applicable for all objects: PATCH NAME
Columns applicable only for the Windows Bulletin object:
Columns applicable only for the AIX Container object: UPDATE TYPE
Columns applicable only for the Oracle Solaris Patch and Solaris Cluster objects:
Columns applicable only for the RPM and Errata objects: DATE | None |
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Patch Summary By Server Provides a summarized view of the missing patch count for a policy on a server over a selected time interval. |
| Missing Patch Count: Drill-through on this column takes you to the Missing Patch Summary report. |
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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. |
| Scanned Server Count: Drill-through on this column takes you to the Patch Summary By Server report. |
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Missing Patch Summary Shows the number of servers on which a patch is missing for a policy over a selected time interval. |
| Missing Server Count: Drill-through on this column takes you to the Patch Summary By Server report. |
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Patch Analysis Trend By Policy Shows the following weekly trends for a selected policy:
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| None |
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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. |
| Missing Patch Count: Drill-through on this column takes you to the Missing Patch Details report. |
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Missing Patch Details Shows a detailed view of the missing patches on a server over a selected time interval. |
| None |
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