A Patching Job checks the configuration of patches on specific servers according to filters defined as part of the job definition.
You can create an Include/Exclude list for specific patches through the Include-or-Exclude-Selection dialog box, to override the default of including the entire patch catalog in the analysis.
In addition, choose from one of the following options:
- Analyze for missing RPMs and updates available for installed RPMs on a target server (Install Mode)
Analyze only for updates available for installed RPMs on a target server (Update Mode)
Note
It is not recommended to choose Install Mode if you are including all errata or all RPMs from the catalog. Various conflicts and dependency issues between RPMs may occur, as install mode attempts to install RPMs for which the base versions or earlier versions are not present.
On SUSE Linux Enterprise version 10, Novell does not support moving from SP1 to SP3 in the Online mode. If you want to move from SP1 to SP3 using Online mode, you must move to the SP2 Online mode and install all required RPMs. After moving to SP2, you can use the SP3 Online mode to move to SP3. This procedure ensures that all dependent RPMs required by SP3 are installed on the system without causing any dependency issues. You can also move from SP1 to SP3 after using the SP3 Pool option, which takes care of all dependencies.
It is not required or recommended to include the default RPMs Patch Smart Group that is part of the catalog. If no includes are specified, the analysis will check for the missing patches for the target server OS version and platform. If the include list is specified, then there will be an explicit check for each rpm in the Smart Patch Group.