Patch Vendor Site Access

If the TrueSight Server Automation Patching functionality is used, then outbound internet access is required from the system initiating the download, as indicated below for online catalogs, or the system running the offline patch downloader for offline catalogs, depending on which method is used.

Note

As of July 2017, RedHat is removing the XML-RPC interface to their download site and all downloads will require use of their CDN and the reposync tool. Prior to that date, RHEL version 6 and earlier are available via both the CDN and XML-RPC interface. RHEL 7 is only available via the CDN interface. TrueSight Server Automation 8.9 already supports using the CDN for all RedHat versions in online catalogs and the offline downloader. For other supported TrueSight Server Automation versions, BMC will supply an update to allow this functionality.

OS

Site(s)

Online download initiated from

AIX Fixget

Important: IBM no longer supports fixget for AIX version 6.x and later. Therefore, TrueSight Sever Automation does not support fixget for downloading patch catalogs for AIX version 6.x and later.

Application Server

AIX SUMA

  • Check with IBM for SUMA requirements. You can verify the connectivity to the Fix Central server by using the following command
/usr/esa/bin/verifyConnectivity -tw

For more information, see this in the IBM documentation.

AIX Helper

Fujitsu Solaris

Application Server

HP-UX

HPUX Helper

Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)

Application Server

Oracle Solaris 11

  • Dependent on the configured IPS repository

Solaris 11 Helper

Oracle Solaris 8,9,10

Application Server

RedHat CDN.

RedHat Helper

SuSE Linux 11, 12, 15

SuSE Helper Server (SMT)

Windows

Application Server

Ubuntu

Application Server

CentOS NEW IN 20.02.01

Application Server

 

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