Patching Job - Analysis Options for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise
A Patching Job checks the configuration of patches on specific servers according to filters defined as part of the job definition.
On the Basic Options tab, you can perform the following actions:
(Additional step for SuSE Patching only) Select whether you want to perform patching using the Zypper or yum tool.
- Choose one of the following options:
Install Mode - Analyze for missing RPMs and updates available for installed RPMs on a target server
- Update Mode - Analyze only for updates available for installed RPMs on a target server
(Additional option for Red Hat Enterprise Linux) Security Mode - Analyze for security updates available for installed RPMs on target server. Select from one of the following options:
- Update: Analyze all available security updates. This option analyzes the last version available of any package with at least one security errata, thus can analyze non-security erratas if they provide a more updated version of the package.
- Update-minimal: Analyzes the packages that have a security errata use.
(Additional option for SuSE if you are patching with Zypper) Dist-Upgrade Mode - Analyze only for distribution upgrade or service pack upgrade.
Create an Include/Exclude list for specific patches through the Include-or-Exclude-Selection dialog box to override the default, which includes the entire Patch catalog in the analysis.
(only for 8.9 SP1 and later releases) For more information about Include/Exclude list optimizations in Red Hat patch analysis using the By Complete Package Name and By Package Name only options, click the following link:
On the yum.conf tab, perform either of the following actions:
- Select the Use Patch Global Configuration File check box if you want to use a yum.conf file with default settings provided with TrueSight Server Automation.
Or
Deselect the Use Patch Global Configuration File check box if you want to use a custom yum.conf file. You can customize the yum.conf file to configure the different patch analysis and deployment parameters. Your desired entries should be added in the text box provided.
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