Technical bulletin: Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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TrueSight Server Automation 22.2 is supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for the following features: 

  • RSCD Agent
  • Audit
  • Snapshot
  • Deploy
  • Compliance
  • Patching (Online mode only)


Prerequisites for the RSCD Agent

Before installing the RSCD Agent on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, ensure that the following packages are installed:

  • chkconfig
  • libxcrypt-compat


Prerequisites for patching

Important

  • When creating a patch catalog, you can use the By Errata Type and By Errata Advisory options to filter the information. The Patch Catalog job fails if you choose the By Update Level option.
  • Offline mode is not supported for patching.

To support patching on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, you need to manually update the filters file.

  1. From the TrueSight Server Automation Console, select Configuration > Patch Global Configuration.
  2. Select the Red Hat tab.
  3. Click Download.pngto download the default Red Hat Channel Filters List file.
  4. Enter a name for the file and click Save.
  5. Open the downloaded file with an XML editor. 

  6. Append the following contents to the file:

    <redhat-channel is-parent="true"  use-reposync="true">
                                 <channel-name>Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 9 for 64-bit x86_64)</channel-name>
                                 <channel-label>rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms</channel-label>
                                 <channel-os>RHES9</channel-os>
                                 <channel-arch>x86_64</channel-arch>
                                 <channel-url>https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/baseos/os</channel-url>
                  </redhat-channel>
                  <redhat-channel  use-reposync="true">
                                 <channel-name>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)</channel-name>
                                 <channel-label>rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms</channel-label>
                                 <channel-os>RHES9</channel-os>
                                 <channel-arch>x86_64</channel-arch>
                                 <channel-url>https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/os</channel-url>
                  </redhat-channel>
                  <redhat-channel  use-reposync="true">
                                 <channel-name>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - High Availability (RPMs)</channel-name>
                                 <channel-label>rhel-9-for-x86_64-highavailability-rpms</channel-label>
                                 <channel-os>RHES9</channel-os>
                                 <channel-arch>x86_64</channel-arch>
                                 <channel-url>https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/highavailability/os</channel-url>
                  </redhat-channel>
                  <redhat-channel  use-reposync="true">
                                 <channel-name>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - Resilient Storage (RPMs)</channel-name>
                                 <channel-label>rhel-9-for-x86_64-resilientstorage-rpms</channel-label>
                                 <channel-os>RHES9</channel-os>
                                 <channel-arch>x86_64</channel-arch>
                                 <channel-url>https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/resilientstorage/os</channel-url>
                  </redhat-channel>
                  <redhat-channel  use-reposync="true">
                                 <channel-name>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - Supplementary - Extended Update Support (RPMs)</channel-name>
                                 <channel-label>rhel-9-for-x86_64-supplementary-eus-rpms</channel-label>
                                 <channel-os>RHES9</channel-os>
                                 <channel-arch>x86_64</channel-arch>
                                 <channel-url>https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel9/9/x86_64/supplementary/os</channel-url>
                  </redhat-channel>
                  <redhat-channel  use-reposync="true">
                                 <channel-name>Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for RHEL 9 x86_64 - Extended Update Support (RPMs)</channel-name>
                                 <channel-label>codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-x86_64-eus-rpms</channel-label>
                                 <channel-os>RHES9</channel-os>
                                 <channel-arch>x86_64</channel-arch>
                                 <channel-url>https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel9/9/x86_64/codeready-builder/os</channel-url>
                  </redhat-channel>

  7. Save the file.
  8. Click and browse to the saved file. 
  9. Click Apply.

 

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