Downloading patch payloads to the catalog

(Microsoft Windows and Solaris) If you choose not to download the payloads at the same time as the metadata, you can download them individually or you can use the following procedure to select a group of patches and initiate download of the payload for patches that already have metadata in the patch catalog.

Important

  • Use this procedure if the amount of data to download is significant and would impact performance. You can schedule the download in advance of deployment, during off-peak hours, to make more efficient use of maintenance windows.

  • NEW IN 23.2.01

     (Windows) When you initiate multiple patch download jobs by using the same patch catalog to download different patches, there is a possibility that the process might encounter failures. To address such scenarios a new BLASAdmin parameter, AllowMultipleDownloadJobsInCUJ is introduced in the Appserver module. To mitigate the potential issues associated with concurrent patch downloads, you can use this parameter as follows:

set PatchConfig AllowMultipleDownloadJobsInCUJ false 

The default value of this parameter is true. This signifies that, unless explicitly configured, the system will allow the concurrent download of multiple patches from the same patch catalog.

For more information, see the following sections:

To download selected patches to the catalog

  1. In the Depot folder, navigate to the patch catalog for which you want to download patches.
  2. Right-click the patch catalog and choose Download.

  3. Provide information for the New Patch Download Job as described in the following table:

    Panel

    Description

    New Patch Download Job - General

    New Patch Download Job - Download Options

    New Patch Download Job - Default Notifications

    New Patch Download Job - Schedules

To view download job results

After the patches are downloaded, you can view the results of the job run. The run date and time are displayed together with a final count of how many patches were successfully downloaded and how many failed to download. If you expand the results, individual patches are identified in Object View together with their final status.

After the patches are downloaded, you can right-click a Download Job and select Show Results.

Where to go from here

Performing-patch-analysis

 

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