Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager uses the following kind of flow to manage patches and software configurations for servers.
Download patches
This step involves downloading patches for the operating system and Fujitsu middleware from the vendor's website and the UpdateSite respectively.
Patches for Windows operating systems are downloaded using Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
Patches for Linux operating systems are downloaded and registered with Yellowdog Updater Modified (yum) repository servers by the infrastructure administrator.
Patches for Fujitsu middleware are downloaded and registered with Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager by the infrastructure administrator.
Distribute and apply patches
This step involves distributing and applying patches to business servers based on an instruction from the tenant user.
Patches for Windows operating systems are distributed and applied by linking to Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) based on a Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager operation.
Patches for Linux operating systems are distributed and applied by linking to Yellowdog Updater Modified (yum) based on a Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager operation.
Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager can also be used to distribute patches for Fujitsu middleware and apply these patches by registering scripts.
Perform discovery
This step involves periodically and automatically collecting the patch application status and software configuration information for business servers from linkage servers, business servers and ServerView Resource Orchestrator, and then storing this information in the configuration management database (CMDB).
Monitor patch application and manage software configuration information
This step involves checking the patch application status information that is discovered from linkage servers and business servers.
Infrastructure administrators and dual-role administrators can check the patch application status and software configuration information for all the servers in the data center by logging in to the management console for Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager.
Tenant administrators can check information for all the servers relating to their tenants, whereas tenant users can check information for the servers that they manage themselves.
Figure 1.1 Overview of Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager
The explanations of this product assume that the roles of the people using this product can be classified as follows:
Infrastructure administrators set up and maintain Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager.
Infrastructure administrators define policies for managing Windows patches, release the patches obtained from Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and determine classification levels.
Infrastructure administrators obtain Linux patches and register them with Yellowdog Updater Modified (yum) repository servers.
Infrastructure administrators obtain patches for Fujitsu middleware and register them with Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager.
Infrastructure administrators can use the management console to look up patch application status and software configuration information for all the servers in the center.
Dual-role administrators act as both an infrastructure administrator and a tenant administrator.
Tenant administrators can use the management console to look up patch application status and software configuration information for their tenant's servers.
Tenant administrators use the management console to apply patches to their tenant's servers.
Tenant users use the management console to apply patches to the servers that they manage.
Tenant users can use the management console to look up patch application status and software configuration information for the servers that they manage.
