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Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager Operator's Guide
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3.1.2 List of New Patches

Display method

  1. Click on the links in the Summary view window for Patch management.

    The List of New Patches window will be displayed.

Operation method

List of new patches

The list of new patches will be displayed in the top section of the window.

Table 3.4 Windows patches

Item

Description

Patch ID

This column displays the patch IDs.

Clicking a patch ID link displays the Patch Details window.

Class

This column displays the classification levels of the patches.

  • Required: Patches that are specified as "Required" in the patch management policy settings

  • Recommended: Patches that are specified as "Recommended" in the patch management policy settings

Product name

This column displays the product name (operating system name) corresponding to each patch.

Patch type

This column displays the patch types. (This indicates the classification of updates, which represents the WSUS update program type.)

  • Security Updates

  • Critical Updates

  • Feature Packs

  • Service Packs

  • Tools

  • Drivers

  • Updates

  • Update Rollups

  • Definition Updates

Overview

This column displays an overview (or title) of each patch.

Release date

This column displays the date when the vendor (Microsoft) released the patch.

Table 3.5 Linux patches

Item

Description

Package name

This column displays the names of the RPM packages.

Clicking a package name link displays the Patch Details window.

Version

This column displays the versions of the packages.

Release

This column displays the release numbers of the packages.

Architecture

This column displays the architecture for each package.

Overview

This column displays an overview of each package.

Release date

This column displays the date when the package information was registered with Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager.

Table 3.6 Fujitsu middleware patches

Item

Description

Patch ID

This column displays the patch IDs.

Class

This column displays the classification levels of the patches.

  • Required: Patches that are specified as "Required" in the operation policy settings

  • Recommended: Patches that are specified as "Recommended" in the operation policy settings

Importance

This column displays the importance of each patch.

  • Recommended

  • Important

  • Security

Update type

This column displays the update types of the patches.

  • Urgent

Product name

This column displays the product names.

OS

This column displays the operating systems (platforms).

Release date

This column displays the release dates of the patches.


List of servers with unapplied patches

When a patch is selected from the list of new patches in the top section of the window, a list of the servers where that patch has not been applied are displayed in the bottom section.

Item

Description

Server name

This column displays the server names.

Clicking a server name link displays the Server Details window.

L-Platform name

This column displays the L-Platform names.

Tenant name

This column displays the tenant names.

OS

This column displays the operating system names.


Operation buttons

The following operations can be performed from the List of Servers with Unapplied Patches window.

Operation button

Description

Patch application wizard

This button opens the Patch Application Wizard, which allows the user to distribute and apply patches by first selecting patches.

Close

This button closes the window.