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Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager Operator's Guide
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3.2.1 Patch List

Display method

  1. Use either of the following methods to display the patch list:

    1. Select Patch management from the menu in the management console.

    2. Click the Patch management link in the Home window.

Patch lists for Windows operating systems, Linux operating systems and Fujitsu middleware can be displayed by selecting each tab.

All of the patches obtained from WSUS are displayed in the list of Windows patches, except for those patches that the infrastructure administrator has not approved on WSUS.

For Linux patches, the patches that have been registered with the yum repository server and have been defined as the management target are displayed. For Fujitsu middleware patches, the patches that have been registered with Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager are displayed.

The number of servers to which each patch has not been applied can also be displayed.

Users with all roles can look up information about all patches. However, if a tenant administrator or tenant user logs in, the results displayed for the number of servers with unapplied patches will be filtered by the tenants or the range of servers that the tenant administrator or tenant user manages.

Operation method

Filter search

Specify the conditions for filtering the information in the patch list. The filter conditions shown below can be specified for each patch type. Multiple filter conditions can be specified.

Patch type

Filter conditions

Windows patch list

  • Patch ID

  • Class

  • Product name

  • Patch type

  • Overview

  • Release date

  • Applied to all

Linux patch list

  • Package name

  • Version

  • Release

  • Architecture

  • Overview

  • Release date

  • Applied to all

Fujitsu middleware patch list

  • Patch ID

  • Class

  • Importance

  • Update type

  • Product name

  • OS

  • Update title

  • Applied to all

  • Release date


Display items

The following table shows the items that are displayed in the patch list:

Table 3.7 Windows patch list

Display item

Description

Checkboxes

Selecting a checkbox specifies the patch to be applied.

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 operation policy settings

  • Recommended: Patches that are specified as "Recommended" in the operation 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 a title for each patch.

Release date

The date when the vendor (Microsoft) released the patch

Unapplied servers

This column displays the number of machines where the patch has not been applied.

The number of servers without patches that the infrastructure administrator has not approved on WSUS is not counted. Also, the total number of machines displayed here is only for the machines within the range that can be looked up by the login user.

Table 3.8 Linux patch list

Item

Description

Checkboxes

Selecting a checkbox specifies the patch to be applied.

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.

Unapplied servers

This column displays the number of machines where the patch has not been applied.

The number of servers with unapplied patches is not counted if these patches have been registered with the yum repository server but have not been defined as the Linux patch management target. Also, the total number of machines displayed here is only for the machines within the range that can be looked up by the login user.

Table 3.9 Fujitsu middleware patch list

Item

Description

Checkboxes

Selecting a checkbox specifies the patch to be applied.

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).

Update title

This column displays the update titles of the patches.

Release date

This column displays the release dates of the patches.

Unapplied servers

This column displays the number of machines where the patches distributed by Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager have not been applied.

Servers are not counted as the servers with unapplied patches unless the patches have been distributed by Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager. Also, the total number of machines displayed here is only for the machines within the range that can be looked up by the login user.


Operation buttons

The following operations can be performed from the patch list window.

Operation button

Description

Download CSV file

This button is used to output patch list information in CSV format. If the information displayed has been filtered, only the filtered information will be output.

Patch application wizard

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


Note

Patches with prerequisite patches

For Windows patches, if a patch has a prerequisite patch and neither the patch nor the prerequisite patch have been applied to a business server, the business server may not be counted as a server with unapplied patches, even though it has the same environment (the same operating system) as other business servers.

This is because when the patch is released by WSUS it is managed as an "applicable" patch but when a "check for update programs" operation is performed on the business server the patch will be managed as "not applicable" if the prerequisite patch has not been applied.

Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager does not handle "not applicable" patches as unapplied patches when counting the number of servers with unapplied patches.

3.2.1.1 Patch Details

Display method

  1. Use either of the following methods to display the patch details:

    1. Click a patch ID link in the patch list window.

    2. Click a patch ID link in each window.

The Patch Details window will be displayed.

The Patch Details window shows a description of the patch, and the patch application status.

Operation method

Detailed information about the patch

Detailed information about the patch is displayed in the top section of the window.

The following table shows the items that are displayed in the patch list:

Table 3.10 Windows patches

Item

Description

Patch ID

This item displays the patch ID.

Product name

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

Overview

This item displays the patch overview (or for Windows, the title).

Patch type

This item displays the patch type. (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

Class

This item displays the classification level of the patch.

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

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

Release date

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

Details

This item displays a detailed description of the patch that is provided by the vendor.

Table 3.11 Linux patches

Item

Description

Package name

This item displays the name of the package.

Version

This item displays the version of the package.

Release

This item displays the release number of the package.

Architecture

This item displays the architecture for each package.

Release date

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

Overview

This item displays an overview of the package.

Details

This item displays a detailed description of the patch that is provided by the vendor.

Table 3.12 Fujitsu middleware patches

Item

Description

Patch ID

This item displays the patch ID.

Class

This item displays the classification level of the patch.

  • 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 item displays the importance of the patch.

  • Recommended

  • Important

  • Security

Update type

This item displays the update types of the patch.

  • Urgent

Product name

This item displays the product name.

OS

This item displays the operating system (platform).

Release date

This item displays the release date of the patch.

Update title

This item displays the update title of the patch.


Information about patch application

The bottom section of the window displays a list of the servers where the patch has not been applied and a list of the servers where the patch has been applied.

Clicking an Unapplied link displays a list of servers with unapplied patches.

Clicking an Updated link displays a list of servers with applied patches.

Item

Description

Server name

This column displays the server names.

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.