Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager Operator's Guide

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 reference 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	Specifies the patch to be applied.
Patch ID	Displays the patch IDs. Clicking a patch ID link displays the Patch Details window.
Class	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	Displays the product name (operating system name) corresponding to each patch.
Patch type	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	Displays a title for each patch.
Release date	The date when the vendor (Microsoft) released the patch
Unapplied servers	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	Specifies the patch to be applied.
Package name	Displays the names of the RPM packages. Clicking a package name link displays the Patch Details window.
Version	Displays the versions of the packages.
Release	Displays the release numbers of the packages.
Architecture	Displays the architecture for each package.
Overview	Displays an overview of each package.
Release date	Displays the date when the package information was registered with Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager.
Unapplied servers	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	Specifies the patch to be applied.
Patch ID	Displays the patch IDs.
Class	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	Displays the importance of each patch. Recommended Important Security
Update type	Displays the update types of the patches. Urgent
Product name	Displays the product names.
OS	Displays the operating systems (platforms).
Update title	Displays the update titles of the patches.
Release date	Displays the release dates of the patches.
Unapplied servers	Displays the number of machines where the Fujitsu middleware patches registered using swcfmg_fjmwpatch_update (Fujitsu middleware patch registration command) have not been applied. 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	Output patch list information in CSV format. If the information displayed has been filtered, only the filtered information will be output.
Patch application	Displays the Patch Application wizard, enabling the user to configure patch distribution and patch application for a specified patch.

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	Displays the patch ID.
Product name	Displays the product name (operating system name) corresponding to the patch.
Overview	Displays the patch overview (or for Windows, the title).
Patch type	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	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	Displays the date when the vendor (Microsoft) released the patch.
Details	Displays a detailed description of the patch that is provided by the vendor.
Update ID	Displays the Update ID.

Table 3.11 Linux patches

Item	Description
Package name	Displays the name of the package.
Version	Displays the version of the package.
Release	Displays the release number of the package.
Architecture	Displays the architecture for each package.
Release date	Displays the date when the package information was registered with Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager.
Overview	Displays an overview of the package.
Details	Displays a detailed description of the patch that is provided by the vendor.

Table 3.12 Fujitsu middleware patches

Item	Description
Patch ID	Displays the patch ID.
Class	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	Displays the importance of the patch. Recommended Important Security
Update type	Displays the update types of the patch. Urgent
Product name	Displays the product name.
OS	Displays the operating system (platform).
Release date	Displays the release date of the patch.
Update title	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	Displays the server names.
L-Platform name	Displays the L-Platform names.
Tenant name	Displays the tenant names.
OS	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	Displays the Patch Application wizard, enabling the user to configure patch distribution and patch application for a specified patch.
Close	Closes the window.