Display method
Log in to the management console.
Use either of the following methods to display the Summary window:
Select Patches from the menu in the management console.
Click the Patches link in the Home window.
Operation method
The number of servers indicates the number of servers with unapplied patches.
OS patches and Software patches in the Windows servers tab
Number of servers where required patches have not been applied
Number of servers where recommended patches have not been applied
OS patches in the Linux servers tab
Number of servers with unapplied patches
For Windows patches and software patches, the number of servers with unapplied patches is counted separately for "Required" patches and "Recommended" patches.
For Linux patches, the number of servers with unapplied patches is counted.
If an infrastructure administrator logs in, the total number of applicable servers collected from all managed servers will be displayed. If a tenant administrator or tenant user logs in, the results will be filtered so that only the number of applicable servers collected from the tenancies or servers managed by the tenant administrator or tenant user will be displayed.
If an infrastructure administrator logs in, the results displayed can also be filtered by tenants.
The List of Servers with Unapplied Patches window is displayed when the OS patches or Software patches link or the link for each number (of servers with unapplied patches) is clicked.
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.
Note
Conditions under which servers are counted as servers with unapplied patches
The conditions under which servers are counted as servers with unapplied patches differ with Windows patches, Linux patches, and software patches. These conditions are explained separately below:
Number of servers with unapplied Windows patches
The number of servers with unapplied Windows patches is the number of servers where the patches authorized by WSUS have not been applied.
Number of servers with unapplied Linux patches
The number of servers with unapplied Linux patches is the number of servers where the patches registered with the yum repository server and have been defined as the management target have not been applied.
Number of unapplied software patches
The number of unapplied software patches is the number of patches which were registered using swcfmg_fjmwpatch_update (Fujitsu middleware patch registration command) or swcfmg_patch_def (patch information management command), but which have not been applied. Patches for software other than Fujitsu middleware with no value set for "importance" are not counted in the number of unapplied patches.
OS patches in the Windows patches tab
Number of new required patches
Number of new recommended patches
The patches that have been newly released by the operating system vendor during the Period displayed are output as the number of new patches. The Period is the last one month, counting backwards from the day when the user logged in.
Software patches
Number of new required patches
Number of new recommended patches
The patches that have been registered with Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager during the Period displayed are output as the number of new patches. The Period is the last one month, counting backwards from the day when the user logged in.
OS patches in the Linux patches tab
Number of new patches
The RPM packages that have been defined as the management target for Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager and registered with yum during the Period displayed are output as the number of new patches. The Period is the last one month, counting backwards from the day when the user logged in.
The List of New Patches window is displayed when the OS patches, Software patches, or the link for each number of new patches is clicked.
Note
Conditions under which patches are counted as new patches
Patches for software other than Fujitsu middleware with no value sets for "importance" or "release date" are not counted as new patches.
