Display method
Use either of the following methods to display the patch list:
Select Windows OS patches, Linux OS patches, or Software patches from the management console.
Click the Windows OS Patches, Linux OS patches, or Software patches 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 Windows OS patches window, except for those patches that the infrastructure administrator has not approved on WSUS.
In the Linus OS patches window, the patches that have been registered with the yum repository server and have been defined as the management target are displayed. For software 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
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 |
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Windows patches |
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Linux patches |
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Software patches |
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The following table shows the items that are displayed in the patch list:
Display Item | Description |
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Checkboxes | Specifies the patch to be applied. |
Patch name | Displays the patch names. Clicking a patch name link displays the Patch Details window. |
Class | Displays the classification levels of the patches.
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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.)
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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. |
Item | Description |
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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. Displays in English. |
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. |
Item | Description |
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Checkboxes | Specifies the patch to be applied. |
Patch name | Displays the patch names. |
Class | Displays the classification levels of the patches.
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Importance | Displays the importance of each patch.
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Update type | For Fujitsu middleware, the update type of the patch is displayed.
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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 | The number of machines which were registered using swcfmg_fjmwpatch_update (Fujitsu middleware patch registration command) or swcfmg_patch_def (patch information management command), but to which software patches have not been applied is displayed. 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. |
The following operations can be performed from the patch list window.
Operation button | Description |
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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 Fujitsu middleware patch. To apply patches for software other than Fujitsu middleware, perform configuration modification. |
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.
