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8. (Optional) If you selected Obtain patches from an Alternate Location, you must provide the path and
connection information to copy the patches from the alternate location machine to the target managed
machines.
a. (Optional) If necessary, change the path where the patches reside.
VCM populates this path from the previous screen to match it to the patching repository file
structure.
b. Select the protocol used to copy patches from the alternate location machine to the target managed
machines.
This read operation uses HTTPS, HTTP, FTP, NFS, or File, a premounted file system.
c. Select the port that the selected protocol uses to copy the patches.
d. To require credentials to copy the patches, type the user name and password and click Finish.
What to do next
Configure the machine group mapping for VCMto use to patch the target managed machines. See
"Configure the Machine Group Mapping to Use the Patch Staging Configuration" on page 167.
Configure the Machine Group Mapping to Use the Patch Staging Configuration
You must configure the machine group for VCMto use to deploy Linux and UNIX patches to target
managed machines. You can combine Linux and UNIX managed machines into a single machine group,
and have VCMuse a single action to deploy the patches to all of the managed machines in that group.
VCMuses the alternate location defined in the machine group mapping to deploy patches to the managed
machines. During the patch deployment, VCMstages the Linux and UNIXpatches from the patching
repository or the optional alternate location machine to the target managed machines, then deploys the
patches to those machines.
By default, VCM stages the patches in the /tmp directory on the managed machines. However, vendors
such as HP, Oracle, and IBM, can bundle multiple patches into a set, and the /var/tmp directory is used to
process the patches during patch deployment.
Prerequisites
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Configure how the target managed machines obtain and stage the patches for VCM to deploy to the
managed machines. See "Configure How Managed Machines Stage Patches for Deployment" on page
165.
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Verify that the machine groups for VCMto use during the patch deployment are defined. If machine
groups are not available to patch your specific groups of managed machines, you must add them. See
the VCM online help.
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