Installation guide

What to do next
n
Generate a patch deployment mapping. See "Generate a Patch Deployment Mapping" on page 175.
n
(Optional) You can schedule an automatic patch deployment. When you schedule VCM to run an
automatic patch deployment later, and collected patch data or scheduled the patch data collection after
you created the automatic deployment but before the scheduled time to run the automatic deployment.
VCM begins the automatic patch deployment at the scheduled time. See "Configure VCM for
Automatic Scheduled Patch Assessment and Deployment" on page 176.
Generate a Patch Deployment Mapping
To have VCM deploy patches to managed machines when the configured events occur, you must define
an automatic patch deployment mapping. When any of the trigger conditions occur, VCM deploys the
designated patches to the managed machines.
After the automatic patch deployment job is finished, VCM performs another patch assessment on the
managed machines to report the updated patch status for the managed machines.
To generate an automatic patch deployment mapping of a Linux or UNIX machine group, you select the
patch assessment template to apply to the machine group.
The following procedure is for Linux and UNIX machines, but you can also use VCM's automatic event-
driven and scheduled patching for supported Windows machines.
Prerequisites
Configure the VCM Administration settings. See "Configure the VCMAdministration Settings" on page
173.
Procedure
1. Click Patching and select All UNIX/Linux Platforms > Automatic Deployment.
2. To add an automatic deployment mapping, click Add, type a name and description for the mapping,
and click Next.
3. Click the machine group to use for the automatic scheduled patch deployment.
4. Click the patching assessment template that you created, and click Next.
5. Select the Event-Driven Automatic Deployment Run for the type of automatic deployment.
6. Select an automatic deployment reboot option.
7. Type a number for the threshold data age and click Next.
The threshold data age indicates the number of days allowed since the last patch assessment was run
on the managed machine, before VCM can run the automatic patch deployment on the managed
machine.
8. Define the schedule to run the automatic patch deployment, including how often the automatic
scheduled patching occurs, the time of day, and the start and end dates, and click Next.
9. Review the summary and click Finish to schedule the automatic patch deployment.
Patching Managed Machines
VMware, Inc.
175