Installation guide

Figure 10–1. UNIXand Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment Process
To verify that VCM supports your UNIX and Linux machines for patch deployment, see the VCM
Installation Guide.
VCM provides patch assessment content in a new format for several Red Hat and SUSE versions. See
"New UNIXPatch Assessment Content" on page 137. For the operating system versions supported, see
the VCM Installation Guide.
New UNIXPatch Assessment Content
VCM provides patch assessment content in a new format for several Red Hat and SUSEversions. For the
operating system versions supported, see the VCM Installation Guide. All other UNIX and Linux versions
use the standard content architecture.
When the VCM 5.4.1 or later Agent is installed on these machines, VCMsupports patch assessments using
the new content architecture.
With the new patch assessment content, VCM updates the information required to assess the patch status
of your VCM managed Red Hat and SUSE machines. Results for the new and standard patch assessment
content formats appear together in a single view in VCM. Use these results to analyze the patch status of
all versions of your Red Hat and SUSE machines regardless of the VCM Agent version installed on them.
Patch deployment to all Red Hat and SUSE managed machines that include a combination of VCM pre-
5.4.1 and 5.4.1 or later Agents installed uses a single action. In earlier versions of supported Red Hat and
SUSEoperating systems that have a pre-5.4.1 Agent installed, the pre-5.4.1 content is enabled
automatically for patch assessments.
Patch Bulletin Name Changes
In the assessment results, patch bulletins appear with titles that differ from the standard content.
Managed Machine New Bulletin Title Standard Bulletin Title
Red Hat 4, 5, and 6
RHBA-2005:356-06 RH 2005:356-06 (RHBA)
SUSE SLES 10.0–10.4, 11.0–
11.1
Novell SUSE 2010-09-16
x86_64: Security update
for bzip2
Novell Linux 2010-09-16
x86_64: Security update
for bzip2
Patching Managed Machines
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