User`s guide

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The VCM Agent must be installed on the machine.
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The machine must be licensed for VCM Patching.
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If you choose Filters in the following procedure, you must already have pre-configured Filters.
The following procedure runs the assessment using patch bulletins.
Procedure
1. Select the All UNIXMachines machine group.
2. Select Patching > UNIX/Linux Platform > Bulletins > By Bulletin.
3. Select Assess.
4. In the UNIX Patch Assessment wizard, select Default Filter or Filters.
If you selected Filters, select a specific filter.
5. Click Next and Finish to begin the assessment on all machines in the selected machine group.
6. Click the Jobs button on the toolbar and view the progress of the collection.
The assessment on UNIX and Linux machines uses the Patch Assessment collection filter to perform a
collection of all machines in the current machine group. The results are reported in the Assessment
Results node.
7. Select UNIX/Linux Platform > Assessment Results > All Bulletins and view the results.
Create UNIX/Linux Patch Assessment Filters
Patch assessment filters identify patch bulletins that meet user-defined filtering criteria. These filters limit
the bulletins to use in the assessments, which improves the efficiency of the assessment.
Procedure
1. Select Administration > Collection Filters > Filters.
2. In the Collection Filters data grid, select Add Filter.
3. On the Name and Description page, name the filter and click Next.
4. On the Data Type page, select UNIX/Linux.
5. Select Patch Assessment and click Next.
6. On the UNIXPatch Assessment Filters page, to create a subset of the available bulletins, select Include
Bulletin(s) that match this criteria.
7. Define the filter criteria using the available settings.
For example, you can create a filter where Platform = Red Hat and Severity = Critical.
8. Click Next and Finish to create the filter.
9. In the Collection Filters data grid, scroll or page to the Patch Assessment in the Data Type column, and
locate the new filter in the Name column.
Use the new filter when you run an assessment.
Explore Assessment Results and Acquire the Patches
The Assessment Results data grid displays the UNIX/Linux machines that were assessed, the patch status
for each machine, and details about the patches.
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