Freeware tools to test missing UNIX pacthes.
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Dharmagrao
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Freeware tools to test missing UNIX pacthes.
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Is there any freeware tools to test missing patches on UNIX platforms.

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All UNIX (RHEL/AIX/HP and SOLARIS) platforms
ASKED: Sep 2 2009  5:13 PM GMT
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On RHEL, assuming your system is registered with RHN, all you have to do is use "up2date -u" or "yum update" (depending on major version) to install latest patches. up2date has the "--dry-run" parameter that simulates the update without actually doing anything; that will give you a list of missing, updated packages. yum has a command/option called "check-update" that does something similar.

On AIX, you use the compare_report utility to generate a list of installed LPP filesets and compare it against a list provided by IBM. I use SUMA to actually download (which can also do the compare in one go) pending updates; it can do APARS, individual filesets, tech levels, service packs, the whole gamut.

For Solaris, I normally just grab the latest Recommended patch cluster and run the install_cluster script in the archive; any missing patches are applied automagically. I know that there are some first- and third-party compare scripts that will do something akin to IBM's compare_report, but I've never bothered with them.

I can't speak for "hockey-pucks" as I've never had the displeasure of using it. :)
Last Answered: Sep 3 2009  3:49 PM GMT by Sonotsky   660 pts.
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Dharmagrao   100 pts.  |   Sep 3 2009  4:26PM GMT

Thank you very much for your kind reply.

Any chance to get automated script to get download automatically find missing patches for all UNIX platforms (AIX/RHEL/HP and SOLARIS).

Thanks in advance

Dharma

 

Dharmagrao   100 pts.  |   Sep 4 2009  3:14PM GMT

Hi There,

Please give the solutions for freeware tools that can be tested on UNIX platforms and in commands.

Thank you
Dharma

 
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