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BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
Patch for AIX User's Guide
BigFix® for Patch for AIX® provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all AIX endpoints.
Network Installation Management (NIM) integration
BigFix provides an alternative solution for updating and managing multiple AIX system through Network Installation Management (NIM). BigFix supports the NIM patch management features in this release.
Setting up a new NIM environment
To best utilize the NIM integration features, use the NIM Installation and Setup Dashboard when you install the NIM master, NIM clients, and NIM lpp_source resource.

Patch User Guides
BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
- Patch for Windows User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Windows™ provides Fixlets for Microsoft™ security and non-security patches. Dashboards, wizards, and reports aid you in managing updates for various endpoint devices.
- Patch for AIX User's Guide
  BigFix® for Patch for AIX® provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all AIX endpoints.
  - Overview
    BigFix Patch for AIX® provides unified, real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all endpoints from a single console. BigFix Patch keeps your AIX clients current with the latest packages, service packs, and fixes.
  - Using the download plug-in
    The download plug-ins, AIX Plug-in and AIX Plug-in R2, are executable programs that download a relevant patches directly from the patch vendor. Fixlets use an internal protocol to communicate with the download plug-in to download files. These Fixlets are based on updates made by the vendor.
  - Using the AIX download cacher
    You can use the AIX download cacher utility to deploy service pack, concluding service pack, or technology level fixes. The download cacher uses HTTP to download specific fix packs. Ensure that HTTP network traffic is not blocked in your environment.
  - Using BigFix Patch for AIX
    Use the Fixlets on the Patches for AIX Fixlet site to apply AIX patches to your deployment.
  - Network Installation Management (NIM) integration
    BigFix provides an alternative solution for updating and managing multiple AIX system through Network Installation Management (NIM). BigFix supports the NIM patch management features in this release.
    - NIM dashboards overview
      BigFix® provides dashboards to install, configure, and manage your NIM environment.
    - Setting up a new NIM environment
      To best utilize the NIM integration features, use the NIM Installation and Setup Dashboard when you install the NIM master, NIM clients, and NIM lpp_source resource.
      - Installing NIM filesets
        Use the NIM Installation and Setup Dashboard to install the required filesets for the NIM master or the NIM client.
      - Configuring the NIM master
        After you install the NIM master filesets, use the NIM Installation and Setup Dashboard to initialize the NIM master and set up the NIM resources. At initialization, a NIM master is designated with permissions to run commands remotely on the NIM clients that are registered to that NIM master.
      - Configuring the NIM client
        Use the NIM Installation and Setup Dashboard to define a NIM client to the NIM master. The NIM master cannot take any operation on a NIM client if the NIM client is not defined.
      - Initializing the NIM client
        Initialize a NIM client to generate the /etc/niminfo file that is required to work in a NIM environment and to use the NIM resources.
    - Updating existing clients and resources
      To use an existing NIM environment, update the clients and resources through the NIM Management Dashboard.
    - Adding new resources to an existing NIM environment
      Use the NIM Master Configuration options of the NIM Installation and Setup Dashboard to add new resources to an existing NIM environment.
  - Troubleshooting
    When problems occur when patching AIX endpoints, review the log files to determine what went wrong and how to correct the errors.
  - Frequently asked questions
    The questions and answers in this section can help you to better understand BigFix Patch for AIX®.
- Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Red Hat Enterprise Linux endpoints.
- Patch for CentOS Linux User's Guide
  BigFix® Patch for CentOS Linux™ provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all CentOs endpoints.
- Patch for Amazon Linux 2 User's Guide
  BigFix® Patch for Amazon Linux™ provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Amazon Linux 2 endpoints.
- Patch for SUSE Linux Enterprise User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for SUSE Linux Enterprise provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all SUSE Linux endpoints.
- Patch for Ubuntu User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Ubuntu provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Ubuntu endpoints.
- Patch for Oracle Linux User's Guide
  BigFix® Patches for Oracle Linux provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Oracle Linux endpoints.
- Patch for Solaris User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Solaris provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Solaris endpoints.
- Patch for HP-UX User's Guide
  BigFix® for Patch for HP-UX provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all HP-UX endpoints.
- Patch for Mac OS X User's Guide
  BigFix® for Patch for Mac OS X provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Mac OS X endpoints.
- Patch for Debian User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Debian provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Debian endpoints.
- Patch for VMware ESXi User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for VMware ESXi provides you unified, near real-time visibility to manage patches to all VMware ESXi endpoints from a single console.
- Patch for Raspbian User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Raspbian provides Fixlets that you use to manage the latest updates and service packs that Raspberry Pi releases. These Fixlets are available through the Patches for Raspbian sites.
- Patch for Virtual Endpoint Manager User's Guide
  BigFix® for Virtual Endpoint Manager provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches in a virtual environment.
- Supersedence for Non-Windows
  This topic describes how supersedence works in Patch.

Setting up a new NIM environment

To best utilize the NIM integration features, use the NIM Installation and Setup Dashboard when you install the NIM master, NIM clients, and NIM lpp_source resource.

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Set up a new NIM environment through the NIM Installation and Setup Dashboard in four steps.

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