- Overview
BigFix® Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux™ keeps your Linux™ clients current with the latest updates and service packs.
- Setup
Setting up your environment for patch management.
- Using Patch Management for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
You can manage Fixlets using dashboards, reports, and wizards. You can deploy, fix, and uninstall Fixlets. You can also view the breakdown of Fixlets available or needed in your deployment.
- Manage custom repositories
Use the RHEL Custom Repository Management dashboard to register and manage standard repositories and satellite repositories.
- Manage YUM transactions
Manage transactions through the YUM Transaction History dashboard, supports the use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6 and later versions.
- Checking for YUM package updates
You can identify YUM package updates that you must install in your deployment by using a task.
- Using RHSM download plug-ins
The download plug-in is an executable program that downloads relevant packages 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 RHSM download cacher
Use the RHSM download cacher to download and cache x86, x86_64, S390x, ppc64le, ppc64 Red Hat patches in air-gapped environments.
- Multiple-Package Baseline Installation
BigFix Patch provides a solution to combine the installation of updates for multiple packages in a baseline into a single task, which can reduce the execution time of the baseline.
- Frequently asked questions
The questions and answers in the section can help you to better understand Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Troubleshooting
You can try several ways to troubleshoot Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux™. This section also has references that are specific to the RHSM enhancements.