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Middleware Application Patching
Middleware Application Patching is an important process for organizations to ensure their systems are secure and up to date. By applying the appropriate patches and security updates, organizations can minimize the risk of malicious attacks and potential data loss. BigFix users can enjoy unified patch management by using a single platform for deploying database and middleware patches.
Middleware scanner integration
Managing multiple instances of Middleware applications requires a dedicated scanner mechanism to ensure seamless patching. This chapter explains how scanner and patching work, prerequisites, required tasks, scanner operation, configuration management, and removal.

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix 11 Compliance Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Compliance documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix Compliance.
BigFix Platform
BigFix Query
Compliance Overview
BigFix Compliance helps support endpoint security throughout your organization.
Compliance Guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Compliance user guides in PDF format:
Compliance Setup Guide and User Guide
BigFix Compliance Analytics is a web-based application designed to help you manage security, vulnerability, and risk assessment. The application archives security and vulnerability compliance check results to identify configuration issues and report levels of compliance toward security configuration goals.
Configuration Management (SCM)
BigFix Compliance Configuration Management (SCM) includes configurable content that is checks and checklists, which assess and manages the devices to ensure compliance standards are met.
Client Manager for Endpoint Protection
BigFix Compliance CMEP is an effective tool to monitor the deployment and health status of various Endpoint Protection products and provide quick remediation actions to recover needed endpoint protection.
BigFix Client Compliance
This guide describes the BigFix Client Compliance and its solutions (BigFix Client Compliance Configuration and BigFix Client Compliance Windows (IPSec Framework)) which helps in maintaining the compliance status of the computers.
BigFix and Carbon Black integration
The HCL BigFix and Carbon Black integration allows administrators to deploy a full endpoint security solution to detect, contain, investigate, and remediate security threats and attacks on endpoints across the enterprise. The following sections provide useful information and links to the resources available for the solution.
Middleware Application Patching
Middleware Application Patching is an important process for organizations to ensure their systems are secure and up to date. By applying the appropriate patches and security updates, organizations can minimize the risk of malicious attacks and potential data loss. BigFix users can enjoy unified patch management by using a single platform for deploying database and middleware patches.
- Overview
  BigFix provides a comprehensive view of patching activities, helping administrators manage middleware updates efficiently. Middleware Application Patching provides a view of Fixlet fields, offering key insights into available patches and security updates.
- Updates for Linux applications - middleware
  With Updates for Linux applications - middleware content site, customer can deploy updates to a vast number of third-party middleware applications.
- Updates for Windows applications - middleware
  With Updates for Windows applications - middleware content site, customer can deploy updates to a vast number of third-party middleware applications.
- Multiple Instance Patching Support in Middleware
  Managing multiple instances of the Middleware applications requires a structured approach to ensure seamless patching.
- Middleware scanner integration
  Managing multiple instances of Middleware applications requires a dedicated scanner mechanism to ensure seamless patching. This chapter explains how scanner and patching work, prerequisites, required tasks, scanner operation, configuration management, and removal.
  - Prerequisite for Multi-instance Patching
    Learn how to install BigFix scanner, before using any multi-instance middleware scanner or patching tasks.
  - BigFix Scanner for Middleware Application
    Learn more about middleware scanner tasks that detect software versions and paths accurately for middleware.
  - IBM DB2 Multiple Instances
    Learn more about IBM DB2 that can run multiple instances on a single endpoint. To support accurate detection and seamless patching of all DB2 installations, BigFix uses the Middleware Scanner. The scanner discovers all installed versions and paths, while the patching process updates outdated versions in a single execution.
  - IBM Websphere Multiple Instances
    Learn more about Websphere that can run multiple instances on a single endpoint. To support accurate detection and seamless patching of all Websphere installations, BigFix uses the Middleware Scanner. The scanner discovers all installed versions and paths, while the patching process updates outdated versions in a single execution.
  - Jboss Multiple Instances
    Learn more about Jboss that can run multiple instances on a single endpoint. To support accurate detection and seamless patching of all Jboss installations, BigFix uses the Middleware Scanner. The scanner discovers all installed versions and paths, while the patching process updates outdated versions in a single execution.
  - Weblogic Multiple Instances
    Learn more about Weblogic that can run multiple instances on a single endpoint. To support accurate detection and seamless patching of all Weblogic installations, BigFix uses the Middleware Scanner. The scanner discovers all installed versions and paths, while the patching process updates outdated versions in a single execution.
  - Apache Tomcat Multiple Instances
    Learn more about Apache Tomcat that can run multiple instances on a single endpoint. To support accurate detection and seamless patching of all Apache Tomcat installations, BigFix uses the Middleware Scanner. The scanner discovers all installed versions and paths, while the patching process updates outdated versions in a single execution.
- Manual caching
  Manual caching refers to manually storing and managing data in a cache. Users can organize patch files in a folder structure or cache them manually.
- Using Middleware download plug-in
  Middleware plug-in is an executable program that downloads a specific patch from the website of the patch vendors. To make caching easier, Fixlets have a built-in protocol that uses the download plug-in.
- Oracle Weblogic
  Oracle Weblogic Server is a unified and extensible platform for developing, deploying, and running enterprise applications. Oracle Weblogic Server is a software application that runs on a middleware tier, between back-end databases and related applications and browser-based thin clients.
- Oracle Database
  An Oracle Database is a collection of data treated as a unit. A database stores and retrieves related information. Oracle DB is widely used and known for its reliability, scalability, and extensive features.
RBI Compliance User Guide
Discover how the RBI Compliance Report provides a centralized and automated reporting solution for monitoring device and Fixlet compliance.
BigFix Remediate
BigFix MCM
Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the BigFix® Compliance software and products.

Middleware scanner integration

Managing multiple instances of Middleware applications requires a dedicated scanner mechanism to ensure seamless patching. This chapter explains how scanner and patching work, prerequisites, required tasks, scanner operation, configuration management, and removal.

Middleware applications (IBM DB2, IBM WebSphere, Apache Tomcat, WebLogic, and JBoss) often run multiple instances on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and AIX systems. To support multi-instance patching, BigFix provides the Middleware Scanner, which identifies application paths and installed versions and enables version-specific patching.

Note: The non-scanner-based fixlets have been superseded, and it is recommended to adopt the scanner-based approach going forward.

The patching workflow consists of two major steps:

Scanner - scans application paths and installed versions
Patching - applies updates to all discovered instances