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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.
Multiple Instance Patching Support in Middleware
Managing multiple instances of the Middleware applications requires a structured approach to ensure seamless patching.

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BigFix 11 Compliance Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Compliance documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix Compliance.
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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.
Payment Card Industry (PCI) Add-on User Guide
BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on is a new chargeable component that provides security configuration checklists that are based the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). These compliance checks are designed to help ensure continuous compliance at every endpoint in your organization.
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.
  - Apache Tomcat Multiple Instances
    Multiple instances of the Apache Tomcat can be patched using Discovery and the patching Fixlets.
  - Oracle Weblogic Multiple Instances
    Multiple instances of the Apache Tomcat can be patched using Discovery and the patching Fixlets.
  - Troubleshooting
    This guide provides steps to find and resolve issues related to the patching process in Middleware.
- Manual caching
  Manual caching refers to manually storing and managing data in a cache. Users can put patch files into a folder structure or just manually cache the files.
- 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 Databse 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.
BigFix Remediate
BigFix MCM
Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the BigFix® Compliance software and products.

Multiple Instance Patching Support in Middleware

Managing multiple instances of the Middleware applications requires a structured approach to ensure seamless patching.

The multiple instances patching of the software consists of two key steps:

Discovery
Patching

Discovery

The software's installed path and versions are identified through Discovery tasks. These tasks consider:

Default installation locations of the software
Running instances
Configured custom paths

Once the Discovery tasks are executed, the results are stored as a JSON file in <BESClient path>/middleware/<Software>. These JSON files are utilized by patching Fixlets and the analysis to show the installed version and the path. Therefore, it is recommended to run the Discovery task before patching or whenever analyzing the results.

Patching

All the discovered paths are patched to the relevant version in a single execution of the patching task.

Note: Since the patching task relies on Discovery results, it is advisable to run the Discovery Fixlet before patching. After patching, the Discovery Fixlets should be executed again to verify the updated results.

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