Installing multiple packages in a baseline

The multiple-package baseline installation feature helps you to save time when deploying Fixlets with multiple unique packages from a baseline.

Procedure

  1. Create a baseline.

    Highlight the Fixlets from a Fixlet site and select Add to New Baseline from the context menu. You can also select Create New Baseline from the Tools menu.

  2. Optional: Add the Delete Leap 15 Package List File for Multiple-Package Baseline Installation task before adding any of the Fixlets.
  3. Add the appropriate Enable the Multiple-Package Baseline Installation feature task.
    Ensure that the Baseline will be relevant on applicable computers where this component is relevant option is not selected.
  4. Selectively add the patch Fixlets in the baseline.
    Ensure that for all Fixlets the Baseline will be relevant on applicable computers where this component is relevant option is selected.
    Note: If you add two or more Fixlets to the baseline that affect different versions of the same package, the installation task will skip the older versions of the package and install the latest one only.
  5. Add the appropriate Multiple-Package Baseline Installation task at the end of the baseline. With this task, you can deploy any of the following actions:
    • Run a preview of the installation, without actually installing the packages, to check for possible issues.
    • Install all the RPMs in a single zypper transaction.
    Ensure that the Baseline will be relevant on applicable computers where this component is relevant option is not selected.

What to do next

Before running the baseline, ensure that you meet the following requirements:
  • The repositories that are registered on the endpoint must contain the target packages and all the required dependency packages.
  • Allow enough time for a Fixlet, which is using the multiple-package installation method, to complete all zypper transactions and refresh the status on the endpoints before individually deploying the same Fixlet.
  • Do not run multiple baselines from the same site on the same endpoint.
  • Follow the Baseline Best Practices documented in the following site: https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sys_id=d288c2021b098c9477761fc58d4bcbdf
Note: When you deploy the baseline, the initial sub-action status for all the patch Fixlets will show that they failed. This is the expected behavior. The process for downloading and installing the packages in the baseline is not done at the Fixlet action level, but in the Multiple-Package Baseline Installation task. When the baseline completes, the baseline sub-action status of the Fixlets will reflect the final state of each patch installation.