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BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
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.
Using BigFix Patch for Debian
Debian security update announcements are available through email lists, RSS feeds, and the official Debian website. BigFix provides Fixlet content through the Patches for Debian 7 site to help you manage the Debian security updates from the console.

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BigFix V9.5 Patch Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Patch documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the BigFix Patch.
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Patch Overview
BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
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.
- 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 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.
  - Special notice
  - Edition notice
  - Overview
    BigFix Patch for Debian provides unified, real-time visibility, and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Debian endpoints from a single console. It keeps your Debian clients current with the latest packages.
  - Using BigFix Patch for Debian
    Debian security update announcements are available through email lists, RSS feeds, and the official Debian website. BigFix provides Fixlet content through the Patches for Debian 7 site to help you manage the Debian security updates from the console.
    - Patching Using Fixlets
      You can apply Debian packages to your deployment by using the Fixlets on the Patches for Debian 7 site.
    - Supersedence
    - Action Logging
      Use the Endpoint Dependency Resolution - Deployment Results analysis to confirm if an action is successful by checking the log file on the endpoint. You can also check if dependencies are resolved by deploying a test run before applying patches.
    - Uninstall patches
      Use the XXX task to uninstall Debian packages that do not have dependencies on other packages.
  - Support
    Various resources are available for support of the product, including the Knowledge Center, BigFix Support Center, BigFix Support Portal, BigFix Developer, BigFix Wiki, and HCL BigFix Forum.
  - Frequently asked questions
    Learn from these questions and answers that are designed to help you better understand BigFix Patch for Debian.
  - Notices
- 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.
- Virtual Endpoint Manager User's Guide
Patch guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Patch user guides in PDF format:

Using BigFix Patch for Debian

Debian security update announcements are available through email lists, RSS feeds, and the official Debian website. BigFix provides Fixlet content through the Patches for Debian 7 site to help you manage the Debian security updates from the console.

Note: Patches for Debian 7 site is deprecated. BigFix in turn, no longer provides content and support for products that have reached its end of support date.